theblitzkidd

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Well doesn't just washing them take off the rubber, like using simple green or something?

mjk1210

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no

godofcable

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similar craziness, I once saw a guy spray some kind of chemical on his tires, than light them on fire.

racer1812

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motor spray....I assume you're being sarcastic and know why they were doing it..??

Chris Bing

It is also done when you are just putting an angle on the pins/bars of the tires to make them look and feel like they have a "few" runs on them. This is neccessary when you run on those wet clay tracks. The clay doesn't wear tires as much (if at all) like a dry dirt track. So to establish a "broken-in" tire while your trackside, you can spin them on a drill and use sand paper to det the desired tread depth and angle. Then use duct tape to remove the 'fuzz' left behind. This is almost not neccessary anymore with tire designs like the AKA Low Tread Depth (LTD) and Standard Tread Depth (STD) tires.

godofcable

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i know why they do it, just seems to me the tracks would take issue with them doing it inside

JiuHaWong

I heard this works pretty well:

racer1812

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Ya, people might want to ask before they, "light up" inside

goehm

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Duck and duct tape are different.

Duck tape, aka 100 MPH tape, is different than duct tape. Duck is tearable by hand, with the cloth mesh embedded into it. Used by many in the military for various things, including sealing up ammunition boxes for water landings.

Duck tape should never be used on ducts as it is not approved by code (at least Virginia code, I'm sure others, as the adhesive dries hard over time and loses it's stick).

Duct tape is the shiny tape actually used to seal ductwork, foil based, and not tearable by hand.

nv529

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+1, tire "feathering" plays a big roll when it comes to traction on some indoor clay tracks.

racer1812

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"100 mph tape" can be found under both names..

huzzler

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It's still DUCT tape. There is DUCK brand tape that they call DUCKTAPE but it is still DUCT tape. Look at Home Depot it says DUCK brand DUCT tape.

racer1812

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Holy crap, how did I get sucked into a debate about DUCT tape, whether it's the common cloth type we all know, or the HVAC foil type..it's still DUCT tape..

For the record and on topic of this thread. Ducktape brand duct tape is the worst crap on the planet! I wouldn't even use it to clean tires like the OP is asking about.

turtletrax

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I cant believe i had to read every post. I just couldnt stop

fredswain

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I used to have a roll of military grade duct tape and you could not tear it by hand. It had to be cut. It was strong stuff.