Originally Posted by SMR 510RR

There seem to be 3 popular methods to getting tires off wheels.

1.Acetone:Stick a gallon of acetone at the bottom of a 5 gallon bucket and suspend the wheels/tires above the liquid so that the vapors soften the glue. From what I have read this method takes about 3 days until they come off but they come off clean. Use remaining acetone to clean up wheels. The downside is that the acetone may eat your foams and clay compound tires tend to react poorly and are not usable afterward.

2.Boil them: People say 20 min per side but I tried it and it takes forever and will probably ruin your foams. My tires also ended up stretched out even though I never got them off. Finally got them off after baking and my foams were all shriveled up (jconcepts).

3.Bake them: I finally did this after boiling didnt work (at least not very well). I tried a bunch of different temperatures and times and the best was 300* for 10min per side. I used a toaster oven and it fits 2 wheels in at a time no problem and I plugged it in outside so I didnt have nasty smoke inside (smoke was not 1/2 as bad at 300* vs 350*). They pull right off (if they dont stick them back in for 5 min and try again) but it does leave some crispy CA residue that you will need to get off. You can use acetone on the wheels and on any non clay compound tires, I ended up just cutting/scraping the glue off the tire bead with xacto and lexan scissors. They were a little rough but they glued back up fine and I dont think I will have any problems with them.


Another interesting fact, I seem to have developed a allergy
to CA. About 2 hours after gluing up a set of tires I start sneezing and my throat gets really dry and I cough every 5 min. Lasts about 3 days, now I wear a respirator while I glue and if its is nice out I do it outside to try to avoid the fumes. Seems stupid and I am not typically the guy wearing safety glasses or worrying much about stuff like that but I highly recommend getting a respirator to use while gluing. Took forever to figure out what it was because it took 2 or 3 hours for symptoms to start, sure enough there are lots of reports on the internet of similar reactions.



I did some last weekend and they are fine.