craig austin
I'm also interested as to whether the base tape is still stuck to the tire
like it was before. Keep us posted, it's good info.
Craig
2008/9/29 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...
>
>
> -- 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
> didn't want to remount the tires because the glue was really nasty. Three
> layers, lots of places were dirt and water had gotten in there and the glue
> was all flakey and fully of air bubbles. In looking at it I didn't think I
> would be able to reuse them unless I used a quart of new glue. I tried
> pulling the loose stuff off with my fingers, a wire brush and even stand
> paper to little effect. How tedious!
>
>
>
> 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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