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How do you remove the black adhesive gunk left over when wheel weights are taken off, please?
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I've used sticky stuff remover but it's not always easy to triumph over that stuff, prepare for a fight!
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Mr Sheen is pretty got at removing stuff like that.
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Petrol also pretty good
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You need a solvent. Glue/gum/tar remover of any description.
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UPVC window cleaner works for me , i have it from work but its readily available online & covers a mulitude of tasks https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everbuild-PVC1 ... vc+cleaner
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I used evostik glue remover. Had to let it soak in and then it scraped off using a piece of plastic.
Did this last week when changed to my Summer tyres. I couldn't get WD40 to work but I thought it would
Did this last week when changed to my Summer tyres. I couldn't get WD40 to work but I thought it would
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Thank you, all.
I tried most, but Rob was right and ...
I tried most, but Rob was right and ...
In the end, I went to my local Romanians, who used (a very little) hydrochloric acid diluted with water and the wheel then thoroughly washed with water.
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I've got some of this stuff it's Frikin LETHAL, whenever I use it I wish I hadn'tmr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:00 pm UPVC window cleaner works for me , i have it from work but its readily available online & covers a mulitude of tasks https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everbuild-PVC1 ... vc+cleaner
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2014 e89 35is M-Sport Design Pure Traction
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Stuartt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:45 pmI've got some of this stuff it's Frikin LETHAL, whenever I use it I wish I hadn'tmr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:00 pm UPVC window cleaner works for me , i have it from work but its readily available online & covers a mulitude of tasks https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everbuild-PVC1 ... vc+cleaner
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Just ordered some, the windows at smartbear towers could do with a spruce up
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e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold
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Use it sparingly Rob or you'll melt your frames.Smartbear wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 7:10 pmStuartt wrote: ↑Thu Apr 27, 2017 5:45 pmI've got some of this stuff it's Frikin LETHAL, whenever I use it I wish I hadn'tmr wilks wrote: ↑Wed Apr 26, 2017 9:00 pm UPVC window cleaner works for me , i have it from work but its readily available online & covers a mulitude of tasks https://www.amazon.co.uk/Everbuild-PVC1 ... vc+cleaner
Stuart
Just ordered some, the windows at smartbear towers could do with a spruce up
Rob
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2004 3.0i SE Roadster , GONE to a good home
2010 e89 35i Sdrive M sport. GONE for salvage but has been reborn
2014 e89 35is M-Sport Design Pure Traction
2010 e89 35i Sdrive M sport. GONE for salvage but has been reborn
2014 e89 35is M-Sport Design Pure Traction