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Haley

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white skyways
« on: February 01, 2007, 07:56 PM »
is it possible to clean or "bleach" old white skyways  ???

Offline oberonspacefruit

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Re: white skyways
« Reply #1 on: February 01, 2007, 08:03 PM »
yes. bleach them to an inch of their lives.
I want to touch ORB

Offline Steve P

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Re: white skyways
« Reply #2 on: February 01, 2007, 08:20 PM »
Remove the axles, etc and coat the alloy hubs (if any) with grease or Vaseline. Soak the wheels in neat bleach for a week or two depending how bad they are

Here's a set I've just done ... I also scrubbed them with liquid cleanser (Cif) in between soaking









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Re: white skyways
« Reply #3 on: February 01, 2007, 09:29 PM »
i still cant believe how well they came out steve  8).
dave the bmxing gypo


othomas2

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Re: white skyways
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2007, 09:36 PM »
Here's my effort...


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Haley

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Re: white skyways
« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2007, 04:13 PM »
better than new ones. :daumenhoch:

ColoredTuffs.com

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Re: white skyways
« Reply #6 on: February 10, 2007, 07:00 AM »
wow.  ya know, I don't think I've seen an old set look that nice.  You really did a great job!

gt0733

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Re: white skyways
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2007, 07:04 AM »
those alloy hub tuffs look the best. you've just shown there is hope  :daumenhoch:

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