Specialized Shoes - Discoloring
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I have a pair of Specialized Expert road shoes. They're white and about a year old. One of the pieces of material that runs around the toe box, and back to the boa tie, is starting to turn pink.
Is this a common issue?
Is this a common issue?
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If that doesn't come out I'd be trying to get a new pair through warranty.
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Take them to a local Specialized dealer or call consumer customer service. I'm confident they will be warrantied.
Or PM me.
Or PM me.
looks like it was placed against a wet red dyed material. possible that the red dye transferred onto the shoe? i've had that happen before when putting wet jersey or towel that's colored along with white plastic material. just a thought.
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Agreed. The speed with which they resolved this issue was quite good, I'm a bit surprised - pleasantly.TwiggyTN wrote:Great job Specialized. LBS, not so much....
Not in this case. Even if it were a dye transfer issue, it would go beyond one specific panel, especially in to the mesh toe area (which is a cloth material).kode54 wrote:red dye transferred onto the shoe?
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try mr clean magic erase. There are few things that it has ever failed to clean and whiten. And if it doesn't work, u tried a 3$ product and it didn't work.
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I tried acetone and a few other chemicals, it doesn't budge. And no, I don't normally use harsh chemicals to clean my shoes, just soap and water.
These shoes have only seen toe covers, not full shoe covers, which don't really touch the bulk of the discolored areas.
The CS guy at Specialized speculated that it could have been UV related. I asked if it was common, he said it wasn't. It may very well be a fluke.
These shoes have only seen toe covers, not full shoe covers, which don't really touch the bulk of the discolored areas.
The CS guy at Specialized speculated that it could have been UV related. I asked if it was common, he said it wasn't. It may very well be a fluke.