Removing tyres - Boiling them - How To's

[TARTMAN]

i have boiled and acetoned.

boiling is dangerous, burnt fimgers, etc etc and stinks.

acetone, easy, airtight container. pop in a few mm of pure acetone, drop in the wheels/tyres, 24 to 48 hours later they peel off.

so you can use the wheels and sometimes the inserts and the tyres again. or cut off the tyres if shot and remove the insert then drop in the wheel. excess rubber comes off easily after the 24 hour soak.

use decent pure acetone as some nail varnish removers dont work(acetone free or low mix).

[Shaun_TLR]

Originally Posted by TARTMAN

i have boiled and acetoned.

boiling is dangerous, burnt fimgers, etc etc and stinks.

acetone, easy, airtight container. pop in a few mm of pure acetone, drop in the wheels/tyres, 24 to 48 hours later they peel off.

so you can use the wheels and sometimes the inserts and the tyres again. or cut off the tyres if shot and remove the insert then drop in the wheel. excess rubber comes off easily after the 24 hour soak.

use decent pure acetone as some nail varnish removers dont work(acetone free or low mix).

Can I just check, is it the acetone fumes that break down the glue, or do the tyres/wheels need to be immersed in acetone for it to work?

also, how much acetone do I need to use ?

ta

[Danny Harrison]

Its the fumes, fully immersing would be quicker but i just put a bit in the bottom. I cut tyres off first and remove inserts too.

Ive done 2 sets last week with cheap nail varnish remover. Worked great and no smell either when sealed. Even open smell is minimal.

[buggy#0]

While we are on the subject of removing tyres, I have a set of front mini pins that were obviously glued using the worlds strongest glue (probably industrial grade super-ca) and 30 mins of boiling has done nothing. I have tried a bit of acetone, but it just isn't happening. Any ideas?

[Groomi]

Originally Posted by 1rcdad

Always boil for 10 minutes then put into iced water for about 5 minutes,tyres fall off rims and glue residue just peels off.

This sounds simple. I can see how got then cold will bresk doem the glue quickly, but does it damage wheel or tyre at all?

[cutting42]

Originally Posted by buggy#0

While we are on the subject of removing tyres, I have a set of front mini pins that were obviously glued using the worlds strongest glue (probably industrial grade super-ca) and 30 mins of boiling has done nothing. I have tried a bit of acetone, but it just isn't happening. Any ideas?

Submerge in acetone for 24 hrs, that should do it

[bodgit]

Originally Posted by buggy#0

While we are on the subject of removing tyres, I have a set of front mini pins that were obviously glued using the worlds strongest glue (probably industrial grade super-ca) and 30 mins of boiling has done nothing. I have tried a bit of acetone, but it just isn't happening. Any ideas?

You could try baking them off. There's quite a few video's on You Tube.

[crtpromachine]

I bolied 10 sets of tyres of tyres of the rims on Monday and took about 2 hours simple way of doing and get the job done easily instead of waiting for the accetone to take its cause;

I will admit i use both methods boiling and accetone i do not bake as the smell is awful and stinks the house out

Both of the methods does exactly what it says on the tin

[Hpi_guy]

Originally Posted by crtpromachine

I bolied 10 sets of tyres of tyres of the rims on Monday and took about 2 hours simple way of doing and get the job done easily instead of waiting for the accetone to take its cause;

I will admit i use both methods boiling and accetone i do not bake as the smell is awful and stinks the house out

Both of the methods does exactly what it says on the tin

That smell will be the cyanide

[Burty248]

Just had a weird thought. How quick would removing tyres be in boiling acetone?
Please don't actually try this anyone.

[cutting42]

Originally Posted by Burty248

Just had a weird thought. How quick would removing tyres be in boiling acetone?
Please don't actually try this anyone.

Actually as just a boiling liquid, pretty safe as it needs to be well over 400 deg C to just explode. However the fumes mixed with air are massively flammable and if you were using a gas flame to heat the acetone the fumes would very quickly reach the gas flame and you would see "big boom" taking your tyres and head "clean off".

As Burty248 says. Do NOT try this at home!

[Burty248]

Strap an abused lipo to the side of the saucepan and it will create a acetone superbomb, able to dissolve superglue and remove tyres with a range of 1km.

[Pacman]

I finally got round to trying the acetone method for removing glued tyres from wheels. It worked a treat. Just left the wheels in an old ice cream tub over night with a small amount of nail polish remover.

Best part was that the acetone I used was Wilko's nail polish remover which only costs £1, and I'd guess I only used around 20p's worth!

[scotty_big_flip]

some top advice, however as im without kids im opting for the acetone way

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by jo90

I need to now start recycling some used rims. I know many use Acetone but I have no where safe to do this with small kids about so ideally I want to boil them off.

So, how to do this ? Of course, boil, but for how long etc etc roughly. Should the water be litterally boiling away on no a very steady high simmer where the water is bubbling ?

Will this affect the rim afterm aking them brittle at all ?

Cheers for help, its appreciated

Try Nuclear RC acetone. Link is below.

[Belsten]

Thanks for the recommendation, youre better off pming me though

[spindles69]

Get a heat gun,fill sink with cold water.Heat the wheel rim going round at a steady rate,when you hear the glue start cracking put the wheel in the cold water and do the same to the rest of the rims. Take them out of the water turn over and do the other side. This is the fastest way of getting your tyres off the rims. Four tyres off the rims less than ten minutes.

[RC-BITS-BOBS]

guys use the Microwave ! joking guys haha !
+1 for acetone !

[discostu]

the quickest way is to go to shop pay money receive new wheels and tires.

spend 10 mins glueing them up go racing

happy wife as kitchen is still clean

stu

[jsw123]

Originally Posted by discostu

the quickest way is to go to shop pay money receive new wheels and tires.

spend 10 mins glueing them up go racing

happy wife as kitchen is still clean

stu

And with a small child running around acetone sounds like a bad idea.