Originally Posted by
topflightpro
No, what happened was the tire came off, but the base tape didn't. I had to resort to using a solvent to get the base tape off the rim. And once I started, I had to keep going until the glue was completely removed - I wasn't comfortable with the idea of applying glue on top of a glue/solvent mix.
It took many hours of applying solvent, scrubbing with a scotch pad, applying more solvent, scrubbing with the scotch pad... I worked between spoke holes, giving the solvent time to work while I scrubbed my way around the rim.
At least the rim is now nice and clean looking.
d'oh, wish i replied before you went through all that trouble. The best thing to use is actually a butter knife dipped in goof off. Work from the edge of the rim, and the gunk comes off, well, like hot knife through butter. I'm going through something similar right now as the valve on my tubular is fubared
Also, re: applying glue on top of a glue/solvent mix, of what do you think tubular glue is comprise? Hint: find a tube of mastik and read the labels.