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08-06-2005, 10:37 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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|  who cleans thier tires?
anybody clean thier tires before or after a run? its been so dusty here from lack of rain that my moabs were getting kinda slick. i cleaned em up with some bike bio-degreaser and a stiff brush. now they are tacky again. whats your method, or am i the only one? |
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08-06-2005, 10:41 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Redding, CA
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Well, we have 2 types of rocks here. The real dusty dirty crap and the slick blue rock. When I go to run on the blue stuff i will clean my tires with some Simple Green.  |
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08-06-2005, 10:42 PM
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| Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Thats a Good question
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i clean my tires with warm water and simple green, just dip them in a small bucket of the stuff and rinse, very clean, and sticky.
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08-06-2005, 10:48 PM
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| owner, Holmes Hobbies LLC Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Volt up! Gear down!
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i wanted to try the simple green, but my bottle decided to play hide and seek. it smells like rubarb dont you think?
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08-06-2005, 10:50 PM
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| I wanna be Dave Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Columbia Gorge
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I only clean my tires before a comp event. I like to let the tires soak in Simple Green for about 15-20 minutes, 80% Simple Green and 20% water. Next up is traction compound goop to slap onto the tires before the comp to even add more stickyness  |
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08-06-2005, 11:25 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In the saddle...
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I used to use a little WD40 on my clod tires, then waited overnight. It made them nice and soft. I've also played with Clean Streak, which made my pro-lines super soft, but left a white residue. Quote:
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08-07-2005, 12:01 AM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orem, UT
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I have used just plain ol' dish soap and water on my masher 2k's and they are tacky enough to stick together.
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08-09-2005, 10:17 PM
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| Quarry Creeper Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: St.Louis, MO.
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I clean me tires before putting the truck away. Does that count?  Then again, I am not quite right and basically detail my RC's after running. Perhaps I am OCD?  |
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08-09-2005, 10:35 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Green River Kentucky
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I use hot water and dawn dish washing soap with a stiff brush it works wonders and will make them stick togather.
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08-09-2005, 10:39 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Redding, CA
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08-09-2005, 11:06 PM
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| RCC Addict Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Cincinnati Ohio
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lol...my rig sits on the shelf, mud and all! Ok not a shelf but an empty aquarium (see avitar) I did use simple green to clean the pajero tires before I sold it. Worked well. |
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