Brand new to tubular Wheels. What in the world are you guys using that’s safe for carbon to get this freaking glue off?
Effetto Mariposa Carogna Mastik/Glue Remover for Aluminum and Carbon Rims. Just brush it on, let it sit for several hours or overnight, and wipe it off.
x2 on the Carogna. Other than that I use a pumice scouring stick to scrub and wet with Goo Gone to get the last bits of residue. The stick takes the shape of the rim which is nice. I’ve done this a dozen or so times on my Zipp 808. with no evidence of scratching or any other damage.
Then last stage is hot, soapy water to get all traces of Carogna and Goo Gone off.
It gets the rim to factory clean condition (which I always do before applying new glue because I have OCD and don’t like gluing over old glue).
Effetto Mariposa Carogna Mastik/Glue Remover for Aluminum and Carbon Rims. Just brush it on, let it sit for several hours or overnight, and wipe it off.
Only caveat is 4-6 hrs seem optimal. Anything longer, and it gets dusty extremely hard to remove. I wouldn’t do overnight.
I’m also like @trail and usually got the rim to factory condition.
Heat gun/hair dryer on low and a popsicle stick or tire lever, or Acetone.
Naphtha works well for me, but only on glue. I havent found anything that works well on tape adhesive residue.
Take an old clincher tire, put the rim in it, make a puddle of goo-gone in the bottom. Spin the wheel in the tire to get a good soak, let it sit all day, repeat every few hours. The next day the glue will be like snot and can easily wipe it off. Acetone and scotch brite to get the remnants of the glue and goo-gone off.
Can goo gone mess with the carbon?
No.
Nope. Once the epoxy has cured, carbon fiber is quite stable, really not going to react with much
I always use (LOW) heat as well… but honestly, unless the glue is contaminated or a really high spot after I pull the old tub off, I just add to it.
When I was new to tubs everyone recommended acetone, which seemed to be ineffective I tried a few other products as well.The thing that worked the best was a hairdryer and dry cloth.
Goo Gone. Pour into a shallow pan, put the wheel in it. also brush generously over all the glue.
Wait overnight, take a blunt butter knife or spatula, and scrape it all off.
Brand new to tubular Wheels. What in the world are you guys using that’s safe for carbon to get this freaking glue off?
goo-gone and a popsicle stick, followed by an acetone wipe and alcohol wipe to remove any residue from the goo gone. at that time I’ll also evaluate whether I need to give the rim bed a quick sanding or not.
Heard an anecdote about a mechanic using a fresh apple core to remove tubular glue. Very strange.
Gonna try it tonight - putting on new tires for the State TT on Saturday.
Stupid question ahead…
Do you use the same procedure for the tubular tires as the rims if you want to salvage the tire or is there a different method you all use for the tire?
Just put more glue on.
Stupid question ahead…
Do you use the same procedure for the tubular tires as the rims if you want to salvage the tire or is there a different method you all use for the tire?
I recently tried to clean off some of the chunkier glue from some older tubular tires using a heat gun. I must have used too much heat and melted the inner tube, because when i aired them up the tire immediately went flat.
Thankfully the tire was pretty old already, so the only real downside was the time i wasted.
I don’t have any facts supporting this, but I’m scared of putting chemicals that would remove glue directly onto my tires. I don’t know if it would impact the base tape or the bond of the base tape to the tire. The base tape seems like it could just absorb a lot of the chemicals and weaken any bonds to the rim later. Again, no science, data, or experience to back that up.
Stupid question ahead…
Do you use the same procedure for the tubular tires as the rims if you want to salvage the tire or is there a different method you all use for the tire?
No, don’t try to remove glue from tires. It’s absorbed directly into the “base tape” layer. And you don’t want to damage that layer.
Thanks for the responses.