rc everywhere

i can't seem to understand why make your track surface harmful to your rc?

this stuff is used for the dirt roads and is enviromentaly friendly.

http://www.usroads.com/journals/rmej/9806/rm980604.htm

i think it is an excellent alternative. just they tend to sell it in large quantities!

BashemSmashem

iTrader: (42)

What are you talking about ? Every dirt track I have been too uses water ?

rc everywhere

oh yah water is good for your electronics ????

what if you never needed to water all summer ...

and the track would become blue groove everywhere

Hoodala

iTrader: (4)

It seems like a bad idea to me for a few reasons. It will stick to everything and worse to everyone on the track. Do you want to track that onto your automobile carpet? It will cause massive runoff of rain and won't allow for watering of the tracks. It does not break up so it will get into the ground water which is never good even if it has no harmful affects.

It might be okay if used in far lesser quantities than recommended. 1/4 gallon per sq yard is some serious saturation.

Ridley

iTrader: (13)

Lots of bigger tracks add stuff to the dirt that you never know about

Calcium chloride works wonders for holding moisture in the track. It is however corrosive.....not as corrosive as sodium chloride( regular salt) but corrosive nontheless. Likely what the op is referring too.

Soiltac, and others of the nature like that reffered too, work good for holding the track together and adding traction...but is a real @#$% on tires when used on some types of dirt. It must be watered as much as a track with nothing unless you want racers complaining about smoking a set of tires every weekend.

rc everywhere

i agree that the application process to a public road looks very messy. but when it absorbs into the road it works wonders as a binder.
the next year it says to apply less if needed.
it's all in the ratio applied and the time given to soak in.

prettyboy

iTrader: (59)

Why not just use coke serum good for the enviroment gets the track to blue groove and is easy to mantain the track ..

???E-Racer

iTrader: (3)

Ive heard a few things people put on thier tracks.
Laundry Detergent(Indoor Dirt), Ginger Ale(onroad pavement outdoor tracks), just weird stuff.

8ight-racer

iTrader: (5)

We use something similar to Durasoil (durasoil.com) which is bascially Elmers glue on the top surface of our track. It lets you run the track dry, have more traction than concrete, and makes track maintence as simple as sweeping a few corners. We run practice every Saturday and Sunday since March and most sections are in new condition, except now the track is blue groove on the top layer instead of the glue. The track website is in my signature. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

trx450racer174

iTrader: (7)

There is a track in Palm Springs that used this stuff and has had good results with it. I have looked into getting it for my personal use but have not tried it out yet.
http://www.durasoil.com/

8ight-racer

iTrader: (5)

Look above your post.

It isn't Durasoil, but it is something similar. I will try to get the name sooner or later, as it was donated to us.
My advice is that if you have nice clay you don't need it, but since we don't have much clay and we have a lot rock and sand so the track would blow out for big races, the glue was perfect. So if your track is dirt dirt of sandy or rocky, you might want to look into it.
Have you been to the track?