Matthew Klahn
Please report back on how well the glue sticks to the rim & base tape
after you've cleaned them and reglue the tire to the rim. Hopefully
you will get good adherance and everything is peachy, but I would be
careful to test the new glue job pretty strenuously before you ride on
them... Hopefully no residue was left in the basetape that would
interefere with the glue on the tire...
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Matthew Klahn
On Sep 29, 2008, at 9:40 AM, Michael Benno wrote:
> Brush Cleaner seems to work really well. Better than acetone.
>
> I am probably still a little high from working with toxic chemicals
> this morning, but I was really impressed at how well Brush Cleaner
> worked at removing nasty old glue from my tubular cross tires.
>
> After last year, I pulled off my tubular cross tires to sell the
> wheels. I didnt want to remount the tires because the glue was real
> ly nasty. Three layers, lots of places were dirt and water had gotte
> n in there and the glue was all flakey and fully of air bubbles. In
> looking at it I didnt think I would be able to reuse them unless I
> used a quart of new glue. I tried pulling the loose stuff off with m
> y fingers, a wire brush and even stand paper to little effect. How t
> edious!
>
> This morning, yes before work, I tried a little experiment with
> brush cleaner and found it extremely effective in removing all the
> glue of the cloth tape. Now, my tires look essentially unglued. I
> uesed Brush cleaner which is mostly acetone but has some other stuff
> in it that must have some oils in it to help recondition the
> brushes. This seems to slow the evaporation process and makes the
> glue more gooey and easy to roll off with a rag, and as the brush
> cleaner evaporates, the glue sticks to itself rather than the cloth
> tape.
>
> Here was my technique. Take and small crappy paint brush and apply
> the solvent to all the glue. Work it in a little and do the whole
> tire before working the glue off. Let the solvent soak in and soften
> the glue. Then take a lint free rag, like a piece of denim, and
> start rubbing. The glue will ball up, I used a technique of pushing
> the glue off to the sidewalls from the center of the cloth tape, as
> well as rubbing back and forth. When the glue is wet with solvent,
> it is easy to slide around and lift off the cloth, but it's sticky,
> ad it dries and becomes more tacky it is easer to push to the
> sidewall. One coat of brush cleaner was good to remove most of the
> glue on both tires, however, I did need to do some touch up on one
> of the tires. I think I spent about 15-min per tire.
>
> Enjoy and have fun.
>
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