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 23 May 2010, 20:20
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 Racer Dude  Group: PLUS+ Posts: 298 Joined: 29-December 09 From: Retford, Notts Member No.: 13,996  |
Having heard the top chaps mention using evostik (contact adhesive) for their tyre gluing, I used it today on my nice new big fat rear tyres for my Capri. .....not impressed....!!!
This is not a finger wagging, just a 'what the hell'. I smeared a little glue on the peeled back tyre/ on the rim and before you could say ' there goes a fiver', my ultragrips were shot?     Hey ho! And just seen the 'Extreme grips' from NSR on topslots.....anyone tried them? |
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23 May 2010, 20:39
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 Ian  
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Jim, Jim . . .Jim!
No! The glue we use is Glue - Flexy Cyano, (available from all good Slotcar retailers) it's very thin just like water, as a 2nd best Super Glue works and I bet you have some of that! As for the Extremes we tried them unfortunately they just don't work on our track, they are too soft and shred very quickly NB it was me that "Moderated" your post  -------------------- |
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23 May 2010, 20:45
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Racer Dude Group: PLUS+ Posts: 298 Joined: 29-December 09 From: Retford, Notts Member No.: 13,996 |
NO
 that was you?!
This post has been edited by bleep: 23 May 2010, 20:47
Reason for edit: Me too!
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23 May 2010, 21:45
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 Racer Dude
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Sounds like a bad day Jim, but know where your coming from on the tyre front...as metioned at Donington earlier today!!!
Trust me, Flexi-cy is cracking stuff...it doesn't eat tyres, but it will stick anything within a 10 yard radius to anything else if your not careful 
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24 May 2010, 11:45
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Team Owner
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Ey Up Guys,
What is this about ??. I have never in 20 years known Evo-stik to damage tyres !!. Can you be a little more specific ?. vbr Chris. |
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24 May 2010, 14:48
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Racer Dude Group: PLUS+ Posts: 298 Joined: 29-December 09 From: Retford, Notts Member No.: 13,996 |
it literally ate through the rubber in seconds. Like when you put the wrong kind of glue on polystyrene.
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24 May 2010, 15:42
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Racer Dude  Group: Members Posts: 257 Joined: 2-December 09 From: England Member No.: 13,666 |
QUOTE (jimk04 @ 24 May 2010, 15:48)  it literally ate through the rubber in seconds. Like when you put the wrong kind of glue on polystyrene. Please tell us what sort of tyres. Like Chris, I have used Evo-stik Impact contact adhesive for many years and never known it to damage tyres. Most of those years were with with the original formula, these days the "New Faster Drying Formula" Evo-stik Impact is all you can get. As far as I can tell, the newer stuff works just the same on all the tyres I've used, just dries a bit quicker. For sure I haven't tried every make of tyre in existence, it would be interesting to know about any tyres that might be damaged by Evo stik. That flexi black super glue stuff is good for some types of rubber, such as NSR Ultragrip. I've just tried it on some Ultragrips - the Evo stik doesn't damage the rubber, it just doesn't stick as well as flexi super glue There are plenty of other tyres where Evo-stik works very well. |
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24 May 2010, 17:36
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Racer Dude Group: PLUS+ Posts: 298 Joined: 29-December 09 From: Retford, Notts Member No.: 13,996 |
ULtragrips mate, and a tube of Evo Contact about a year old maybe bit more.
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