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03-29-2017, 12:53 PM
Since none of this was purchased from Autogeek, I figured that it did not belong in the reviews section...
I had a bunch of adhesive residue from wheel weights on every wheel of my 2002 Porsche 911. Why do I care? Well some of them were really long strips and close enough to the face of the wheel to be clearly visible when the wheels are mounted on the car. No matter how much wheel cleaner I used, these areas would just not get clean. I read on the Internet (so it must be true) that brake cleaner works for removing this stuff. I had some Goof Off Pro Strength and also obtained some 3M Adhesive Remover (the one that has Auto Advanced on the can). I used some plastic razor blades as scrapers.
The contenders:
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The wheel:
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Initially, I only had the brake cleaner and Goof Off available. Later, I went out and bought the 3M. My method was to apply the chemicals to each patch of adhesive and let it soak for 5 minutes. This turned out to have basically no effect whatsoever (below):
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I then reapplied the chemicals to each patch and immediately started to scrape with the plastic razor. I found that the patch treated with the Goof Off was easier to remove. To be fair, the brake cleaner did OK but the Goof Off did a much better job when the adhesive patch appeared to have been removed but there was still tackiness on the wheel surface.
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I then tried the 3M and compared it with the Goof Off. It seemed to be a little more effective overall, but you can achieve good results with both. Later, I found that the 3M is great at removing tar and pretty much anything else on the wheels that wheel cleaner doesn`t remove.
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Here's the finished wheel:
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The 3M product seems to be about twice the price as the Goof Off.
I took a look at the MSDS sheets for both Goof Off Pro Strength (http://www.goofoffproducts.com//uploads/general/FG650_SDS-2410.4.pdf) and 3M Adhesive Remover (http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId=SSSSSuUn_zu8l00xM821l8_9Mv70k 17zHvu9lxtD7SSSSSS--). They primarily contain acetone, xylene and ethylbenzene. Goof Off also has methanol, whereas 3M has solvent naphtha. Seems like 3M might have a higher concentration of some of these. Goo Gone, a similar product to Goof Off (and which I mistakenly referred to in the video below), is mostly petroleum distillates (MSDS (https://googone.com/uploads/msds/2036_2037_2044_2068_2098_2181_U0116.pdf)).
You can watch this clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aA7rrXZSE) from my longer "really thorough wheel cleaning" video (https://youtu.be/-U_c6jGIPX8) that shows the whole process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aA7rrXZSE
I had a bunch of adhesive residue from wheel weights on every wheel of my 2002 Porsche 911. Why do I care? Well some of them were really long strips and close enough to the face of the wheel to be clearly visible when the wheels are mounted on the car. No matter how much wheel cleaner I used, these areas would just not get clean. I read on the Internet (so it must be true) that brake cleaner works for removing this stuff. I had some Goof Off Pro Strength and also obtained some 3M Adhesive Remover (the one that has Auto Advanced on the can). I used some plastic razor blades as scrapers.
The contenders:
5602656027
The wheel:
56028
Initially, I only had the brake cleaner and Goof Off available. Later, I went out and bought the 3M. My method was to apply the chemicals to each patch of adhesive and let it soak for 5 minutes. This turned out to have basically no effect whatsoever (below):
56029
I then reapplied the chemicals to each patch and immediately started to scrape with the plastic razor. I found that the patch treated with the Goof Off was easier to remove. To be fair, the brake cleaner did OK but the Goof Off did a much better job when the adhesive patch appeared to have been removed but there was still tackiness on the wheel surface.
56030
I then tried the 3M and compared it with the Goof Off. It seemed to be a little more effective overall, but you can achieve good results with both. Later, I found that the 3M is great at removing tar and pretty much anything else on the wheels that wheel cleaner doesn`t remove.
56031
Here's the finished wheel:
56032
The 3M product seems to be about twice the price as the Goof Off.
I took a look at the MSDS sheets for both Goof Off Pro Strength (http://www.goofoffproducts.com//uploads/general/FG650_SDS-2410.4.pdf) and 3M Adhesive Remover (http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId=SSSSSuUn_zu8l00xM821l8_9Mv70k 17zHvu9lxtD7SSSSSS--). They primarily contain acetone, xylene and ethylbenzene. Goof Off also has methanol, whereas 3M has solvent naphtha. Seems like 3M might have a higher concentration of some of these. Goo Gone, a similar product to Goof Off (and which I mistakenly referred to in the video below), is mostly petroleum distillates (MSDS (https://googone.com/uploads/msds/2036_2037_2044_2068_2098_2181_U0116.pdf)).
You can watch this clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aA7rrXZSE) from my longer "really thorough wheel cleaning" video (https://youtu.be/-U_c6jGIPX8) that shows the whole process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_aA7rrXZSE