What product to remove Tub glue?

Cornish-J

As above, what products work best to remove tub glue?

The zipp warranty states that only a couple of products are 'approved' - something called goof off, however this only seems to be available in the states....

oldraver

Acetone (nail varnish remover ),lots of old rags, a plastic spoon or tyre lever to use as a scraper & lots of elbow grease & patience.

It is a long hard process,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY7polDoW1c

markos1963

oldraver wrote:

Acetone (nail varnish remover ),lots of old rags, a plastic spoon or tyre lever to use as a scraper & lots of elbow grease & patience.

It is a long hard process,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY7polDoW1c

That's why I use tape

keef66

Bloody hell, that looks like a right pain in the @rse. There must be some huge benefit to justify all that effort!

anto164

Just watched Zipps video on how to fit tubs... 5 days to fit one tyre? Bloody hell.

Rodrego Hernandez

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum ... =3&t=72309

You don't need to remove the old glue.

oldraver

Rodrego Hernandez wrote:

http://weightweenies.starbike.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=72309

You don't need to remove the old glue.

That would depend on the amount of old glue left & what sort of tyre compliance you require

oldraver

From the very same thread you linked,

Hi,

I read you.
I'm kind of a mister perfect myself but there's a fine line between perfection and mere paranoia.

You notice a hop in that tubular and you know it's caused by too much of that old rim cement?
Give that basetape a good scrub with a brush dipped in White Spirit so that hardened glue weakens and conforms with the rest of that rim again.
I'd only recommend this as a last resort measure for an already desperate case.
These chemicals may well do more damage elsewhere than you'd wish for...

The problem you're experiencing is likely caused by using rim cement that's on the brink of chemical stability.
This creates random spots of very firm adhesion with weak spots inbetween.

Stir the rim cement well before applying it and you may well be out of the woods..

Other causes are to be found on the other end of the stick. Contaminated basetape or a not so clean rim for instance.

Cheers,

Suggests to me that a consistent initial surface has quite a bit to do with tyre stability.

Rodrego Hernandez

I was assuming that the tyre had originally been glued on correctly. If it has got to the case where the amount of glue on the rim bed is causing a deformation of the tyre then maybe it's time to give the wheels away to someone capable of using them properly!