Author Topic: White kashi resto....PLEASE READ>>THERE IS A LESSON HERE SOMEWHERE>>> (Read 2400 times)

Jt · « **on:** August 27, 2007, 10:53 AM »

right then..have bought a white kashi aero off ebay recently..tis yelowed and for the majority of its life has worn a powerglide sticker on it...obviously leaving a perfectly white sticker mark in the middle of yellowness..

have left it in a bucket of bleach over night and its not done a great deal to be honest...

whats the best course of action with a white seat to get it back to white?

worst case i have a powerglide sticker to go cover the colour difference, but i'de rather get it back to its former glory.

advice please!

matt · « **Reply #1 on:** August 27, 2007, 12:51 PM »

dye it jt, im sure there is a thread somewhere giving instructions.
most of the black aero seats you see on ebay have been dyed

double chevron · « **Reply #2 on:** August 27, 2007, 02:46 PM »

Jon, if you are able to get some sun where you live

, leave it in the sun for a few weeks, turning sides from time to time.
It's a slow and very harmless tip I used on one of mine, worked a treat !!
It's bright white now, without any damage to sticker or gold lettering.

Here's what it looked like when I got it, NOS and badly yellowed :

Amongst sisters ("saddle" is female in French

):

After the sun treatment (just picked another one, used and lightly yellowed this time)

Waxintaxin · « **Reply #3 on:** August 27, 2007, 03:30 PM »

mon duie ( SP)
LOL

double chevron · « **Reply #4 on:** August 27, 2007, 03:33 PM »

Dieu, mate, it's "dieu"

Jt · « **Reply #5 on:** August 27, 2007, 05:01 PM »

Quote from: matskybeat on August 27, 2007, 12:51 PM

dye it jt, im sure there is a thread somewhere giving instructions.
most of the black aero seats you see on ebay have been dyed

dye it? what, white?

have several black kashi's....need a good white one!!

doble chev...nice idea but i live is salford....

would a sunbed/lamp do it?

double chevron · « **Reply #6 on:** August 27, 2007, 05:21 PM »

Quote from: jonathonturner on August 27, 2007, 05:01 PM

would a sunbed/lamp do it?

Might do...
I used real sun for myself

Jt · « **Reply #7 on:** August 27, 2007, 05:26 PM »

what about if i coat it with bleach and then stick it under a sunbed.....

got to be worth a punt!

matt · « **Reply #8 on:** August 27, 2007, 05:40 PM »

Quote from: jonathonturner on August 27, 2007, 05:01 PM

Quote from: matskybeat on August 27, 2007, 12:51 PM
dye it jt, im sure there is a thread somewhere giving instructions.
most of the black aero seats you see on ebay have been dyed

dye it? what, white?

yeah white

Superkav · « **Reply #9 on:** August 27, 2007, 06:41 PM »

Stick with the bleach, Asda super duper cheap runny bleach, whack the seat and bleach in a bucket., leave it for a few days or a week and when you check it again it'll be minty snowy white.
Mont Blanc

mark 2 · « **Reply #10 on:** August 27, 2007, 07:25 PM »

I left a skyway hot seat in bleach and the rails went very rusty. I'm presuming that'd happen with the Kashimax. Nice seat collection btw Arnaud, I'll show you mine one day, I do love a good seat stash

ps If you ever want to sell a white kashi.......

Del · « **Reply #11 on:** August 28, 2007, 12:46 PM »

try the bleach again but leave it a few days intead of over night. I've bleached a few white tuffs and it took a few days

Mon ty Python

Jt · « **Reply #12 on:** August 28, 2007, 02:16 PM »

Quote from: Del on August 28, 2007, 12:46 PM

try the bleach again but leave it a few days intead of over night. I've bleached a few white tuffs and it took a few days

Mon ty Python

coolio...one set of your decals are going on this so it needs to be right!!

double chevron · « **Reply #13 on:** August 28, 2007, 05:22 PM »

Put some grease all over the rails if you want to keep them nice.
What a nasty job this is gonna be, bleach, grease,....

Too bad you have no sun mate, woud be easier

Worth a try, tough, I never can get enough of some Kashi brought bak to life!

Jt · « **Reply #14 on:** August 28, 2007, 07:51 PM »

i'm hoping 2 days will sort it....and not fook up the rail too much....

its in now so we will see...

crazycraig · « **Reply #15 on:** August 28, 2007, 08:03 PM »

keep it in for a week with some proper bleach not that from the gaypak for ten bob .Make sure its completly covered and leave it ......if that dont work i will trade ya for a red un

Jt · « **Reply #16 on:** August 29, 2007, 07:33 PM »

right the...fooking catastrophy....

ta for all the (fooking shit) advice, apart from Mark J and double chevron.

the seat is now completely and i mean completely fooked.

24 hrs in, the rails are corroded to the point they have craters in them, and the seat is now a light rust colour, streaky and fooked. the kashi label on the back has peeled off also....

think its going straight in the bin.

DO NOT PUT WHITE SEATS IN BLEACH AND LEAVE THEM UNLESS ITS JUST THE PLASTIC AND NOTHING ELSE.

Goose1 · « **Reply #17 on:** August 29, 2007, 07:52 PM »

or cover the rails in grease......

double chevron · « **Reply #18 on:** August 30, 2007, 08:07 AM »

$:-\$ Jon, please bin it somewhere near my place...
Maybe a good candidate for a Dylon dye then ?

sonic-1 · « **Reply #19 on:** August 30, 2007, 10:33 AM »

Quote from: jonathonturner on August 29, 2007, 07:33 PM

right the...fooking catastrophy....

ta for all the (fooking shit) advice, apart from Mark J and double chevron.

the seat is now completely and i mean completely fooked.

24 hrs in, the rails are corroded to the point they have craters in them, and the seat is now a light rust colour, streaky and fooked. the kashi label on the back has peeled off also....

think its going straight in the bin.

DO NOT PUT WHITE SEATS IN BLEACH AND LEAVE THEM UNLESS ITS JUST THE PLASTIC AND NOTHING ELSE.

gutted for yer dude , try the grease bit n re dip got to be woth a try got nothing to lose

Jt · « **Reply #20 on:** August 30, 2007, 01:02 PM »

dylons cool, but the rails are fooked.....

dwain dibbly · « **Reply #21 on:** August 30, 2007, 03:15 PM »

did you grease the rails???
when i did my tuffs i caked the hubs with loads and kept re applying
YOU NEED LOADS OF GREASE!!!!!!!!!

crazycraig · « **Reply #22 on:** August 31, 2007, 07:00 PM »

MINT!!!!!!! TTIUWP

Dark Diggler · « **Reply #23 on:** September 02, 2007, 08:10 PM »

bring it to me, if its fooked, I cant make it worse ( or can I

)

crazycraig · « **Reply #24 on:** September 02, 2007, 08:50 PM »

he tried to dye it black and fooked it more

and binned it

Author Topic: White kashi resto....PLEASE READ>>THERE IS A LESSON HERE SOMEWHERE>>> (Read 2400 times)

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