De-Solv-It Sticky Stuff Remover FAIL

Wrs · Post by **Wrs** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:04 pm

Heads up

Stay away from this stuff its deadly

. I attempted to remove the residue left from my old wheel weights and it stripped the paint off my 326 alloys

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So I ended up back here (again)...

All sorted now though

Chris_D · Post by **Chris_D** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:16 pm

It prob has aggressive dissolvers in like u find in ovencleaner.
Ur better off with wd40 and even fairy liquid and warm water is an excellent solvent degreaser.

Wrs · Post by **Wrs** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:30 pm

Noted for next time. Cheers Chris

PerryGunn · Post by **PerryGunn** » Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:34 pm

I've found that Autosmart Tardis will dissolve virtually any sticky residue and it eats wheel weight backing for breakfast

Just don't use it indoors because it's got rather a strong smell

Wrs · Post by **Wrs** » Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:43 am

Good to know thanks Perry

GAZA62 · Post by **GAZA62** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:32 pm

Had to remove the same sticky pad and residue from my wheel today AG Intensive Tar remover works a treat.

flimper · Post by **flimper** » Sat Jan 14, 2017 10:33 pm

GAZA62 wrote:Had to remove the same sticky pad and residue from my wheel today AG Intensive Tar remover works a treat.

That's funny, I've tried that before on left over wheel weights with little success. Did you have to agitate the area with a lot of force to get it to shift? Always frightened that I'll take the lacquer off with it

biojo · Post by **biojo** » Sun Jan 15, 2017 8:35 pm

ye tardis will work, but be carfull with this too, it can strip paints if theres no laquer

i just used some Isopropyl alcohol my wheels

mj2k · Post by **mj2k** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 3:55 pm

Perfect timing, as this is on my to do list while I look for employment

obewan · Post by **obewan** » Mon Jan 16, 2017 7:36 pm

Chris_D wrote:It prob has aggressive dissolvers in like u find in ovencleaner.
Ur better off with wd40 and even fairy liquid and warm water is an excellent solvent degreaser.

+1 for WD40. I had a similar issue on my motorbike wheels - takes a little perseverance but works a treat

GAZA62 · Post by **GAZA62** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:47 pm

flimper wrote:
GAZA62 wrote:Had to remove the same sticky pad and residue from my wheel today AG Intensive Tar remover works a treat.
That's funny, I've tried that before on left over wheel weights with little success. Did you have to agitate the area with a lot of force to get it to shift? Always frightened that I'll take the lacquer off with it

Just kept working the same spot adding more AG ITR the my MF and after a while the sticky pad turns to a soft goo and job done it wont strip lacquer as it can be used on bodywork to remove tar spots

enzed4 · Post by **enzed4** » Wed Jan 18, 2017 7:57 pm

mj2k wrote:Perfect timing, as this is on my to do list while I look for employment

Good luck with the job hunt. Need that cash to keep the car looking and running great

. (Oh yeah, and putting a roof over your head and eating food etc... but those are secondary of course

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