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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by Busterboo » Tue Jun 13, 2023 8:34 am

How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?
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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by flybobbie » Tue Jun 13, 2023 9:14 am

Use a piece of wood like clothes peg so as not to scratch.
Also found just peels off using finger nails.

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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by Chippie » Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:22 am

Try spraying it with brake cleaner or possibly WD40, then scrape with something soft, plastic/wood and then go over with a polish
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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by Mr Goodkat » Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:52 am

Buy yourself a toffee wheel of Amazon or eBay and fit it to a corded or cordless drill(my cordless drill isn’t fast enough so I use a corded drill).Makes light work of that job,also good for removing graphics,stickers and badge residue(3M double sided tape)from panels and glass,just keeps it moving on panels as not to burn the paint.
Been doing it this way for years and always works,without issue.

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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by Christopher72 » Tue Jun 13, 2023 4:44 pm

Just did this with a combination using wood as a scraper, and https://googone.com/automotive-spray-gel.

I followed up after washing and drying with 99% isopropyl alcohol.
Then ceramic with a good wheel ceramic. I used https://gtechniq.com/shop/auto/wheels-t ... el-armour/

Now my brake dust is removed with a hose spray in seconds during weekly washes... its amazing. :crazydude:
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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by Busterboo » Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:10 pm

Christopher72 wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 4:44 pm ... during weekly washes...
You keep your local Romanians busy, then.
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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by Southwestz4 » Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:37 pm

There is a fluid call Sticky Stuff that is great for getting adhesive off ...used it when replacing stone chip film on the x5 to get the adhesive off :thumbsup:
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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by Christopher72 » Sat Jun 24, 2023 5:27 am

Busterboo wrote: Thu Jun 22, 2023 8:10 pm You keep your local Romanians busy, then.
Snowfoam... And some good tunes. Foam parties always rock. :hooters:

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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by mr.tourette » Sat Jun 24, 2023 11:43 am

White spirit or wd40 works well on anything sticky, most folk have some of that hanging around
if its got tits or tyres..its trouble :D

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How do you get the adhesive from old wheel weights off, please?

Post by Nictrix » Sat Jun 24, 2023 10:19 pm

Mr Goodkat wrote: Tue Jun 13, 2023 10:52 am Buy yourself a toffee wheel
Never heard of this before, had a look and although I dont think I would use it on bodywork, on the wheels getting the adhesive off looks a lot quicker than everything I have used in the past.
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