Removing tyres - Boiling them - How To's

[jo90]

I need to now start recycling some used rims. I know many use Acetone but I have no where safe to do this with small kids about so ideally I want to boil them off.

So, how to do this ? Of course, boil, but for how long etc etc roughly. Should the water be litterally boiling away on no a very steady high simmer where the water is bubbling ?

Will this affect the rim afterm aking them brittle at all ?

Cheers for help, its appreciated

[RobW]

I started boiling tyres for same reason as you re small children around and found it so effective just carried on even when children now older.

I use an old saucepan and lid as I would not want to eat food prepared in saucepan afterwards due to superglue.

I slice tyres down middle to take insert out and leave whole tyre on as this gives me something to pull on once I've boiled them.

I boil with a lid on for about hour and 15 mins. Tyres then come off really easy. Water needs to be bubbling the whole time so need to put lid on and gradually turn heat down until it is just bubbling and not boiling over, once you have done it once you'll know how high temp you need to leave it on.

You'll need to make sure water does not boil dry - I usually boil a kettle of water about half way through to refill saucepan. I set an alarm as I am usually in garage when I am boiling tyres and once you have the smell of burnt tyres in your kitchen once you'll do the same! I also need to put extractor fan on full and leave a window open otherwise kitchen steams up.

Never had a problem with brittle wheels - I've boiled associated, proline, schumacher, kyosho, Losi wheels.

Rob

[jo90]

Thanks Rob, that answered it all. Plan to boil these on one of those portal stoves so its outdoors..and yeh old saucepan and wont be used for nothing but tyre boiling


cheers

[Pacman]

I tried boiling wheels and tires back in the 90's on my Cat 2000 wheels. Unfortunately the wheels shrunk, so haven't tried it since. However modern wheel materials may be different, so I'd advise you try it on your worst condition wheels first.

[RichyUK]

i boil them if i need a speedy removal, if not then i use acetone. I fill up a shot glass of acetone, pop in the middle of an airtight container surrounded by the wheels i need rubber removed from (i cut most of the tyre off and remove inserts first), pop the lid on, then i leave the container out of harms way up on top of a kitchen cupboard. The fumes in the container soften the glue nicely

[Matt Butcher]

acetone for me too, soooooo easy

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by jo90

I need to now start recycling some used rims. I know many use Acetone but I have no where safe to do this with small kids about so ideally I want to boil them off.

So, how to do this ? Of course, boil, but for how long etc etc roughly. Should the water be litterally boiling away on no a very steady high simmer where the water is bubbling ?

Will this affect the rim afterm aking them brittle at all ?

Cheers for help, its appreciated

Try Nuclear RC acetone. Link is below.

[Belsten]

Thanks for the recommendation, youre better off pming me though

[spindles69]

Get a heat gun,fill sink with cold water.Heat the wheel rim going round at a steady rate,when you hear the glue start cracking put the wheel in the cold water and do the same to the rest of the rims. Take them out of the water turn over and do the other side. This is the fastest way of getting your tyres off the rims. Four tyres off the rims less than ten minutes.

[RC-BITS-BOBS]

guys use the Microwave ! joking guys haha !
+1 for acetone !

[discostu]

the quickest way is to go to shop pay money receive new wheels and tires.

spend 10 mins glueing them up go racing

happy wife as kitchen is still clean

stu