Shortbusallstar

So whats are most people doing for cleaing, prep & saucing.

I use lighter fluid or electric motor spray to clean, & sauce up the rear 10 min before i go out, usually still wet, i am going to try wiping them this week.

Share your tips & tricks.

SteveM

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I use Simple Green to clean my rubber tires. Once dry, I apply traction as required prior to a heat and just before hitting the carpet wipe the tires so as not to soil the track. I also use Simple Green after each run to wipe off any residue picked up during a heat.

lightfoot

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Goof off to clean the tires then Jack the gripper for carpet and Buggy Grip for asphalt ...

fat man donvito

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the best thing i found to clean your onroad tires is a mixture you can make real cheap... mix ronson lighter fluid and the higher 93% rubbing alcohol at a 50/50 ratio... it gets the tires back to brand new.... then after that i use corally 3.0 traction compound 5 min before race start... try it... youll like it

Shortbusallstar

Good tips cant wait to try some of these new ideas.

CarbonJoe

WD-40 is a very good rubber tire cleaner. It doesn't dry out the rubber, either. Get the gallon size (liquid, not the spray cans). It's about $15 / gallon at Home Depot. That amount should last several years.

nf_ekt

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The local indoor asphalt track uses it for laying down traction, never thought it could work but sure enough it will have cars grip-rolling by the end of the night...

I have used simple green, does the job and also gets the tires sticky even before the saucing begins.

Shortbusallstar

I tried the simple green, it works but lighter fluid the yellow bottle forget the name cleans much faster, Going to try the wd-40 next.

How long are you guys letting the sauce soak for??

SteveM

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Lighter fluid is dangerous and tends to dry out the rubber as does the rubbing alcohol. WD40 will work and I've even heard of guys using sunscreen lotion.

Dane

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clean with the same tire sauce. makes the most traction in my opinion.

Lessen

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Hmmm. I had been using sauce to scrub my tires after runs but I'm not sure I'm liking the effects of that. (Something else for me to test). I have one of those large WD40 cans. I guess I need to pick myself up a small bottle to bring to the track and try it out. The simple green too...

TeamWTF

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WD-40 works well... Clean tire and leave a little residue, warm tires and race... The WD really softens the tires (petroleum based)

It cleans really well... I can clean with simple green... and even after that if I clean again with WD I get more black stuff on my rag (Some of which is fresh rubber I'm sure)

TeamWTF

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Oh, Marc Reinard sauce works well for me on asphalt

CarbonJoe

I have some in a small plastic squeeze bottle you can try at the next club race.

entitymugenmtx

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The best thing that works for me is denatured alcohol makes the tire look brand new.