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Offline Jono

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bleaching grips
« on: May 17, 2014, 01:07 PM »
just bought some duals off bert, stripped and in a pan with boiling water and bleach, how long does it take and is there anything else i should do, seem to remember ame grips not dyeing well does the same apply to bleaching?
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Re: bleaching grips
« Reply #1 on: May 17, 2014, 01:13 PM »
I bleached some shrooms at the same time as some tuffs, worked a treat.

Fink I left em in a good few days though.

Maybe weeks, twas a while ago

Anyway heres the results, they were mucky as fook though pre bleach.  :daumenhoch:


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Re: bleaching grips
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2014, 02:48 PM »
 :LolLolLolLol:  so may be a few days, maybe a few weeks so i just leave em on the boil till they white, my gas bill gunna be sky high
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Re: bleaching grips
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2014, 02:52 PM »
 "nono" bollox!!!!!! just took one out to look at it spilt bleach all over the front of my £60 lacoste t shirt!!!!!!! "nono"
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Re: bleaching grips
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2014, 02:52 PM »
Dint boil em amigo, just stuck em in the corner & forgot about em for a while  :daumenhoch:

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Re: bleaching grips
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2014, 02:57 PM »
Mushies respond much better to bleach and dye. If bleach doesn't cut the mustard try soaking them in some fabric whitener for 24 hours...

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Re: bleaching grips
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2014, 03:13 PM »
Stick the pan out in the sunshine jono  :daumenhoch:
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Re: bleaching grips
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2014, 04:05 PM »
they in the slow cooker, handbrakes not impressed
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Re: bleaching grips
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2014, 07:47 PM »
Whack some veg in with em, make a hearty soup  :daumenhoch:
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