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Offline dancetothedrummersbeat

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Z Rims **now finished** for my adidas build.
« on: February 11, 2013, 06:04 PM »
I bought a set of white Mike Buff Z Rims a few months ago from rad member dj-paul-c. They were in good nick, although the Mike Buff logo had been almost sanded/blasted out.  I wanted to dye these blue for my adidas build that's also in the tech & resto section. A while ago, I posted up a question on how to dye Z rims. Thanks to Bendycat Eleventeen & Retrodan72 for their help and advice. Also thanks to Gaz rollin72 for his 'how to guide'. Retrodan kindly gave me a few tins of Madonna blue dylon, and I bought a few more to beef up the dye mix. Oh dear. Despite using salt and boiling water, the dye just would not take to the rims and left them a dirty lavender colour. I bleached them for 4 days, sanded them down using wet & dry paper, bought 5 packets of royal blue rit dye and 2 tubs of salt and here you are!

After sanding down with wet & dry


After 3 hours in the pot. I then rinsed with cold water, sprayed them with WD40, and applied acs stick on decals. I then went over the decals with clear lacquer to hopefully preserve them when they're ridden.








So don't use dylon. Rit is the way to go.

all built.



« Last Edit: February 18, 2014, 11:13 PM by dancetothedrummersbeat »

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Re: White Z Rims now dyed blue for my adidas build. Have a butchers!
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2013, 06:11 PM »
They look spot on Andy, a fantastic job. 8)

Not sure clear lacquer will keep the decals on though mate. :-\


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Re: White Z Rims now dyed blue for my adidas build. Have a butchers!
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2013, 06:13 PM »
They look spot on Andy, a fantastic job. 8)

Not sure clear lacquer will keep the decals on though mate. :-\

Thanks Dan. We'll see if it works. Aren't there stencils that you can buy to spray the logos on?
« Last Edit: February 11, 2013, 06:18 PM by dancetothedrummersbeat »

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« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2013, 06:15 PM »
They look spot on Andy, a fantastic job. 8)

Not sure clear lacquer will keep the decals on though mate. :-\

X2 They look great but nothing will preserve the logos if you use the brakes on them.even if they are stencilled,it is only paint and will rub straight off :daumenhoch:

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Re: White Z Rims now dyed blue for my adidas build. Have a butchers!
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2013, 06:22 PM »
I had the same quandary last year, I wanted a set of Zs to ride on my DP but also wanted logos on them. I asked about and listened to advice and it seemed that there was no way of preserving the logos on a rider. ::)

In the end, I saved up and got an identical set of wheels so that I have a show set and a rider set. :daumenhoch:


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« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2013, 06:24 PM »
Great idea. That's something to think about.  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #6 on: February 11, 2013, 06:26 PM »
Those have turned out really nice
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« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2013, 06:27 PM »
Great idea. That's something to think about.  :daumenhoch:

It's not the cheapest option, but you'll never lose your money in the long term and who can say that they wouldn't like 2 sets of Zs in there collection? :daumenhoch:


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Re: White Z Rims now dyed blue for my adidas build. Have a butchers!
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2013, 06:52 PM »
top work there  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2013, 07:20 PM »
Top work! What colour hubs/spokes are you planning?

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« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2013, 07:24 PM »
White spokes & nipples. Blue anno hubs, low flange. Already have a suzue rear. Just need a front now. Can anyone help? Tyres are white tanwall kenda freestyle that i bought last week

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« Reply #11 on: February 11, 2013, 07:33 PM »
They have ome out looking awesome.

Top work.  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #12 on: February 11, 2013, 07:37 PM »
Nice job Andy - could always run a coaster & save those logo's - I know who I'm gonna call when I'm dyeing stuff 8)

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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2013, 07:45 PM »
Nice! They're gonna look great laced.  8)

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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2013, 07:59 PM »
that blue looks great , but i also think they looked ace cleaned up in white
It comes out of the ground!

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« Reply #15 on: February 11, 2013, 08:03 PM »
Great idea. That's something to think about.  :daumenhoch:

It's not the cheapest option, but you'll never lose your money in the long term and who can say that they wouldn't like 2 sets of Zs in there collection? :daumenhoch:

me Dan id be well gutted if i only had 2 sets of zds  :LolLolLolLol:
Andy they have come out stunning mate  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #16 on: February 11, 2013, 08:11 PM »
Nice work, Andy!  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #17 on: February 11, 2013, 11:36 PM »
Great idea. That's something to think about.  :daumenhoch:

It's not the cheapest option, but you'll never lose your money in the long term and who can say that they wouldn't like 2 sets of Zs in there collection? :daumenhoch:

me Dan id be well gutted if i only had 2 sets of zds  :LolLolLolLol:
Andy they have come out stunning mate  :daumenhoch:

Fancy lettimg me have a set of blue then?!

Does anyone have a low flange front suzue hub in blue? I dont fancy giving 50 notes to biagio for a set if possible

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« Reply #18 on: February 12, 2013, 07:19 AM »
Great idea. That's something to think about.  :daumenhoch:

It's not the cheapest option, but you'll never lose your money in the long term and who can say that they wouldn't like 2 sets of Zs in there collection? :daumenhoch:

me Dan id be well gutted if i only had 2 sets of zds  :LolLolLolLol:
Andy they have come out stunning mate  :daumenhoch:

Fancy lettimg me have a set of blue then?!

Does anyone have a low flange front suzue hub in blue? I dont fancy giving 50 notes to biagio for a set if possible

Maybe think about another colour combo as the elusive hub isn't showing its face.
How about white Suzue low flange loose balls with some blue adidas decals on, and some Asahi stainless spokes? Or even use your white spokes? ???


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« Reply #19 on: February 12, 2013, 07:39 AM »
Or go for something completely different to the norm and use Suzue low flange hubs in red, with white spokes and red nippy's .....Might just add a little twist to the build  :daumenhoch:

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« Reply #20 on: February 12, 2013, 09:02 AM »
Great idea. That's something to think about.  :daumenhoch:

It's not the cheapest option, but you'll never lose your money in the long term and who can say that they wouldn't like 2 sets of Zs in there collection? :daumenhoch:

me Dan id be well gutted if i only had 2 sets of zds  :LolLolLolLol:
Andy they have come out stunning mate  :daumenhoch:

Fancy lettimg me have a set of blue then?!

Does anyone have a low flange front suzue hub in blue? I dont fancy giving 50 notes to biagio for a set if possible

Maybe think about another colour combo as the elusive hub isn't showing its face.
How about white Suzue low flange loose balls with some blue adidas decals on, and some Asahi stainless spokes? Or even use your white spokes? ???

Thanks Dan, but got my heart set on blue hubs after seeing these in orange/white


It looks as though i'll have to buy a nos pair from biagio. £50. Not too bad I supposes, as the dyno plate and the hutch decal that I didn't sell on here are currently selling on ebay. The Pro Star decal is already at £30+, so happy days  :)

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« Reply #21 on: February 12, 2013, 09:07 AM »
Nice work Andy, they look sweet  :daumenhoch:
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« Reply #22 on: February 12, 2013, 09:59 AM »
excellent job on the wheels :)

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« Reply #23 on: February 12, 2013, 07:04 PM »
I was offered these z'ds and passed them up as I wanted to dye them blue, they looked too good to mess with them ???

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« Reply #24 on: February 12, 2013, 11:33 PM »
Rims look real nice but dont lace with white spokes mate as it'll look like a Clowns bike  :idiot2:

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