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Boiling off old tires - rocco79 - 11-29-2006
Name dropper
Boiling off old tires - Eracer76 - 11-29-2006
Tex Wrote:boiling works ok, tires don't just pop off though..
oven works a lot better and my c-boas fell off the rims with ease...I didn't like the clean up I had to do on the rims/tires though, glue needed to be cleaned up all over the place and it literally took 2-3 hours to get it all off. At that point I wished I would have just bought new rims....
oven does stink up the house IMO and boiling does mess up a pan...
Roc, eric did the acetone thing on his c-boas and he like them with the hard compound....he said they work good.
I had the same problem with the oven way, it took forever to remove all the old glue.
So I figured I'd try the acetone way, not knowing it would turn my Boa C's hard afterwards
So I was going to buy new ones, but so far they seem to be working ok, even while being hard....After all, I did manage to win the A-main with them on Sunday
Boiling off old tires - rocco79 - 11-29-2006
Jeeeeezzzzzzzzz how many times ya gonna say it! LoL!!!!
Boiling off old tires - Czech-it-Out Graphics - 11-29-2006
ur arm must be gettin sore from patting urself on the back so much
Boiling off old tires - badmojo - 11-29-2006
lmao, whatever works I guess
Boiling off old tires - Eracer76 - 11-29-2006
Your all just jealous :p:
lol
Boiling off old tires - Czech-it-Out Graphics - 11-29-2006
that must be it
Boiling off old tires - AddictedtoNITRO - 12-02-2006
I did the boil too and it did mark up the pan a lil. It did work but 4 tires took like an hour of boiling water. lol I started to get impatent and started to exacto once they got hot and that seemed to help the water soak into the bead some.
Boiling off old tires - SLOW REVO - 12-02-2006
Why not just buy new rims, Is it realy worth all the time it takes
Boiling off old tires - Ponch - 12-02-2006
SLOW REVO Wrote:Why not just buy new rims, Is it realy worth all the time it takes
Becuase they're saving the tires....
Boiling off old tires - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 12-02-2006
yep, it's the tires.
Boiling off old tires - SLOW REVO - 12-03-2006
Well i guess it might be worth the time then.
alute:
Boiling off old tires - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 12-06-2006
Well I doubt I could have accomplished this between heats at the track, but I tried the Xacto method. I trimmed away the side that was already the looser, back or front of the wheel. After I cut the one side free I was able to clean out the bead with the Dremel wire wheel, install the new foam and reglue the side I cut away. It took about an hour to cut and clean all four MT size wheels. With new foams in there, they are good as new, and ready to sit on bench because I never go to the track.
Thanks Chris for the Xacto tip. No boiling no baking no mess no wife problems! It's all good!
Boiling off old tires - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 12-09-2006
The reason I had to do this:
![[Image: dscn0556.JPG]](https://www.chitownrc.com/gallery/files/8/1/dscn0556.JPG)
These things were softer than a warm Krispy Kreme donut.
Boiling off old tires - Ponch - 12-09-2006
Time for some ofna moldeds Dave lol.
Boiling off old tires - rocco79 - 12-09-2006
Thats what mine looked like to dave..... Just use stock replacements . Ofna foam weighs too much IMO
Boiling off old tires - DAVEC-NITRO-RS4 - 12-09-2006
I used white panthers.
Boiling off old tires - Tex - 12-09-2006
that's the best bet Dave, good call
Boiling off old tires - chris arnold - 12-10-2006
the dad gosch x acto method rocks. i did gimpies 1/8 tires at the track last sat between heats. LOL
Boiling off old tires - rocco79 - 12-10-2006
Gimpy!