Have any of you guys used and/or had good luck with any home made or commercial tire softeners to revive or soften a set of street radials? I will be picking up a set of wheels with some half tread Hankook RH06 on them on the way to an event and am thinking of trying to soak/soften them overnight. A little research presents the following chemicals to be used whole or in part in most home brew recipes:
Toulene
Xyelene
Acetone
WD40
Diesel
Kerosene
Gasoline
ATF
Transmission sealer
brake fluid
Turpentine

Some commercial applications mentioned:
Track Claw
Problend
Goat Pee
Formula-V

Since I will not be at home it would need to be a mixture easily applied and set back in the truck or on the trailer and not wrapped in garbage bags or plastic-wrap.

 

Pimp juice

 

But on my dirt track tires ill put tolulene in the tires and put 5psi in them and roll them on a tire roller for a week. Then take a grinder to the tire and take the glaze off the tires..

 

VHT + methyl ethyl ketone which im pretty sure all pimp juice is? could be wrong tho since no one knows whats in it other then the Ok boys

 

We don't let our secrets out..

 

 

I knew that pimp juice aggressively softened the tire in conjunction with a burnout to transfer rubber to the track surface but didn't know it worked well as a coating. If it works well as a coating, I may consider picking up a gallon. I just don't want to turn the tires into a pile of goo.

 

talk to some dirt track guys! they know all about that stuff, well, If you can get them to tell you about it they do! haha

 

haha cmon now im all the way over here on the east coast! Iv been trying to get pimp juice for over a year now. cant get ahold of him anyway.... you boys need to share!

 

Use dr pepper..