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Huge tip for shaving a tire

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  1. I have been shaving my Luna for the past couple days on and off out of
    boredom. The other night I decided to take my dads advice and wet the
    blade everytime I cut a nub and I found it was WAYYYYYYY easier.

    So the best way to cut the nubs off that I have found so far is to use
    a blade that is shaped like like number 22 in this list and keep it
    wet. It also helps the blade not go dull as fast so you won't spend as
    much time cutting and you won't spend as much time changing blades.

    [image: http://www.sahaj.com/images/blade1.gif]

    It took me 15 minutes last night to do half the outer row, then another
    15 to cut halfway through the other entire outer row so I think its
    pretty awesome and you could probably do an entire tire much faster
    with it.

    When I finish sanding I will post pictures although I don't really care
    about ever using the tire so I've already hit the threads a few times
    just from going to fast.

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  2. What you say makes perfect sense. Rubber has a very high coeficient of
    friction and by wetting the blade you are actually lubricating it and
    reducing the coeficient of friction between the blade and the rubber.
    Water is a pretty decent lubricant. However you can probably do even
    better with soapy water, various oils and greases, or even vasaline.

    Unicorn

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  3. I used an ultra sharp wood chisel. Took me less than an hour to go
    through all my nubs on my MEC. I also cut my thumb pretty good when I
    slipped, so watch out!

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