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bikerdude
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Re: Help! I've messed up!

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Thanks for the advice, I will try cleaning them up but tbh the debonder seems to have reacted with the paint/plastic of the wheels so I'm not hopeful. I have managed to get in touch with cool bank and they have said they can supply all new wheels for $22. Next time I will go very careful with the glue, and also take more notice of what glue it is I'm using!
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Martin2556
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Re: Help! I've messed up!

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bikerdude wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:29 am Thanks for the advice, I will try cleaning them up but tbh the debonder seems to have reacted with the paint/plastic of the wheels so I'm not hopeful. I have managed to get in touch with cool bank and they have said they can supply all new wheels for $22. Next time I will go very careful with the glue, and also take more notice of what glue it is I'm using!
It’s good that you can get the wheels separately, saves you buying another complete tank, so not a bad outcome overall. We all have our moments & afterwards ask ourselves why did I do that? :headbang:
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Pavel
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Re: Help! I've messed up!

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If you don't buy expensive deborder from ZAP, then the drugstore sells the miracle drug Dimexide.......
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TIGER76
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Re: Help! I've messed up!

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Martin2556 wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 10:12 am
bikerdude wrote: ↑Tue Jul 01, 2025 9:29 am Thanks for the advice, I will try cleaning them up but tbh the debonder seems to have reacted with the paint/plastic of the wheels so I'm not hopeful. I have managed to get in touch with cool bank and they have said they can supply all new wheels for $22. Next time I will go very careful with the glue, and also take more notice of what glue it is I'm using!
It’s good that you can get the wheels separately, saves you buying another complete tank, so not a bad outcome overall. We all have our moments & afterwards ask ourselves why did I do that? :headbang:
like when i superglued the machine gun in place on my KT :haha: its snapped in transport so many times there isnt much to glue anymore lol :{
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ColemanCollector
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Re: Help! I've messed up!

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Acetone would be the other debonder of choice but I think it would have eaten the plastic as well. Whatchagonnado? My mistakes have frequently topped $22!
I'd suggest a few teeny tiny blobs of silicon caulk or goop glue to hold on the caps, but only enough that prying them off is easy.

Mike.
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