Rim glue removal
01-18-09 | 04:34 PM
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From: Philadelphia/New York
Bikes: Primary: little orange 70s LeJeune track bike, AKA Tomato Frog, and (secondary) a noisy old Botecchia mixte frame ten-speed of similar vintage.
Rim glue removal
The problem: I changed a (tubular) tire this afternoon, using (German) Continental rim cement. It was a new one, and wrestling it onto the rim I got the glue all over my hands. Scrub as I might, my hands are coated with black gunk that I can't get off for the life of me. I used soap, comet, a nail brush, and paint thinner-- no good. It looks like I have leprosy. The cement says it thins with petrol, but I do not have any petrol lying around.
What do I do? I just spent half an hour scraping my skin raw and basically redistributing the stuff. There's got to be something that dissolves it.
Please help. I'm sticking to the keyboard.
What do I do? I just spent half an hour scraping my skin raw and basically redistributing the stuff. There's got to be something that dissolves it.
Please help. I'm sticking to the keyboard.
01-18-09 | 10:06 PM
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From: Appleton WI
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The problem: I changed a (tubular) tire this afternoon, using (German) Continental rim cement. It was a new one, and wrestling it onto the rim I got the glue all over my hands. Scrub as I might, my hands are coated with black gunk that I can't get off for the life of me. I used soap, comet, a nail brush, and paint thinner-- no good. It looks like I have leprosy. The cement says it thins with petrol, but I do not have any petrol lying around.
What do I do? I just spent half an hour scraping my skin raw and basically redistributing the stuff. There's got to be something that dissolves it.
Please help. I'm sticking to the keyboard.
What do I do? I just spent half an hour scraping my skin raw and basically redistributing the stuff. There's got to be something that dissolves it.
Please help. I'm sticking to the keyboard.
01-18-09 | 11:19 PM
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you'll get some decent help here: https://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...otally+tubular
01-19-09 | 11:59 PM
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From: Okinawa
Bikes: 05 Giant TCR 0; 94 Le Mond Alpe d'Huez; 83 Colnago Saronni; 81 San Rensho Katana Super Export track bike, #A116-56; 97 GT Zaskar
nail polish remover. Of course you have buckets of that lying around.
or just get it really dirty and then rub it off, or deal with it.
rim tape sucks really badly when it's time to change tires, and it's a total pain in the donkey to get rid of the old tape before putting a new tire on.
or just get it really dirty and then rub it off, or deal with it.
rim tape sucks really badly when it's time to change tires, and it's a total pain in the donkey to get rid of the old tape before putting a new tire on.
01-20-09 | 08:55 AM
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the darkness
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stretch the tire first by putting it on the rim without glue on the tire and airing it up to full pressure for a day or two....or atleast an hour or two if you're in a hurry.
also let the glue dry until it isn't tacky when you touch it.
fast orange hand cleaner works ok when i get glue on my hands and stuff. forget about getting it out of your clothes though.
also let the glue dry until it isn't tacky when you touch it.
fast orange hand cleaner works ok when i get glue on my hands and stuff. forget about getting it out of your clothes though.
01-20-09 | 09:09 AM
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From: Okinawa
Bikes: 05 Giant TCR 0; 94 Le Mond Alpe d'Huez; 83 Colnago Saronni; 81 San Rensho Katana Super Export track bike, #A116-56; 97 GT Zaskar
If you have a spare rim or wheel lying around, keep your next tire on that (unglued, of course, and inflated to 40-50 psi) until you need it. keeps it stretched and in shape, and gives you a reason or an excuse to hang onto a dead wheel or save one from being scrapped.
you will need a next tire. better to have one around just in case, rather than need one and it's sunday and -20 degrees and you're getting snowed in.
you will need a next tire. better to have one around just in case, rather than need one and it's sunday and -20 degrees and you're getting snowed in.
