The easiest way to remove the tires from your RC’s wheels so that you can reuse either or both. No baked rubber smell to overwhelm your house, no dangerous handling of foams soaked with boiling water. Acetone does all the work for ya! Questions or comments? Visit my forums at http://www.UltimateRC.com/
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May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Where can you get …
Where can you get the same color of silver paint HPI sprays on there stock Savage X rims? I did this and I lost the paint on my rims and I now need to find the right color of paint so I can repaint them. On the bright side though this did work great.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
OK cool i wont try …
OK cool i wont try it because i can afford another set but if you try them PLEASE let me know how they turn out.
Brian
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
I have indeed done …
I have indeed done many, many full sets of Proline tires, but they do use a wide range of different compounds. The Sand Paws, like the Speed Paws and Trac-a-Gators, use an exceptionally stiff compound which I think may be different from the normal M2/M3 pliable stuff, and I haven’t tried any of those. Their regular tires are all perfectly fine with acetone, but I just haven’t tried the weird ones.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
have you tested the …
have you tested the proline tires? i would assume they are all made of the same rubber
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
It will definitely …
It will definitely remove the glue. I have not specifically tested those tires though to see if they’re acetone-safe!
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
will this work with …
will this work with the proline sand paw paddle tires?
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Acetone does remove …
Acetone does remove chrome and paint, yes.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
will the paint come …
will the paint come of matte wheels from doing this??
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Sweat i need to do …
Sweat i need to do this on my Rustler Wheels love that design gotta save em.
ic you updated the workshop since i last seen it nice job Jang!
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Yep it does. I …
Yep it does. I actually have another video up about removing chrome from wheels with acetone
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
does chrome come …
does chrome come off from doing this?
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Very great vid do …
Very great vid do you know how much an acetone like yours cost??? and where to get them the cheapest???
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
Simple Green is a …
Simple Green is a green-colored, concentrated general household cleaner. I think it’s made with a chlorophyl-based product. Cleans really well and leaves no residue, and is especially good for getting maximum traction out of used tires. Try to find a good concentrated low-toxicity cleaning agent that isn’t oil-based.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
im deffinatly going …
im deffinatly going to try this next time, i did some 2.2″ wheels and tyres last week using the baking method but as said it left alot of glue and smelt really bad
one question i have though is what is simple green? im in the UK and we dont get it over here, but i would like to try and find somthing similar
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
I’ve never had …
I’ve never had foams damaged from this method in almost 10 years of doing it, *BUT* I have not yet tried closed-cell foam with it!
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
does this not …
does this not damage the inner foam? i have some imex all T wides i wanna remove but their that closed cell foam, idk if this would damage the inner foam or the rubber on the tire.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
The baking method …
The baking method works, but it can be hard to get right. It takes quite a lot of heat, an amount which can warp some wheels, and really stink the out of your house. It’s also particularly tougher when you have tires much wider than the wheels, and it leaves the glue on the tires, whereas acetone leaves everything clean.
Easy-Off works great for dechroming, but it’s horrifically toxic (incl. the fumes). I will be doing a couple different vids with it, though.
May 24th, 2010 at 10:35 am
What do you think …
What do you think about the baking method?? (tire removal)
Also have you tried easy off for chrome??
Thoughts?