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d-limone is an orange based cleaner...Quest is the name brand here in the States that I use....It may give you the grip you are looking for....It won't soften much at all...Atleast on a kart tire....Not sure with the tires you use. Brian

We loaned a set of old tires out tonight that I worked with a paint striper in a spray can that contained 60-75% NMP....Cost was under 10 bucks....They worked pretty well. Dropped duro reading from 60 to about 42 and I still have a little in the can....For a remote model car I would think a can...

What is the approx. cost per gallon of NMP....? I have had no luck finding it yet. I have used a plasticizer I found before as prep...It worked well but was not cheap, however it had no voc's which was a characteristic I was looking for. Much safer than the other stuff on the market, for kart...

Racehead.....We race karts here in the Southeast United States and have to soften tires sometime. We race on dirt tracks that pack in like asphalt most of the time. On that type of track we really don't need to soften much, adding grip to the tire is what we are after most of the time. I don't...

Yes Graham you are right....Always looking for a safer way to gain grip....As you have read some of the chemicals they use are real bad substances. I would like to find a relatively safe hydrocarbon liquid that Koresin would readily dissolve in that would not soften the tires....I know it might...

Can the public buy a small quanity of Koresin.....? If so where....? Brian

Peter....The most powerfull softener we use on kart tires is a product called "Goatpee" the chemical name is methylnaphthalene I do not recommend using it on car tires...I have no clue what it would do. Use rubber glooves and apply it in an open area, the fumes are not good to breath. There...

Peter are U in the USA....? If so I can put U in contact with a source for something to soften tires.....If U are overseas I will have to look the chemical name and post it. Brian

What application is the rubber you are trying to soften used in.....If it's what I think it is I can help.... Check out my website and you will see what I'm talking about. www.D86.com Brian