rubber on paint from the drags, need help....

This weekend I raced one of the cars....

apparentlly lots of guys were running radials...

I have all sorts of rubber on my quarters from the burn out box and am having a bitch of time getting it off....Ive heard in the past to use a petroleum based solvent (like a bug and tar remover), but, that isnt working....

Does anyone have any ideas? Thought of using acetone, but, decided this evaporates too quickly and is too abrasive for a single stage paint.

thanks,
pete

 

shake up a bottle of Coca-Cola® and spray it on the detritus. Let it sit a little while, and then it should come off.

dj

 

I've used WD-40 with success, as well as citrus oil.

 

Acetone will eat up your paint job... Don't do it!!!

 

i let the car sit in the sun, the rubber dries out and washes right off.

 

i'd say WD-40

 

Rubber on your 1/4s is a sign of manlyness and the chicks sure seem to dig it. I say leave it.

-Abone.

PS. What did your car run?

 

Im with Abone.

and what DID it run?

 

Badge of honor! But next time smear a wee bit of vasoline on your .lower quarter before the box. Try a crepe wheel , the kind for removing stickers, in your drill. Stay away from hot solvents!!!

 

OR get you some of that blue masking tape and tape em off.

 

I use to spray my lower quarters with Pam, before I hit the burn out box. Worked great....

 

Like they said WD 40, or KENT Acrysol, mineral spirits, most any oil based slow solvent. .

 

Or do like dirt trackers sometimes do and put some tranny fluid and diesel fuel in a spray bottle and spray em down prior to take off.

 

why would you want it off? does it have to look THAT pretty on a trailer?


personaly i'd rathere have people know that i USE the car for something other than
a paper weight.

 

WD-40 or Prep Sol....the stuff used before painting.

 

Sounds a little kinky

 

hahahahahahahha

 

Try gasoline on a rag, it has always worked for me.

And to 345 DeSoto with the Pam tip, I agree. vaseline smeared on the lower quarters works as well. The only catch is that you have to add the Pam or vaseline to the quarters BEFORE you go out & spend the day playing.

 

I'd just leave it...it really cant be bugging you that much, right?

 

Damn Straight!

Tim

 

Car did not run well at all...very hot, had carb problems, then could not hook up for shit.... best was a mid 14. I really hate writing that, but , it is what it is....just got home from work and gonna try the wd-40 thing on one quarter and coke on the other...will let you know....

 

LMAO........I sprayed a chick named Pam rear quarters once...

 

I use Eagle One wheel cleaner, just make sure it is for painted wheels. Works great for removing bugs too...

 

Leave it ,it looks pretty sexy to me .I wash my Drag car occasionally but i got to great lengths not to disturb the melted tire rubber on the lower 1/4's and edges of the rear bumper ...

 

Try 3M adhesive remover.....usually works for me.

 

Use masking tape on the 1/4 before you burn out then just pull it off when your done.

 

People pay good money to get rubberized coating on lower quarters, prevents rock chips! Mine ain't got no quarters.

 

MID 14...WTF Pete?
Stop blamin the carb and the heat and the not hookin up....you must have been sleepin at the light...you should have lied!!

How was up there any ways?
I was hopin to make it, maybe next time.

 

I should have lied...yes indeed....thats embarassing to write, and my reaction time was even more bogus (.3, .4 and so on). my first go of it for the year...

well, in the past, Ive always at least put wax on the quarters or ive put on the blue tape, but this time, my plans were to go to the drags with my woman and just park my car in the show...then when I got there, I was like, what the f**K, Im at the drags and NOT going to race????!!!!

anyway, I raced....

had loads of compound and other guys rubber on the car. The WD-40 did the trick...worked great....way better than the bug and tar cleaner. The coke did not work for me....

 

Try the gooey, snot hand cleaner. used this in the past and it worked well. I stilluse it to remove bugs / tar during wash and wax time.

lay a heavy coat of wax on your quarters before hitting the track, I used good old paste turtle wax cause it was cheap but you have to look at the white haze, you could try the newer turtle wax that supposedly doesnt haze black exterior trim. I have a few friends that swear by it for late model cars but i cant bring myself to use it.