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Tyre rubber marks?
adithorp - 3/9/08 at 03:31 PM

Having done 3 track days my car is covered in a liberal sprinkling of black marks. They're from bits of flying tyre rubber (hot and sticky). Whats the best thing to remove them?

adrian

02GF74 - 3/9/08 at 03:38 PM

air chisel.

Gezza - 3/9/08 at 03:41 PM

Have you tried TFR?
Have you seen the pics i put on from sun?

gerry

Gezza - 3/9/08 at 03:42 PM

TFR is also good for removing grass

mangogrooveworkshop - 3/9/08 at 03:46 PM

paint stripper works a treat .......nitromors

Agriv8 - 3/9/08 at 03:53 PM

all ways used brake cleaner on the race cars and pollished afterwards

Regards

Agriv8

Davey D - 3/9/08 at 03:54 PM

AutoGlym intensive Tar remover will do the job

Paul TigerB6 - 3/9/08 at 03:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
air chisel.


Fool

Paul TigerB6 - 3/9/08 at 03:58 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Gezza
TFR is also good for removing grass


And there speaks the voice of experience!!

coozer - 3/9/08 at 04:08 PM

9" angle grinder

martyn_16v - 3/9/08 at 04:14 PM

Brake cleaner cleans anything off everything

MkIndy7 - 3/9/08 at 04:17 PM

Flash dash.. its ment for cleaning plastic so Its probably kinder on the GRP than Brake cleaner etc.

WD40 probably works also.

adithorp - 3/9/08 at 04:27 PM

I think Gezza (though maybe he should change his name to Jessie after the way he drove in the wet!) is refering to this...

http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z282/adrianthorp/RAFValleytrackday31-8-08011.jpg

Notice the clumps under the front! There was a lot more in the suspention, wheels and engine bay.

adrian

[Edited on 3/9/08 by adithorp]

Gezza - 3/9/08 at 04:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
quote:
Originally posted by Gezza
TFR is also good for removing grass


And there speaks the voice of experience!!


For a change it wasnt me, ask adrian, actually i have managed to stay on the black stuff for three or four track days now (perhaps i shouldnt have said that)

gerry

Blue Fox - 3/9/08 at 05:00 PM

When I raced karts I used to get plenty of tyre rubber on the side pods and nose cone from "assisting people out of the way" and brake cleaner always got it off no problem

Gezza - 3/9/08 at 05:01 PM

quote:
Originally posted by adithorp
I think Gezza (though maybe he should change his name to Jessie after the way he drove in the wet!)

No breakfast for you next time

regards jessie

adithorp - 3/9/08 at 06:25 PM

It turned out that I've run out of grinder discs so tried brake cleaner (my usual default for disolving stuff). Shifted it easy.

Thanks guys.

ps. Gezza if you don't feed me then I'm in danger of being done for cruelty to sausages!

britishtrident - 3/9/08 at 07:53 PM

Those household steam cleaner things get tar off no bother. My local ALDI still have a little hand held one in stock.