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Offline laidback

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Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« on: April 13, 2014, 11:53 AM »
Does anyone have any tried and tested techniques for whitening yellowed wheels/grips/seats? I have read about peroxide baths, which require sunlight, something we have little of :LolLolLolLol:

What products/methods would be safe to use on these?...
I have read about US guys using a product called soft scrub with bleach. Do we have an equivalent?







Thanks for any advice

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2014, 12:31 PM »
Hi

Was the skyway oe's not like a creamy colour anyway,just am doing a decade build and mine are the colour of yours etc,but i was going to whiten mine up a bit,i was going to leave them in a bleach bath to see if that was any good,or one talk about aqua blasting etc  :daumenhoch:
Too many cool bikes out there,  not enough money in my wallet :D

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2014, 12:35 PM »
Interested in the wheels if you want to offload  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2014, 12:48 PM »
Pickle, I'll have a think. Considering putting 48's on it, but i quite like the originality of this bike.

Not sure if OE's were off white when new? What bleach/solution will you use? Will it affect the plastic?

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2014, 01:06 PM »
I'd just leave them as they are with just a soapy water wash but let me know if you wanna sell  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2014, 02:10 PM »
and if you do sell them,ill be interested in the reflectors unless pickle wants them  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2014, 02:37 PM »
No you can have those  :daumenhoch:

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2014, 06:46 PM »
straight domestos on them  "wantit" think thats what id do with mine or just a good soapy wash  :daumenhoch:
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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2014, 07:38 PM »
Pickle and Skippy- vultures  ;D

I'll try some cream cleaner with bleach first, then some domestos.

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2014, 07:46 PM »
Old still jiff and bleach

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Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2014, 07:51 PM »
www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,164600.msg1654448.html#msg1654448

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