Making Silicone over foam tires

A track dab of mineral oil at one end of card board to run wheel set across will smooth and uniform the wheel and will also assist in kicking off the cure of silicone!

I've seen guys making these silicone coated sponge tires for their home tracks for almost 20 years. No question in my mind that they work. I saw one old- timer spin his newly coated tires on an axle in a slow turning drill & he use a small piece of glass that was wet to even out his tire's surface. He said it made the surface smoother than when he rolled them on something flat. Your method seems to work good for you, so I wouldn't change anything. If you used a piece of wax paper to roll them on, they wouldn't stick & you wouldn't have to keep throwing away the cardboard pieces. If you got some extra axles, you could do a batch of tires, one per axle, & drill out a block of wood (2X4) to stand the axles in while the tired dried. I once made sponge tires, but the home group I sometimes run with uses only urethane tires & doesn't allow sponge, silicones., or silicone coated sponge tires to be used. So I won't be making tires anytime soon.

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Awesome advice buddy , thanks !!! Loving your home track too man !!!

A good tip..greetings from northern Alberta Canada👍.

Thanks!!! Will try this ASAP!

nice work

How big is that track looks like a lot of fun to race on

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Will this work on hard rubber tires