Whitening Yellowed wheels

[Origineelreclamebord]

Hi guys,

Like many people I tend to re-use my wheels. I boil them off and it works a treat for me, except...

...When boiling off ProLine tires, the wheels (nylon) become yellow/beige like, it just looks horrid! I can't get it off with regular cleaning materials (soap, detergents, etc), it seems the tires and boiling have an effect like dye.

So I was wondering... Has anyone got suggestions to solve this issue? Or even better, proven methods?

[lordnikon]

My Durango ones did exactly the same, i believe its the superglue rather than the make of tyre that causes it. I just lived with it, like you i couldn't re-whiten or remove the yellow colour

[Origineelreclamebord]

I have not had this at all with Schumacher tires, using the same glue as on my ProLine tires. Inserts don't seem to matter much, and the (normally white) inserts from ProLine sometimes show a brown discolouration where they touched the tires when it was still in the packaging.

Regardless of the cause though, I'd prefer to get them a proper whitening treatment

[bigred5765]

use acetone job done ,it removes the tires and doesnt mess up the colour

[bodgit]

To re-whiten try this. You can get it from a chemist
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_model.asp?cid=98012
They'll think you want it for bad breath but hey.

[Stephen Lawson]

Don't boil them

Use acetone come out clean.

Stephen

[RDG 40]

Bleach soloution then cif if you need to brighten

Acetone is easier than boiling tho