On Fri, 1 Jun 2018 20:03:03 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote:

T i m wrote
Rod Speed wrote

I've got this mess in the wheel well where the spare tyre goes.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bonxvh3b8o..._1736.JPG?dl=0

Presumably it came from a spare which had some form
of tyre slime in it which came off the rim or something.

Unlikely.

Have fun explaining where else it came from.

I don't need to.

There is none of it on the cover that goes over the
wheel well so it must have come from the spare.

BS.

I don't use any form of tyre slime myself,

Good for you.

but did get a couple of tyres and rims from the wreckers

Dangerous and stupid thing to do.

Nope, just because the body of the car was
a write off says nothing useful about the tires

Exactly, it says *nothing* about the tyres.

and rims and its trivial to check that they are fine.

BS. There is *NO WAY* you could ever check the internal integrity of a
second hand tyre from an unknown (to you) vehicle.

More stupid than you usually manage.

and it was presumably in one of those.

Stupid presumption.

Have fun explaining where else it came from.

See above.

The thinner stuff washed off with tap water quite
effectively, but the deeper pools had a skin on
them and washing didn't work very well with those.

Hot water, more soap, try harder?

The appropriate solvent makes more sense.

Quite ... but if water removed the thinner stuff ...

Its not the green branded slime tho.

No, because it's not *any* form of 'slime'. It could however be the
remains of a can of get-you-home 'Repair in a can' (vinyl) that has
been punctured and empted into the wheel well.

Before I washed off the thin stuff, the deeper
pools weren't sticky on top, but they are now.

Probably removed the dust.

There was no dust.

So you vacuum the wheel well out regularly? More stupid than you
usually manage.

There was a smooth skin that
could be pressed and deformed when pressed.

Irrelevant to the fact that it could have been coved in dust.

The pools are still quite soft and it should be possible to gouge
it off with a flat screwdriver, but I am reluctant to do that

Don't then.

and gouge the paint.

Don't do that either.

Anyone know a good way of getting rid of the remaining pools ?

Why do you need to, it's a spare wheel well?

I don't need to but it would be better to get rid of it.

Not better for protecting the inside of the well against rust it
wouldn't.

Lay a sheet of polythene over it and put the wheel in.

Makes more sense to remove it if that's easy.

Another big 'IF' and I guess you wouldn't be asking here if it was.

Rod Bot