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Title: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: crightonk on June 17, 2010, 08:56 PM: My 1st attempt at dyeing!

Before!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/mm301/crightonk/DigitalCameraPhotos809-1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/mm301/crightonk/DigitalCameraPhotos808-1.jpg)
During!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/mm301/crightonk/DigitalCameraPhotos810.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/mm301/crightonk/DigitalCameraPhotos811.jpg)
And After! Happy with the results :cool:
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/mm301/crightonk/DigitalCameraPhotos812.jpg)
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: meticulous on June 17, 2010, 10:02 PM: they look brand new... well done :4_17_5:
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: monkian on June 17, 2010, 10:53 PM: They look sweet :daumenhoch:
So what's the best way to prep a Tuff before dyeing?
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: crightonk on June 17, 2010, 11:23 PM: I used cif and a green scotchbrite pad from work, took an age but well worth it ;)
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: brettypeeps on June 17, 2010, 11:27 PM: They look like the colour they left the factory all them years ago. Awesome work :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: NORTY40 on June 17, 2010, 11:50 PM: Nice bit of resto work there mate :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: xGoose on June 18, 2010, 12:46 AM: Great job, Ive got a have a go at that soon, hope they turn out as good!
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: hunterdubber on June 18, 2010, 06:57 AM: Nice work ;)

It is important to make sure they are throughly clean before you start ,
and with Alloy hubbed ones , I think a few people smear a bit of vaseline over the face of the hub to protect it :)
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: ozone on June 18, 2010, 07:23 AM: Quote from: Hunterdubber on June 18, 2010, 06:57 AM
I think a few people smear a bit of vaseline over the face of the hub to protect it :)

I'm sure that's just for bleaching rims (nowt better than a bleached rim >:D ) - the bleach corrodes the alloy so needs covering in some way but I don't think dye harms the alloy and grease/lube would just melt away as soon as the rims touched the hot water...

Is that RIT dye? Someone on here dyed a set of Tuffs with Dylon and they came out navy blue. :-\

Nice job BTW
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: pickle on June 18, 2010, 07:31 AM: nice job!! yeah did you use Rit? they did my Z's really well :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: crightonk on June 18, 2010, 02:21 PM: I used 2 tubs of madonna blue dylon, was going to use 3 but as soon as the dye was in the water it went really dark so didnt put the 3rd tin in, I kept stirring the dye and turning the wheels over and changing them from top to bottom in the bucket every 15-20 mins or so over a period of 4 hours.
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: oldtired on June 18, 2010, 02:47 PM: asked this before so i'll ask it while the topic i current does the dye penetrate into the wheel? so you dont get brake rub showing, fancied some red tuffs for a rider and was going to do a new white set, those look bob on :daumenhoch: doo like blue tuffs :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: crightonk on June 18, 2010, 04:02 PM: Not sure how deep it penetrates but as there were blue originally these will be fine for a rider, white ones will dye red no prob's but I think the rims will soon go pink/white with brake wear.
Title: Re: Had a go at Dyeing Tuffs today!
Post by: oldtired on June 19, 2010, 01:22 PM: cool worth a bash then :daumenhoch: although i'm going to need about £10000000 for red tuff pads :LolLolLolLol: