Acetone
 

Ok my first season over and i have lots of good wheels and bald tyres left. I live near Bury metro and need some acetone to get my old tyres off.
Anybody any ideas on where i can get some near there.

Cheers

Mike.

do this its ten times better get a steamer 3 tier type thing as used for vegatables fish etc. cost u a tenner from asda put you wheels and tyres in for about half hour per side u can do about 10 sets at time your tyres fall off the rims and usually in perfect condition i have done this now all year even done it trackside save a fortune in wheels and inserts:)

This could be quite interesting, since this is an ingredient to a b*mb, how much harder is it to get some Acetone, if atall?

Mike, it is commonly used as nail varnish remover & fake nail remover, so if you have a friend who works in a salon then try that.

Chris

Damn! We've just given a steamer away which we have never used, as we prefer our veg soft and soggy, not crunchy.

HHHMMMMM, Interesting, ive got a steamer gonna bung em in and try that. Cheers

I used to boil mine off the rims, but to be honest with you Acetone works way better because it dissolves all the original glue and leaves you with new wheels again. If you just boil/ steam you dont actually remove the glue from the wheels (it just sends it brittle so you can get the tyre off more easily) and over time you can get a build up.
Acetone is quite easy to buy (I just got 5 gallon recently), but the carriage is expensive due to not being able to go by Royal mail (Its more flammable than petrol).

No, just been told off. un-hygienic apparantly. better buy one for doing tyres seperatly. oOps.:)

I tried boilibf them but it doesnt work. im going to try some acetone just need to ask my local supply.
A

don't you find the acetone goes yellow over time (from the glue) and starts to stain the wheels?

My acetone has gone pretty yellow after 12 months of use, but I've not noticed it staining the wheels, and it still works just as well. Cut as much of the tyres off as poss, obviously remove the inserts and soak the wheels for 36 hours or so.

Make sure you have not got any little cuts on your fingers - ooohh it stings :eek:

Mike - I'll try to remember where I got mine from and let you know

Yeh acetone goes yellow quite quickly, and my tub now stains wheels too - but there is a cure. As I remove the wheels from my tub, pull the remaining rubber off (easy) I then wipe the wheel over while still damp and drop the wheels into a bag. When i go back into the house, i fill the sink with boiling water and Daz (or any other washing powder) and leave the wheels in (no bag) until cool enough to put your hands in - quick scrab with a toothbrush, and rinse under water and then leave to dry - wheels are like new.

cheers Rob, if you remember please e-mail me. just got some off e-bay 1 litre for a fiver, but sure its cheaper from fibre glass manufacturers or other such factories.

lads u use steam as its hotter than boiling water hence it chemically fractures the glue not the plastic thats why the tyres come off and dont use the misses cookware buy one from asda or any other retail outlet;)

mike come see me at bury ill have some better stuff with me. it will do the job

re manuals try here all is on there if not ask ill post it up
http://www.hobbytec.co.uk/index.php?...on_view&idev=2

o and empty ur pms box its full

Graham you minge bag, change the acetone every once in a while! ;)

Change? :confused: I just top it up.

you can get nail varnish remover from all good supermarkets. I just got mine for 79p per litre from Tesco, put it into an old coffee jar and let it sit for 2 days. The tyres fall off the wheels...:)

what do you chaps sit the wheels and tyres in the acetone them, and do they need to be totaly submersed?

i got 5l of acetone from a fiberglass company in cornwall. £5 + £10 delivery (dangerous substance!)

i just put an inch and a half or so in an old air tight tupperware box with a set of tyres and leave for 24 - 48 hours.

they still come off even if not fully submerged, just take a little longer.

I use sealed tupperware style boxes. The sort of thing with clips that hold the container air tight with a rubber seal around the opening.

Airtight is better as it vapourises and stinks!

To avoid discoloring my wheels I put 1/2 inch of acetone in the bottom of my container and then an old grill (the sort with legs on used with oven baking trays) then put the wheels on that, so totally out of the Acetone. The vapor will un-glue the tyres, but it does take a little longer!

I have also tried the steamer method and it is a lot quicker/cheaper. So far I have not encountered any build up of brittle glue left on the rims. However if your worried that it will then every once and a while give them a soak in acetone.

When you say, steamer, do you mean something like this http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/4220783.htm

yeah that be the chap!

the trouble we found with using a steamer, or hot water presure cooker etc, is that the plastic is heat formed and as such is a little susceptible to heat, it can become brittle and break easy. also it goes out of shape IE buckled wheels syndrome

after boiling my wheels the fluo color came off and the wheels were just yellow, I always use acetone and just buy it in the local hardware store =)

how easy do they come off after, does it need to be supmerged or does the vapor work too?

thanks
kev

I have a couple of inches of the stuff in a tub, and try to submerse them as it really washes the acetone off and the wheels are like new.

In fact going to put some of my Euros wheels in now (bloody loads).

acetone
 

:eek: if ya gonna use this this buy it from a chemist or auto paint place save your dollar it does work but not as good as the steamer dont buy it for five quid a litre or what ever they charge:o acetone is about 40p a litre industrial cost so work it out if u buy from the chemist at 2 quid your still being robbed