slimhaydies z rims i just restored

[harris]

just restored these and finished today  a wipe with wd and will bling so much more.
before   hope you like them slim...


after

[poolysheriff]

Dan Dan the Z-rim man 

Nice work Dan .

[rory]

rad stuff

[oberonspacefruit]

good lad. zeds are well worth saving.

[harris]

they can be tricky  re dying its a bit of a lottery .they do look refreshed  .

[MartyC]

Dan, what's the secret?

I picked up a yellow Z-Rim to go with a build I'm doing but it really is yellow rather than the goldie "yellow" one I had bitd.  I tried bleaching then dying but it came out the same colour in fact the dye didn't touch it, mind you did the same to my yellow tuffs but think they need to be done twice because they were nearly white rather than yellow when I got them and after an overnight soak they are still not an even colour - some faded bits still there  .

Marty 

[harris]

maybe you needed more salt and hot water  ,getting the right mix can make alot of difference.

[login_user]

Top Job ,where did you get the rim decals? Got any more? 

[harris]

i have more in 5 colours just awaitin more black and white.

[login_user]

i have more in 5 colours just awaitin more black and white.

Give me a shout when you get some white ones please. 

[harris]

   will do.

[oberonspacefruit]

put in more salt than you think


dylon dye...use more than you need

make sure its the hot water dye. keep them simmering.

[MartyC]

put in more salt than you think


dylon dye...use more than you need

make sure its the hot water dye. keep them simmering.

   I used about 5kgs of salt and 4 Dylon Golden Glow dye packs to do twowheels and one rim in one go, piping hot water too although couldn't keep it simmering but what I did was soak them in boiling water for about 30mins before adding the dye and the salt.  The Z-rim looks no different but my Tuffs look much better, going to try again next week to see how they come out.

[brass monkey!]

amazing resto there Dan  

[oberonspacefruit]

no...add the salt to the mix before the dunk.

[MartyC]

no...add the salt to the mix before the dunk.

Will try that this time round 

[harris]

and double double check your using the dye thats for nylon and not the fabric stuff  .
as one is not good.

[MartyC]

and double double check your using the dye thats for nylon and not the fabric stuff  .
as one is not good.

   Dylon Multi Purpose Dye - that I am sure of    I think I had too much salt to be honest, to give you an idea of what my tuffs looked before.... they weren't really looking very yellow 



I'll post up some more pics once I've re-done them 

[Waxintaxin]

some people have soaked them for many days

little tins of dye , not the packets

heat and salt. I would also wet and dry them before dying as the tuffs will have oxidized a bit so allow the dye to penetrate this could be removed

Rich