Removing the tyres off wheels that have been superglued on

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Public warning annoucement
- Use in a well ventilated area! It's got quite a kick!
- Fill over the sink as this will strip paint off
- DON'T smoke around it! highly flamable
- avoid contact with eyes, etc, etc.

So with my B44 I got a box full of knackered old tyres that had been superglued on 360 degrees around the wheel. great...

most of them were bald as they come, but the wheels were in pretty good nick. I'd previously managed to superglue my SC10 wheels to my jeans so I googled removing superglue and found it's weakness is Acertone. Naturally as with most chemicals it's not on the shelf in asda (other supermarkets are available), but what is also said was acertone is the common ingredient in nail varnish remover. so off to the supermarket I went and straight to the missus's favourite isle. 77p a bottle for 250ml. 5 bottles later. Oh, btw. They also do a Acertone free version for fake nails the missus tells me. don't buy that one. I'm assuming it won't work + it's like 4 times the price.


I didn't expect the tyres to magically fall off once they came in contact with the NVR as I'd tried that with a drop between cells before. so I filled up a pot I found in the kitchen and popped them in. The fronts I was trialling had been sliced down the middle and the foams removed from them by the previous owner. stacked on top of eachother with a weight on the top they were ready to be submerged in NVR.


It's actually clear when you put them in. I guess all the glue and dirt made it go this colour.

I tried pulling the tyres off a few days later and they sort of started to come off so I aided it with a screw driver and ripped the tyre. I gave up then and popped them back in the NVR. It's important to seal the tub as the NVR evaporates really fast.

So 2 weeks passed and I'd completely forgotten about the wheels until tonight. so I fished them out of the tub and pulled the tyre much to my surprise it just pulled clean off the wheel. jackpot! Same with the other. 2 weeks of stewing in NVR worked.



The tub I used holds 2 front wheels nicely, but rears we all know are wider so I had to upgrade the tub.

If you want to save the foams cut the tyre and remove them. this also lets the NVR get at both sides of the superglue which I can only guess helps it work better.



In they go. And they float. So I pinched some stones off the drive to keep them submerged.



And there we go. 2 weeks I'm sure I'll be able to just pull the tyres off the wheels