Wheel weight adhesive inside rim

[greatwhitenorth]

Hi I tried searching but nothing came up for this.
Lately I've been coming across this very often. The stick on weight that has been taken off during a tire change has just been left on.
This is a time killer for me. Adhesive remover and a plastic razor blade where I can reach.
So I guess what I'm asking is does anyone have an easier solution for this?
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[Skoob]

You might try "goo gone" it removes adhesive residue. I have the same problem in my wheel barrel. Does anyone have any other ideas?
I would wait to hear what others use before using "goo gone".

[Sleypr]

If you can get to a tire supply shop, get some tire buff spray. Its an alcohol-solvent mix. Just spray on, wait 15 seconds and it rubs right off. I've used brake clean as well, just dont let it sit on the surface too long.

[Shtexas]

d-limonene disolves the adhesive. I found this out after leaving it soaking on a dirty rim for too long and having the weights fall off. It doesn't doesn't damage the wheel finish either. It can be found in orangle based cleaners.

[Pureshine]

I use goof off works great for this :)

[Circa40]

Stoner terminator and OTC tar removers work well for wheel weight adhesives

[greatwhitenorth]

Thanks everyone, ill see what works

[tedhw]

I would use a Heat Gun and scraper first to remove majority of the adhesives. Be careful not burn the wheel, just enough heat to melt the adhesive!

Then WD-40, goo gone, citrus power or similar to clean the remaining residue.

[Detailing by M]

yea don't do them, or charge the customer to do them.
Like you said it takes a lot of time to remove these.
Time is money and I don't want my customer to waist their money on my doing something that they can do themselves

I tell my customers to do it them selfs and save $100 bucks.
I'll do the paint you do the adhesive removal.

[greatwhitenorth]

Yeah this is more so if they're spending the money on a wheel cleaning.

A heat gun sounds like it would take longer than my current method. I will look into the spirits though