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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: laidback on April 13, 2014, 11:53 AM

Title: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: laidback on April 13, 2014, 11:53 AM

Does anyone have any tried and tested techniques for whitening yellowed wheels/grips/seats? I have read about peroxide baths, which require sunlight, something we have little of :LolLolLolLol:

What products/methods would be safe to use on these?...
I have read about US guys using a product called soft scrub with bleach. Do we have an equivalent?

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/o114/lowback/IMG_4872_zps3f94eadc.jpg) (http://s118.photobucket.com/user/lowback/media/IMG_4872_zps3f94eadc.jpg.html)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/o114/lowback/IMG_4863_zps794d8d51.jpg) (http://s118.photobucket.com/user/lowback/media/IMG_4863_zps794d8d51.jpg.html)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/o114/lowback/IMG_4860_zps20c5ad51.jpg) (http://s118.photobucket.com/user/lowback/media/IMG_4860_zps20c5ad51.jpg.html)

Thanks for any advice

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: hokuspokus74 on April 13, 2014, 12:31 PM

Hi

Was the skyway oe's not like a creamy colour anyway,just am doing a decade build and mine are the colour of yours etc,but i was going to whiten mine up a bit,i was going to leave them in a bleach bath to see if that was any good,or one talk about aqua blasting etc  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: pickle on April 13, 2014, 12:35 PM

Interested in the wheels if you want to offload  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: laidback on April 13, 2014, 12:48 PM

Pickle, I'll have a think. Considering putting 48's on it, but i quite like the originality of this bike.

Not sure if OE's were off white when new? What bleach/solution will you use? Will it affect the plastic?

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: pickle on April 13, 2014, 01:06 PM

I'd just leave them as they are with just a soapy water wash but let me know if you wanna sell  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: skippyg on April 13, 2014, 02:10 PM

and if you do sell them,ill be interested in the reflectors unless pickle wants them  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: pickle on April 13, 2014, 02:37 PM

No you can have those  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: hokuspokus74 on April 13, 2014, 06:46 PM

straight domestos on them  "wantit" think thats what id do with mine or just a good soapy wash  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: laidback on April 13, 2014, 07:38 PM

Pickle and Skippy- vultures  ;D

I'll try some cream cleaner with bleach first, then some domestos.

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: Gashead on April 13, 2014, 07:46 PM

Old still jiff and bleach

Title: Re: Cleaning/whitening skyway OE's and grips
Post by: chubby on April 13, 2014, 07:51 PM

www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,164600.msg1654448.html#msg1654448

Needs sunshine to work properly, but had good results  :whistle: