tyre cleaners
 

What tyre cleaners do you use.
I have been using brake cleaner but have been told it damages the rubber so im looking to try some thing else.

i have heared that you can use chewing gum remover

any rubber tyre cleanser, is a degreaser, and leave no residue... so they are all probably a derivative of brake cleaner

Brake Cleaner/Motor Spray is mostly used.....some people use MM tyre cleaner....all depends on the track and whether indoors or outdoors.

i just use some tyre-additive on a swipe: cleans the tyres very good, but is offcourse a costly solution.

SOmething else that functions good is Dreft (a kind of Dish wash soap) with a bit of water. I've been told, it's so good because it is a degreaser (duh) but some of the components in it also soften the tire a bit.

Brake-cleaner DOES brakes down the tire in a certain degree. It is more then a degreaser.

WD 40 cheap and cheerful, :woot:

try traffic film remover very effective watered dowm karcher rm86 about 10 to 1 will work well;)

I usually just spray a bit of brake cleaner onto a tissue then wipe the tyre with that, other people at my local TC club use WD40 or put additive on then wipe it off.

Between races - sweep tyre cleaner and refresher or Jack the Grippa, wipe on wipe off with a j-cloth before applying additive + baking.

Day before racing - soak with washing up liquid, or with sweep tyre refresher.

Depends on conditions, but I find the sweep stuff can be good if baked in with tyre warmers instead of additive.

FYI, I use a small amount of blue factor additive, before baking with tyre warmers.

much more speed cleaner 3 between rounds.
additive ur tyres and store them in a zip lock plastic bag 1week before the meeting, when u come to use them at the meeting they will be super soft, ideal for rug racers cause the track is cold in the morning giving u the early advantage.

i spray wd40 on a spot of a towel and wipe it on the tyres then leave it for about 10mins to dry then put wheels back on the car and apply additive.

Another vote for Brake cleaner

Spray some on a cloth, wipe the tyres, job done :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: