Taking brand new tyres off with acetone...

[Allan1875]

Would it damage the rubber? I read somewhere it might harden it up a little.

I have a couple of brand new sets of tyres glued up for a car i no longer have. I could sell them, but i would rather keep them. If i knew it wouldn't damage the rubber i would just take them off with acetone as i do with all my old ones.

Anyone every done this?

[jim sykes]

yes i've done it its fine,just wash off with soapy water and air dry

[The Dude]

No problem, but forget it with the Schumacher green compound if you have some of them : the tire becomes really harder !

[Allan1875]

Originally Posted by The Dude

No problem, but forget it with the Schumacher green compound if you have some of them : the tire becomes really harder !

One of them was a green cut stagger. I will give it a shot with the others anyway.

Thanks lads.

[andy110m]

I'd agree with this, I've just soaked a load of wheels and tyres. All the Schumacher yellows and ballistics came out fine. I have no issues reusing them but the Schumacher greens did go quite hard so I'll file them in the round thing.

Really worthwhile doing, £11 for 5 litres of acetone and £2.50 for a sealed tub from morrisons, and I've saved 5 sets of tyres and inserts.

The inserts swell in the acetone but dry very quickly and return to normal size and feel. As someone mentioned I wash everything off in hotish soapy water after.

Hope this helps anyone thinking of trying this.

[andy110m]

I tell a lie, its £13.44 after vat.

http://www.cwberry.com/ProductCat.as...hCatOnly=False

[dpackster1980]

From my experience Schumacher green compound tyres can go in the bin. As someone has already pointed out they go hard and feel like plastic not rather than rubber.

Schumacher yellows can be remounted as the compound stays the same.

Ballistic greens I think don't stay the same, I've tried reusing some and they were garbage.

[lardy37]

Stick them in an old saucepan with a lid , open the kitchen Windows and boil for 20 mins, then put them into cold water and they just peel off not affecting any of the rubber or wheels

[Mwarren]

I just use nail polish remover from Boots and only put some around the join between tyre and rim. Place in an air tight container for 24 hours and tyre comes off. Spin tyre over and repeat for other side. No damage to tyres

[bretts]

Originally Posted by Mwarren

I just use nail polish remover from Boots and only put some around the join between tyre and rim. Place in an air tight container for 24 hours and tyre comes off. Spin tyre over and repeat for other side. No damage to tyres

I do the same, except I get mine from Home Bargains for 60p a bottle.

[john333]

Schumacher silvers also shrivel up and go rock hard, I tried to remove some silver cut staggers and they shrank to about half size lol

[Allan1875]

Originally Posted by Mwarren

I just use nail polish remover from Boots and only put some around the join between tyre and rim. Place in an air tight container for 24 hours and tyre comes off. Spin tyre over and repeat for other side. No damage to tyres

Might give that a try for the greens. I don't submerge them in the acetone anyway, but that could definitely be an option.

Cheers .

[DynaMight]

You can also do it without any Acetone touching the tyre/wheel. Just stick the wheel in a air tight container with some acetone at the bottom, sit the wheel on top of an object so its above the 'water' level. You dont need much acetone, just maybe enough to fill up about 1cm. Will take a lot longer to work, maybe a week.

May still effect the tyre, ony ever used on yellows, but not as harsh as actual contact

[Clive Loynes]

Originally Posted by lardy37

Stick them in an old saucepan with a lid , open the kitchen Windows and boil for 20 mins, then put them into cold water and they just peel off not affecting any of the rubber or wheels

Yep.

That's what I do too, no need for nasty smelly chemicals. I also try to lob something heavy in on top of them to keep them submerged.

[V6Jim]

I've got an old camping cooker in my shed (Man Cave) especially for this purpose. No danger of divorce! Boil for a while, no effect on compounds as far as I can tell...

Jimmy

[Justingt5]

Gonna try acetone method next time, I used boiling on proline wheels and tyres and the wheels were marginally softer and the rubber although felt the same to touch now balloon more than "unboiled" tyres. I did this to one wheel after I buckled it.

[grimidol]

Originally Posted by DynaMight

You can also do it without any Acetone touching the tyre/wheel. Just stick the wheel in a air tight container with some acetone at the bottom, sit the wheel on top of an object so its above the 'water' level. You dont need much acetone, just maybe enough to fill up about 1cm. Will take a lot longer to work, maybe a week.

May still effect the tyre, ony ever used on yellows, but not as harsh as actual contact

I do it lime this and takes between 12 hours and 2 days. Down to glue and how far it has gone in under the lip as suck.

[BazzerH]

I use the shot glass method in a airtight container. Helps if you've got 100% acetone I think tho. 1st batch come off after a day but if u try another batch with same acetone in shot glass it can take up to a week. Best to be patient too and not keep opening the lid to check

[Steven Forster]

Do the wheels get discolored if they are submerged in the acetone.....???

Im just on doing some now, I've already cut the tires off and taken foams out so there is just a bit of tire left around the beed.....

Cheers

[K-Brewer]

Originally Posted by Steven Forster

Do the wheels get discolored if they are submerged in the acetone.....???

Im just on doing some now, I've already cut the tires off and taken foams out so there is just a bit of tire left around the beed.....

Cheers

I've had white wheels get a yellow tinge on them