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[milmilhas]

Please someone tell me what product for tire restoration?

[don.siegel]

It really depends what kind of tires, and the condition - lots of them are too far gone to do anything! 

 

There should already be lots of info on the forum about restoring tires. 

 

Don

[Dave Crevie]

Dave Fiedler used to use Go-Jo on foam tires with great success. But with all sorts of foam donuts available, I just never bothered with trying to salvage old tires. Unless they were molded with sidewall detail. 

[milmilhas]

Many thanks Don

 

I didn`t found the topic about this, is it possible you help me?

 

Best Regards

[don.siegel]

Here are a couple threads, one here, one from Slot Forum: 

 

https://www.slotforu...p.210787/page-2

 

https://slotblog.net...l-rubber-tires/

 

 

You still didn't tell us what kind of tires... these days, there are urethane repros for just about everything. 

 

Don 

[Bill Seitz]

The key thing about restoring dried out tires is that nothing works to restore grip though a hard tire can be softened to prevent crumbling and improve appearance for display. With rubber at least, once it's dried out, grip is lost permanently. The various softening agents are mostly preventive and will preserve grip if used regularly on good tires. 

[Dave Crevie]

Urethanes are too recent and shouldn't need any restoration. Silicones probably need only the hub restored, since they come pre-mounted. Maybe just a light surface cut. Go-Jo does a good job of getting the old tire prep that has soaked into

foams and usually leaves the original grip. But I still say it is just better to replace the foam donuts. 

[milmilhas]

Many thanks to all