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Old 13-01-2017
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Agree with the others ..... Acetone is most effective ...... Tried boiling and heat gun and it either didn't remove the glue or warped the rims ......
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Old 14-01-2017
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mini oven 15 quid from aldi. cut most of tyre off. stick rims in for 10 mins at 150 and the tyre bead peels off easy.
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mini oven 15 quid from aldi. cut most of tyre off. stick rims in for 10 mins at 150 and the tyre bead peels off easy.
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Like others have said, I cut as much tyre from the rim, remove the inserts, and leave in acetone. I find a few hours is good enough to get the tyre off.

I then wait for the glue to re-harden then scrape with the edge of a scalpel, finish up with a toothbrush and a quick spray and wipe with motor cleaner.

I get my acetone from home bargains, they sell pure acetone in small bottles for £1 for 150ml of which I use about 75ml for a large batch of tyres.
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Sealable bucket, acetone, fill bucket, leave for a week, peal off tyres, let inserts dry, clean wheels, job done.

I never bother cutting tyres and removing inserts, just throw them in and let the acetone do the work. Handy if you've got a few sets of wheels.
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I've recently been using Handy foam gun cleaner, its basically acetone in a spray can and works really well stripping off tyres in 24hrs when used in a sealed box.
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Thanks guys....been refurbishing my '92 RC10 stealth and, wanting to reuse the original wheels, needed to get the old Losi X patterns off. So, got some acetone put just a small amount in a sealable tub with a pair of wheels. Left for two days and the tyres come straight off, the rims cleaned with a little of the acetone on a cloth and rims as good as new.! Yes I know the glue was 25 years old but the tyres were still well stuck..
Never removed old tyres before but will not hesitate again.
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