Originally Posted by
THE GOOCH
New to 1/12 scale, and have some questions about tires. Do you clean them in between heats before you sauce them? Do you clean them before storage, and what do you use?
Depends on the track surface...
My local track is older carpet that shares a building with an off-road track. The combination of dust from the off-road track and sauce causes the foam tires to develop a peculiar glaze to them, if we don't have a lot of on-road entries on a given day. Removing this glaze requires a little bit of scrubbing, using a rag/shop-towel with Paragon or motor spray. Ive seen some people using lighter fluid on occasion, but I have personally never used it.