What??? Only 2 wheels?
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Originally Posted by
pastorbobnlnh
I've spent the past four days removing almost 40 years of petrified Mastik from the front rim of my Lotus (pictured above).
I used the
Effetto Mariposa Carogna Mastick/Glue remover gel and let it work over-night. Three applications of the Carogna, hours of scrapping with a plastic putty knife, scrubbing with a 3M green pad, picking at the spoke holes, and a final buffing with a Dremel light abrasive wheel, it is clean and free of the fossilized adhesive!
There are a few words which might have made the job easier, but in your line of work you are probably out of practice.
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