Are there any home made tire soften recipes out there? Let me know if u know of any. Softener would be used on foam tires. thx

Kingsford Charcoal Lighter fluid. It is very similar to Corally "Jack the Gripper"
John

I guess not so much home made but something i can buy from lets say a wal mart or home depot.

oil of wintergreen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_salicylate

I can pick this up at a wal-mart? never heard of it.

Down here in sunny fla, a lot of folks use suntan lotion spf 50 or higher.

lol,, try bobs 4cycle.com go to the prep page and there will be more home brews than one can shake a stick at. i'm not sure how some of them brews will mix with foam, i've never tried it. but for cap tires;)
good luck

Wouldn't recommend any of these on foams Yuk. Many have the
possibility of melting the foam all together. LOL

for dirt i would use wintergreen on tires it cleans them and softens them. you can buy a gallon of it at wal-marts for about 5 bucks

for dirt i would use wintergreen on tires it cleans them and softens them. you can buy a gallon of it at wal-marts for about 5 bucks

OIL OF WINTERGREEN IS ACTUALLY METHYLSALILCYLIC ACID KEY WORD ACID IT IS COMMONLY USE FOR WORT REMOVAL AND SKIN CARE YOU WILL FIND IT IN A LOT OF ACNE MEDS. I AM NOT SAYING YOUR WRONG BUT I WILL SAY I DONT THINK YOU WILL JUST PICK SOME UP OFF THE SHELF AT WALMART......I HAVE BEEN TRYING TO FIND IT LOCALLY FOR ALMOST A YEAR NOW I HAVE ORDERED SOME FROM MY LOCAL PHARMACY AND ITS A POWDER BUT IT WAS JUST SALICYLIC ACID MINUS THE METHEL SO NO GOOD SMELL... I HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A GOOD RELIABLE TIRE SAUCE I AM TRYING SOMETHING NEW THIS WEEKEND I WILL POST IT SO YOU CAN TRY IT FOR YOUR SELF

Down here in sunny fla, a lot of folks use suntan lotion spf 50 or higher.

I've used it for foams on asphault...especially if the track temp is real hot.

I've used it for foams on asphault...especially if the track temp is real hot.

I tried this formula once with foams on black-top in the cool evening and worked great! Not gutsy enough to try on carpet though! :o

http://www.google.com/products?q=oil+of+wintergreen&oe=UTF-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wf&ei=8DaWSbD4IJ3gsAOwq_WKAQ&oi=property_suggestions&resnum=0&ct=property-revision&cd=1

for dirt i would use wintergreen ... you can buy a gallon of it at wal-marts for about 5 bucks

Wintergreen... not Listerine.. :drunk:

Maybe he meant Simplegreen?

the real wintergreen this is the stuff!!

http://www.jcspecialty.net/html/pages/pg67.htm

I tried this formula once with foams on black-top in the cool evening and worked great! Not gutsy enough to try on carpet though! :oI've tried it when I was at a carpet track in Savannah,GA in January. Works real good if you want to traction roll your car all over the track! LOL

Jack or Paragon on foams on carpet,

Secret stuff I have for caps on asphalt,

Listen to the Fla. boys if you are running foams on asphalt.

Just my .02

i know we were using suntan lotion on carpet up at GRCSR for a while. i think it was spf 35. it worked pretty good. almost as good as paragon

the higher the spf the better on suntan lotion

The Most Common I See Down Here In Florida Is The No-ad Spf 50+.... Some People Swear Buy It!!! Other Just Use Gripper Or Paragon

ok the only real good tire softner availabe to everyone and for only 1.00

go to the dollar tree and buy some hand goop the kind of hand goop that foes not have the pumice in it.

the dollar tree has the perfect goop.

sauce tires up with a nice thin coat for 24 hours...you will have soft tires..

than during race day just re apply spf 50 sun tan lotion no add purple bottle and you are dialed on asphault.

trinity tire tweak also works well for race day as does the custom works tire sauce.

ky jelly works good

ky jelly works good

They have men's an ladies KY now witch 1?????

i'm a real man tim KY is not needed anymore!

try sand next time!

try sand next time!

Ouch!!

How dose Sun-Tan lotion work on carpet? Too much? not enough? Maybe even worse? or just rite?

ky jelly works good

your tires will come in quicker if you use KY warming liquid.

ky jelly works good

I think we're on foam tires here!!! lol http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/images/icons/icon10.gif

So KY warming liquid wont work good on carpet or it will?

No. KY warming on the lipo's batts. :)

ahhh ic my bad. anything else out there that would work? Simplegreen cleaner?

Oh come on we top the KY cant we here...so now we get to warm our batts and our tires..what a combo..

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