Reusing Tire Foams/Inserts
03-10-2013, 04:09 PM
#4
You can glue them back together with contact cement. Simple as that.
03-10-2013, 05:44 PM
#5
Did you leave the wheels/tires in the acetone (submerged)? The trick is to leave them in the bucket raised up and just let the fumes work their magic. It takes a little longer but saves the foams. I usually leave mine for a couple of days and the tires fall right off. Foams look brand new.
03-10-2013, 05:47 PM
#6
DO NOT SOAK AKA FOAMS in Acetone. You WILL remove Essential oils from the foam and they will Shrink and go hard.
As timannnn6 said, Elevate the wheels above the acetone and get one Bead off, Remove foam and soak from there.
03-10-2013, 05:49 PM
#7
And my post also refers to if you are trying to save tires and foams. If tires are trash cut them off, pull foams out and soak away.
03-10-2013, 07:33 PM
#8
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If you are trying to save tires and foams, and wheels for that matter, throw them on a baking sheet, set your oven to 350*, let them cook for about 20 min. Everything will come out perfect. A little bit of cleanup on the tire might be needed from the glue. There will be a slight odor, not to bad though. I have tried boiling tires, acetone, and this method. The boil method did not work and it ruined the aka foams. Acetone like stated before also ruins the foams, and I found cleanup took a lot longer. The baking method is the best way I have found so far and it's not a long time. You can also get a heat gun and do the same thing. Just be sure to isolate the heat to the upside of the wheel. Try not to heat the center as much as possible.
03-11-2013, 07:30 AM
#10
Baking is IMO more labor intensive not to mention the Horrendous Stink. When you bake the tires off your left with a Gooey layer of glue that when hot can be somewhat easily removed but when it cools down and turns into ROCK hard Glue again, That's where the Acetone comes in. Acetone actually dissolves the CA and leaves you with a 100% clean Glue free surface to work with.
Baking is also more dangerous for the foams and rims. Heat and oil = Evaporation = Ruined foams. Little too long for the rims and they Melt and distort.
Acetone is the Way to go. Its a Set it and forget it type of method.
Baking is also more dangerous for the foams and rims. Heat and oil = Evaporation = Ruined foams. Little too long for the rims and they Melt and distort.
Acetone is the Way to go. Its a Set it and forget it type of method.
03-11-2013, 08:55 AM
#11
I baked tires off yesterday with great success. The closed cell foams do seem to shrink a bit though.
What I do I preheat the oven to 350 and toss the wheels on a cookie, outside up. Turn the oven off and left them sit for 25 minutes or so. This way you're not cooking the tires and don't really have to worry about melting the wheels.it stinks less too.
What I do I preheat the oven to 350 and toss the wheels on a cookie, outside up. Turn the oven off and left them sit for 25 minutes or so. This way you're not cooking the tires and don't really have to worry about melting the wheels.it stinks less too.
03-11-2013, 10:08 AM
#12
What about using a grill??? Has anybody tried that. A gas grill with a temp setting that would work and mama/gf doesn't get pissed because of the horrific odor!!!
Whoever said the odor isn't too bad must have clogged sinuses!!
Whoever said the odor isn't too bad must have clogged sinuses!!
03-11-2013, 11:38 AM
#14
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1. acetone can't be with water, so if your foam is wet when you put that into acetone, you will destroy it.
2. Some residual foam may be glued to the wheel, thus the main piece of foam is smaller when you take it out. sometimes foam can be glued to wheel in some spot, and in a heavily spinning wheel, the foam will tend to spin outside, and the glued part will have a thin layer of foam sticked on it.