Make sure you keep an eye on it if you are doing it for the first time and you're using lower cost budget rims. I had someone report it melted the rims for them. I was told the rims didn't touch the liquid either. I've done Tamiya and Schumacher rims myself with no issues but with so many rims being made all over the place, you take your chances as a grown adult.
@user-yv9dy5fl3d6 ай бұрын
Super Blackfoot rims melt! Irreplaceable too!
@simonbodill Жыл бұрын
Excellent 👌🏻 thanks gavin great tip unfortunately I had to completely eat a set of TC01 wheels to figure it out lol 😂
@pesh909Ай бұрын
Fantastic tip! Thankyou sir
@ChrisFlys Жыл бұрын
During the winter season I do this a lot. 2 sets of tyres for three cars on one weekend. I just drop them straight into the acetone. I never ever had anything melt, get soft or be destroyed. Including foams. However only on new stuff, my top force rims being the exception. I use ammo cans to do this, they work brilliantly.
@obelix479 Жыл бұрын
Great way. I have always unglued tires with acetone but dipping them throwing tires (finished) and insert👍
@bongofury3176 Жыл бұрын
really useful ! just changing the glued tyres on Brutus (my TRX-6). Hyrax are go. cheers
@alantaylor353 Жыл бұрын
Thank you... Awesome tip.! I don't know how many times I've accidentally melted wheel rims in the oven.. I'm ordering some acetone now.!
@RCKickschannel Жыл бұрын
Just make sure you run a test as some plastics work fine and some car react.
@FZERO20 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much
@hortn123 Жыл бұрын
Acetone will completely destroy ABS plastic based wheels. Only good for nylon wheels
@boostjunkieMike8 ай бұрын
Great tip
@morg07 Жыл бұрын
Great info!! Saved me a lot of grief. Appreciated :)
@kenblockx2010 Жыл бұрын
I use Team Orion D- Fuse CA debonder and works perfectly to remove tires from wheels , just put it on and the cyano acrylic glue debonds and the tire comes of and this happens after a few seconds / minutes , it's perfectly safe for tires and rims and your own skin
@robbryan3044 Жыл бұрын
But what (if anything) does it do paint? In other words, painted wheels that didn't come 'painted' from the factory? EDIT: Every o/l retailer reports it as "discontinued". Can't even purchased directly. However, other manufacturers, incl Bob Smith Industries, have their own versions.
@kenblockx2010 Жыл бұрын
@@robbryan3044 i think it's safe for painted wheels but i'm not 100% sure
@kenblockx2010 Жыл бұрын
There are other special products that are specific for debonding glue from tires, specific hobby products and similar to the Team Orion CA Debonder, just have to look it up, but i would never use ACETON.... the word itself... if it is harmfull for the skin....
@SavyBajaBuster Жыл бұрын
Nice one Gav 👍 I always used to boil em which does work but this looks like it work much better....
@RCKickschannel Жыл бұрын
Worth a try to see if you get on with it over boiling.
@robertrutledge8281 Жыл бұрын
He's got a case of the vapours.
@matthutch5919 Жыл бұрын
❤ this 💯 MASSIVE THANKS
@JimBoBJames-no5db11 ай бұрын
Excellent advice there Gavin,👍 I'm interested in the long term were the tyres or wheels affected by the acetone? I made a silly mistake and I'm currently looking to remedy it. I used Super glue to lock the 5 tiny screws and nuts on beadlock Tamiya Hornet/ Grasshopper/ frog wheels. Unfortunately I made a dumb mistake of having the inside centre reversed so now the wheelnuts are on the outside and the screw heads are inside against the stub axle. Have you got any ideas on how to dissolve the glue without hurting the wheel plastic please Gavin? I think maybe the acetone won't be good for the wheel plastic but maybe your technique shown in this video might work? Thanks again for a great channel at RCkicks 👍💪
@aneszuxx Жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Tamiya rims get soft and deformed with this method. What worked is to boil the tires and rims and remove the tire from the rim as the glue gets soft
@Mini-z1994 Жыл бұрын
Certain plastics get affected by this yeah think it's abs plastic that essentially melts while nylon is perfectly safe, so you'd have too research that.
@Mini-z1994 Жыл бұрын
just saw essentially was misspelled so edited there, which removed the heart.
@dannyrisley4665 Жыл бұрын
I have a couple Phoenix chassis and towers if you need spares. I was gonna do a restore but changed my mind.
@wordreet Жыл бұрын
Noice!
@carlandrews3475 Жыл бұрын
I need to find a pair of these rims
@gamercat700410 ай бұрын
Need this trick hard to remove small wheels with small rims. For my kyosho dodge charger rc.
@taimaishu-nao1922 Жыл бұрын
WD40 also works good at removing CA glue. The problem is that WD40 also will “eat” or melt certain types of plastic. WD40 can work pretty fast but the longer you soak it, the better it works but with the catch that it can chemically react to certain plastic.
@Lee.gRC2711 ай бұрын
I used a vegetable steamer
@EasydoezitG Жыл бұрын
I just pop em in the oven 😂
@The_RC_Family7 ай бұрын
Is the title a Rick and Morti joke?
@extec1016 ай бұрын
Tires are used up. Me nahh run em till slicks
@pacobarco Жыл бұрын
Easier..just put them in boiling water.
@waltergiesner1789 Жыл бұрын
I thought u use it for drugs 🤔
@gamercat700410 ай бұрын
Need this trick hard to remove small wheels with small rims. For my kyosho dodge charger rc.