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tire desperation

Postby frank9129 » Mon Apr 17, 2017 12:30 pm

I had a race this weekend. The Church told me to expect 1-200 kids.
I took out all my Artin cars and a few of my other brand cars which were able to be crashed without falling apart. Tested the motors and then the tires.
Oh poop. The tires were slick and hard on quite a few. I had no time to order tires or pay for them. What to do?
In my junk cabinet I had a can of Performix Liquid Tape. It is a spray on insulation coating. What ever...
I took a sheet of glass, cleaned it, and wiped down all the rear tires with lighter fluid. Then sprayed a stripe of liquid tape about four inched long. It looks thin.
I removed the rear axel and rolled the tires as I would making Sillyies. I let them dry for several minutes and rerolled them. Spit on a finger and smoothed any lumps or drips.
The race was the test.
I will be making recaps for the kids tires from now on. The tries did not fail. They hooked up as good as the rubber tires and did not peal off the originals.
I have had this can for several years and will now go out to see if I can find a couple more.
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Re: tire desperation

Postby Nor Cal Mike » Mon Apr 17, 2017 4:39 pm

Great tip Frank. I'll have to try it. Thanks!
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Re: tire desperation

Postby 2FER SLOTS » Mon Apr 17, 2017 6:18 pm

Great "thinking on your feet" !
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Re: tire desperation

Postby RazorJon » Mon Apr 17, 2017 10:41 pm

Black automotive window sealant works well
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Re: tire desperation

Postby Nor Cal Mike » Tue Apr 18, 2017 10:39 am

I assume both of the products used in the above fixes are silicone based compounds. Yah?
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Re: tire desperation

Postby Modlerbob » Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:09 am

I wonder if that stuff called Flex-seal would work?
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Re: tire desperation

Postby RazorJon » Tue Apr 18, 2017 11:44 am

I sprayed undercoat on a track and it was 2 sticky, never thought about tire coating
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Re: tire desperation

Postby frank9129 » Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:01 pm

I just read the label.
Plasti Dip. Flexible Rubber Formula, and it insulates.
Who would have guessed? I didn't.
I haven't had a chance to get out and look for more.
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