[beardy56]

Hi all,
A quick question to anyone who has painted olastic track. What did you use to degrease the track before painting it?

Thanks

 

[Ember]

I'm just in the process of doing mine, Keith. I washed the lot down with Prepsol.

Seeing it in white undercoat/primer is a little bit scarey.

Embs

 

[beardy56]

Hi Ember

Thanks for the info, unfortunatly Prepsol seems to be hard to find in UK from what I can see on Google. Going to try a local paint supplier and see what the do as I also want to get some tack-rags. If not Halfords (UK national Autopart warehouse) do a preparation spray that seems similar and some pre treated cloths. I'm a little worried as a lot of my track is secondhand and I don't know how much use it has had and how much rubber I've got to remove.

 

[zilpha]

I just cleaned mine with kitchen surface wipes, then Plastikote Primer (clear coat), then Platikote Stone Effect paint (Manhatten) . So far its been faultless, no cracks or chips and looks awesome.

 

[RichD]

I would wipe the track down with a cloth soaked with lighter fluid (naphtha), that will remove grease and oil without damaging the track.

 

[beardy56]

Don't want to use anything to volitile, small shed not through ventilation and freeze in corner.
One spark and it could be no shed

or no beard

.
That's why I wanted to see what other people used otherwise I would have gone for white spirits.

 

[Ember]

White spirits will do the job eventually but you'll probably need to do it several times. The thing about using a solvent is that it dissolves the oil etc, rather than just spreading it.