Removing rim glue on tubulars

General Help
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Hi guys,

I bought some second hand superbe pros w/ tires already on, however I got a flat almost immediately (:mad:) and needed to get them replaced.

So, I pulled the tires off and discovered about a centimetre thick coating of glue around the entire rim. It looks like whoever owned the wheels before me has just placed layer upon layer upon layer of glue on the rims…

I took the first one to the bike store and the guy said he’d have a shot, then he rang me at the end of the day to tell me it took him 5 hours and if I wanted him to do the other one, I’d have to pay an hourly rate ($80 p/h) which I politely declined.

So… Can anyone give me some tips to take this stuff off?? The guy at the bike store said he used gasoline + a wire brush.

I’ll upload a photo so you guys can see it and maybe give me a better idea…

Cheers!

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http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/t4658/#top

edit - i dunno how helpful this will be, but i seem to remember a thread a while back that was quite popular regarding glue removal…

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Solvent + wire brush + sandpaper + time + beer = clean rim

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need to minimize this factor due to pressing deadlines

also thanks… I probably should’ve searched first I guess.

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Wire brush mounted on a dremel or similar tool

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i scraped off the hard stuff with a screw driver (carefully) then used acetone to clean the rest, this was for an older corma carbon disc tub wheel.

worked well, but it probably didnt have layers upon layers of dried glue likes your sounds like.

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try gasket remover. i hold no liability if shit goes bad.

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Get larger diameter tyres.

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Get clinchers.

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Get a new bike.

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glue over the top of the existing glue like a normal person

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This

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2nd’ed … wire brush on a grinder wheel or drill or dremel. Wear glasses. You don’t need to scrape it all off but most of it will come off easy and you’ve also prepped the gluing surface at the same time. Takes about 5 minutes. Anything that doesn’t come off won’t affect your next base layer of glue in the slightest.

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+1

this is the way… easy as fuck though it will fuck paint and decals very quickly, is totally safe on carbon and really is so effective its bananas
one coat left for a few minutes then wipe it off… no glue on rim, none at all!!!

helpful tubular glueing and repairing advice/photo essay…

http://www.fixed.org.au/forums/t18998-2/

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Re the wire brush on the dremel- I always usa a brass one- you can get sets very cheap from hardware store- brass are softer and so it’s harder to gouge out the rims with them.

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$15-$18 a can and you should get two rims out of a can easily.
mind the fumes, mind the overspray - dichloromethane can fuck you up, and give you cancers.
it will eat stickers and paint like a fat kid at bootcamp.

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2 try 10. You don’t need much… Just leave it for a good five minutes to do its work…
Yea and watch for the over spray its not real friendly…

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I’m pretty sure I’ve paid good money for that stuff … subsequently my recollections of the time are all a bit vague now (so it must have been good).

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sure you’re not thinking of adrenochrome?

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haha your thinking of 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine