I usually get the rim back to pristine condition before any installation.
I use a heat gun (heat not melt!!!) some (appropriate for the application!) solvent, a few rags and my trusty butter knife. You can sometimes get a glob on a rag to use to get other globs with. Take care to not lose any glue in the rim!
It takes a little time but the end result is a professional glue job and no hops.
Just_The_Taint on
I’m a bit of a stickler on getting the surface as clean as possible. I’ve never had a roll off, and never want to risk it. That looks like more old glue on a rim than what I would trust. I’ve seen old and new glue stick together fine, but I still don’t like risking it.
BriK007 on
Do you access to a dumpster?
suclatox on
Acetone, microfiber cloth, plastic tire lever and tons of elbow grease are your friends here.
if you where re-gluing id say you only need to clean it a bit more, if you are using tape, id get it way cleaner otherwise you’ll be taping over pretty irregular surface, and the tape is going to only stick to old glue not the actual rim surface.
Less_Interest_5964 on
Should be pretty clean. A. Varsol or B very small flat head and pick lol
blanczak on
Some days I miss working in the bike shop. After seeing videos like this I feel better about leaving it 😀
Vespizzari on
For carbon rims get some janitor’s freeze spray like they use to clean chewing gum. Freeze it in patches and take it off with some very fine grit sandpaper. Bonus you’ll prep the surface for new adhesive. Just don’t go to deep. (stop when you start getting black dust)
Ok-Active-8321 on
I’ve never used tape; I’ve always used glue. It’s hard to tell for sure from your video, but you probably need to do some more scraping, especially on the high edges of the rim. Acetone and a rag (outdoors!) with a knife or screwdriver to knock off the high spots.
Like I said, its hard to tell with the wheel spinning, but it looks to me like you applied a lot more adhesive than necessary, leading to thick chunks.
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I usually get the rim back to pristine condition before any installation.
I use a heat gun (heat not melt!!!) some (appropriate for the application!) solvent, a few rags and my trusty butter knife. You can sometimes get a glob on a rag to use to get other globs with. Take care to not lose any glue in the rim!
It takes a little time but the end result is a professional glue job and no hops.
I’m a bit of a stickler on getting the surface as clean as possible. I’ve never had a roll off, and never want to risk it. That looks like more old glue on a rim than what I would trust. I’ve seen old and new glue stick together fine, but I still don’t like risking it.
Do you access to a dumpster?
Acetone, microfiber cloth, plastic tire lever and tons of elbow grease are your friends here.
if you where re-gluing id say you only need to clean it a bit more, if you are using tape, id get it way cleaner otherwise you’ll be taping over pretty irregular surface, and the tape is going to only stick to old glue not the actual rim surface.
Should be pretty clean. A. Varsol or B very small flat head and pick lol
Some days I miss working in the bike shop. After seeing videos like this I feel better about leaving it 😀
For carbon rims get some janitor’s freeze spray like they use to clean chewing gum. Freeze it in patches and take it off with some very fine grit sandpaper. Bonus you’ll prep the surface for new adhesive. Just don’t go to deep. (stop when you start getting black dust)
I’ve never used tape; I’ve always used glue. It’s hard to tell for sure from your video, but you probably need to do some more scraping, especially on the high edges of the rim. Acetone and a rag (outdoors!) with a knife or screwdriver to knock off the high spots.
Like I said, its hard to tell with the wheel spinning, but it looks to me like you applied a lot more adhesive than necessary, leading to thick chunks.