rcrevolution

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Has anyone heard that santan lotion sprayed on foam tires acts has a foam gunk ( substance added to increease grip).

I have heard that spraying santan lotion (with a nice coconut scent ) into a ziploc bag with foams in there will increase their stickiness or traction on the track, how much truth does this have?

robert maestrey

I havent heard of that one yet ....

tallyrc

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yep, i can't remember which one specifically, but we also used to use "Goop" the hand cleaner... it's just and emulsified oil... think mayonase, but petrolium based...

fraz

Back in the day... LONG AGO... we used Coppertone on foams for traction. It was the standard white goo. This is also back when we used straight oil of wintergreen for traction before commercial traction componds were readily available. It is mostly for carpet tracks though as I never really liked it on asphalt.

robert maestrey

Traction compund on carpet I remeber that....but as long as i been running nitro on asphalt about 2 1/2 years havent heard of any for nitro..??

apollo

anyone ever heard of using WD-40 on the foams to make the compound softer? or has anyone tried it? there was something about it in the april 2003 rcca...

rcrevolution

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so you can't improve traction on foams for asphault, only carpet?

BigJim14226

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we use the same traction compound as we do on carpet. We use Jack the Gripper or Paragon

fraz

Oops, double post.

BigJim14226

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we also spray the track before the race with a solution (secret formula)

rcrevolution

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what if you don't have imediate access to those compounds?


can I put my tires in a ziplock ba and spray coppertone sunblock spf 30 in there ?

how well will that work? will i see a difference?

BigJim14226

iTrader: (14)

I think you need more then spf 30...... you don't want want your tires getting sunburned.....

i would suggest buying the compound before ou go racing......

duneland

It can be helpfull on clay tracks. Don't try it on asphalt.

TimPotter

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any SPF 45 or better.. works good as a Traction Additive for foam tires. Generally Electric Pan cars use traction compounds outdoors.

aaalp

We spray the track with coke mixed with water. Excellent results!!