Carbon Tubular
Whats the best and easiest way to remove old tubular tire glue from carbon rims?
I have a set of Zipp 999's off eBay that I want to put new tires on. They have tires glued on them already which I hate and want to change. I want to be able to clean all the glue off the rims (like brand new) without having to scrub for days and possibly messing up the carbon surface. Are there any products that will desolve the glue without harming the bonding agent in the carbon or the gloss final coat of the rim?
Zipp recommends alcohol, acetone, or Goof Off:
http://www.zipp.com/portals/0/support/documents/ZIPP_A6_Wheel%20Manual_0306.pdf
Contrary to another responder, I wouldn't leave the old glue on. You don't know how old it is, what type it is, or how well it was done. If you had been the first person to apply the glue, I would agree, but you weren't, so you should clean them off as well as possible, but you don't need to get clear down to the base of the rim, and in fact you probably shouldn't try. When gluing tubulars, you need to have a good base of glue worked onto the rim. Once you get down to where you can _see_ the rim and there are no big chunks of old glue left, you'll have a good base to apply new layers of glue to.
Read the Zipp manual.
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