How to remove this weight glue?

[Furbo]

I’ve tried petrol, tar remover, WD40, heat and prayer.

I’ve read that a toffee wheel may do the trick, but I suspect the glue is harder than the paint.

Any ideas chaps?

[trickywoo]

Sounds like some idiot may have used epoxy or at least a non traditional adhesive as I’ve always found heat and a little wd40 will get wheel weight backing off easily.

[TV200]

Try ‘de solv it sticky stuff remover’ it’s really good. Put some on and leave it for a minute or two and then rub with a soft cloth

[normalbloke]

Methylated spirits. It’ll soften, then a fingernail, then more meths. There isn’t a lot meths wont touch, it’s cheap, and cleans just a bout anything.

[Steve_H80]

Meths or WD40 normally works and use a wooden spatula to scrape it, you're unlikely to scratch paint with wood.

[Bodo]

[Furbo]

Have you a link please?

[Biker 1]

I think you can buy those rubber things on Amazon. We used one at work with a cordless drill on a van. Worked pretty well, but go easy at first - very easy to overheat....

[Furbo]

I might just have saved myself the cost of a toffee wheel, by dropping the bike whilst putting it onto a wheel roller to lube the chain. Where this morning it was immaculate, now it has some new paint on the engine bars, rear peg and bar end. fk. So trying to remove some glue now seems a little less pressing.

[cliffords]

When you do get around to doing it a rubber will remove it .
The type you use for erasing pencil.

Sorry to hear you damaged the bike .

[Furbo]

cliffords said:

When you do get around to doing it a rubber will remove it .
The type you use for erasing pencil.

Sorry to hear you damaged the bike .

Thanks. It's not bad. I specifically bought a bike with engine bars, which came in useful!

[Bob_Defly]

I remember trying to get my very first bike onto a rear stand, it was terrifying as the bobbins seemed so far away from the stand arm on one side. I nearly dropped it multiple times.

The best method is to firmly push down on the rear of the seat whilst balancing to bike best you can. Also, put it in gear for when you drop it off the stand, and same technique, push down on the seat and have the side stand down.

[Furbo]

Bob_Defly said:

I remember trying to get my very first bike onto a rear stand, it was terrifying as the bobbins seemed so far away from the stand arm on one side. I nearly dropped it multiple times.

The best method is to firmly push down on the rear of the seat whilst balancing to bike best you can. Also, put it in gear for when you drop it off the stand, and same technique, push down on the seat and have the side stand down.

It only has a side stand. I was putting it on a wheel roller, so had to have it fairly upright. I was standing by the side stand but the bike tilted away from me. You don’t get a lot of tilt with 220kg before saving it becomes a controlled drop.

[Birky_41]

Bodo said:

I asked the same question years ago. Someone sent a picture of something like this that goes on a drill and I've used it ever since

Without question the best and quickest way to remove. The other processes do work but this is simply better

Just don't go mad heavy like I did first time! You can lighten the paint colour

[Furbo]

I've ordered one of them.

[Furbo]

I may just have found out why the wheel has hard glue on it.

I've just found a strip of wheel weights on my garage floor, which have come off the wheel. I am guessing that the wheels are perhaps not very glue friendly and someone has previously applied weights with a tougher adhesive.

[Furbo]

The toffee wheel arrived. It has had no impact whatsoever on the glue. I swear I heard the glue laughing as the wheel disintegrated like a pencil eraser on concrete.

[Sidecar Man]

I use Goo Gone. Works well

[smack]

I have an free supply of Ambersil cleaning solvents (UK made, you can get it from industrial suppliers, and online from CPC/RS Components), so of the ones I have at home I would use is LO30 as it shouldn't damage the paint of the wheel, though unfortunately it is rather expensive as it is an it is Aviation grade product. FE10 is another of their solvent cleaners probably good for the job.

https://www.ambersil.com/ambersil/AMBdefault.csp

But I did find they have a specific product for your needs, but I have never used personally:
https://www.ambersil.com/ambersil/AMBproductdetail...
https://www.aerospheres.com/products/cleaners/ambe...

[trickywoo]

Sidecar Man said:

I use Goo Gone. Works well

Its not going to touch epoxy or super glue which it looks like someone has used.