Removing tub glue from tyres

Iamnot Wiggins
Iamnot Wiggins Posts: 685
edited April 2014 in Workshop
My tubular wheels got written off by a car so are getting chucked out. However, the tubs are quite alright and I would like to use them again on the new wheels.

Any ideas as to how I get the glue off them without damaging them so that they're a nice and clean surface? Do I even need to bother given that they're being re-glued to the new wheels?

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  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470
    Don't bother. Thin coat of fresh glue on them before you mount them on glued rims etc etc
  • Iamnot Wiggins
    Iamnot Wiggins Posts: 685
    That's what I suspected, thanks for confirming.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,312
    Don't bother, you can only damage them by trying to remove the glue
    left the forum March 2023
  • andy_wrx
    andy_wrx Posts: 3,396
    Usual way to stick them on is to put a layer on the tub and a layer on the wheel and leave overnight, then put another layer on (usually recommended on the tub but I reckon it's easier and less messy on the wheel...)

    You've saved putting that first layer on the tub.

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