Removing tub tape residue from carbon rims

very specific but there's some carbon / tub dudes out there I thought might be able to advise.. the rim is all carbon, no aluminium braking surface, and I have removed the old tub to find the tub tape has left a gauze residue that's sticky and difficult to get off... what's the best thing I can easily get hold of to rub it down with to get the rim safely back to the carbon so i can put a new tyre on?

Acetone, found in your common or garden nail polish remover.

try wd40

and it'll be safe for the carbon?

Do you really need to remove the old glue?

Acetone? Yes.

WD40 won't be any good surely? There is no solvent in it to help dissolve the residue.

Dwayne has a point. Are you going to glue or tape the new tub on? If you are using tape then don't worry too much about removing the old residue as it'll just blend in with the new.

cheers andy, google didn't throw up the specific stuff I was looking for.

dmc: as I say it's left gauze and is mucky, even after having peeled what I can off.. concerns about alignment and safe adhesion of new tyre...?

Acetone, found in your common or garden nail polish remover.

not all nail varnish removers are acetone based, cause it dries out your nails (don't know what it does to carbon rims).
check the lable....

Zipp wheel care guide says alcohol, acetone or something called Goof Off latex repaint remover and be careful with Tufo extreme tape as removal has been known to rip out tyre beds.

http://www.zipp.com/_media/pdfs/manuals/wheel_care.pdf

I think Conti have just brought out a carbon specific tub glue in black packaging instead of usual orange.

Goof off is amazing stuff but not sold here. Look for generic latex paint remover then.

We used to use isopropyl alcohol to clean carbon fibre arrow shafts.
Acetone for aluminium shafts but I'd be wary of this on carbon.

I used white spirit (with a tiny dash of paraffin) on reynolds carbon rims and a carbon corima 4 spoke, and neither have died.

acetone is what i hear is good. you can buy 100% acetone in small bottles from most pharmacies.
remember to close the bottle, cos it evaporates very quickly.

We used to use isopropyl alcohol to clean carbon fibre arrow shafts

Ha ha ha ha - mental image of Hippy bowhunting.

The more pressing question is; why does padgamas have a carbon tub wheel in his possession in the first place??

http://www.mantalk.co.ck/images/hippy_cleaning_shaft.jpg