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Rim tape over plastidip
Howdy GFish and thank you for the welcome. Right now both my tires are covered in green painters tape, so we are not feeling real pretty. When I got the bike I wanted my 21' front wheel to look a little "fatter". So I used black Plastidip on the outside edge of the rim bringing the black inward about 1.5 inches. Then I partially overlapped reflective rim tape over that.
By fall I had changed my mind about the look and decided to remove it.
Mistake. Where the Plastidip was visible it came right off as advertised. But when I attempted to remove the rim tape it took 20 minutes to remove an area smaller than a dime! SO I tried a heat gun. No go. Then I tried a propane plumbers torch. Nothing! Nada.
Desperate - I decided to try paint remover. And it works! The rim tape just melted. But it did something to the plastidip, which now does not come off but seems to just move around. Anyway it's -20 and the bike is not going out any time soon so I have time to sort it out.
But if anyone ever has problems removing rim tape - completely protect your tires with lots of tape and use paint remover. You'll be done in under an hour! Probably not a good idea on painted or varnished rims.
Howdy GFish and thank you for the welcome. Right now both my tires are covered in green painters tape, so we are not feeling real pretty. When I got the bike I wanted my 21' front wheel to look a little "fatter". So I used black Plastidip on the outside edge of the rim bringing the black inward about 1.5 inches. Then I partially overlapped reflective rim tape over that.
By fall I had changed my mind about the look and decided to remove it.
Mistake. Where the Plastidip was visible it came right off as advertised. But when I attempted to remove the rim tape it took 20 minutes to remove an area smaller than a dime! SO I tried a heat gun. No go. Then I tried a propane plumbers torch. Nothing! Nada.
Desperate - I decided to try paint remover. And it works! The rim tape just melted. But it did something to the plastidip, which now does not come off but seems to just move around. Anyway it's -20 and the bike is not going out any time soon so I have time to sort it out.
But if anyone ever has problems removing rim tape - completely protect your tires with lots of tape and use paint remover. You'll be done in under an hour! Probably not a good idea on painted or varnished rims.
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