Derby Talk

-Wheel prep with novus2 scratch remover. How long do I spin with ducktapped drill a craft store pointed q-tip in each wheel hub? How many seconds? As for cleaning the novus2 out. I have wayer obviously. I also have a very high proof alcohol in a spray bottle from CVS. Would this be a good step to g...

I relized if I wanted to start over for peace on mind I would just have to buy new axels and just sand and bend the back 2. The front one is fine as that will rotate to where I need it to ride into the rail 1 or 2" over 5 feet.

So I placed my wheel last night that is pointless. (It doesn't touch the track) I used a tool designed for this but it feels and looks like there is too much left and right on the axel for the tire to slide on. Id guess looks like a 1.5 mm of sliding. Should I trust this tool is smarter than me. It ...

So I prepped my 3 axels and bent them with my tool I hammer at 2.5 degrees. After the mess of playing with duport chain saver and cleaning the axles the black marker I made on the axel head to show when the bend starts is cleaned off. Hope Im explaining this well. You mark an axel head and place in ...

I removed all of it and an going bare axel with oil like last year when she dominated and took 1st. Race Friday. Turn in car thursday. Have to complete car tonight and I have a new problem bugging me.....Ill post it..

I'm curious. Did someone on Derbytalk recommend you use this product? I'd like to read about it. I have decided to run a car with oil in the Mid America race this year. What I have found is there are several oils recommended for Pinewood Derby cars. Their prices range from $39.95 down to $19.95 for...

Race this friday. Car goes in Thursday night and out of my hands. Im using oil so no graphite in my wheels. My axels currently look terrible with globs if stupid dupont chain saver on them. Im sure this cant be right. Maybe I was supposed to paint the chain saver on the axel? Sorry I'm not much hel...

The problem in it doesn't come out like spray paint to coat evenly. This is for chains so it some out in a stream. I sprayed the axel but whwn a stream of spray hits it there is no way to get a nice coat. I wiped it all off and will use nothing. I was told if running oil use this. If running graphit...

Race this friday. Car goes in Thursday night and out of my hands. Im using oil so no graphite in my wheels. My axels currently look terrible with globs if stupid dupont chain saver on them. Im sure this cant be right. Maybe I was supposed to paint the chain saver on the axel?

The spray doesnt fan out in a mist it comes out in a stream. The axels look terrible from getting blasted with a heavy stream. Big globs of the dupont chain saver on axels. It is supposed to be like this then I wipe off after it dries or should I have sprayed some on a flat surface dipped brush in a...

Or not....

-Wheel prep with novus2 scratch remover. How long do I spin with ducktapped drill a craft store pointed q-tip in each wheel hub? How many seconds? As for cleaning the novus2 out. I have wayer obviously. I also have a very high proof alcohol in a spray bottle from CVS. Would this be a good step to ge...

Kindintentions wrote: ↑Wed Feb 05, 2020 10:56 am Make sure the synthetic wax is both hydrophobic (repels water) and oleophobic (repels oil), as I have seen they almost always indicate that they are hydrophobic, but only a few state that they are also oleophobic.

Do you know of a specific brand that is oleophobic? This way I just look for this.

Alright Im gonna sand this all off. I put it all over the quarter sized tire area. I hate it and it feel sticky ir more grippy to my finger top like a rubber nail polish even though it isnt.