Just curious about something. I am using the 4 part Black Ice system on my wheels. If I do a final alcohol wipe down of the treads before putting them in box to ship to a race, could the alcohol remove the waxes on the outer rim?
Black Ice and Alcohol
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I never use wax on the edge of my wheels , nor do I ever use alcohol on my wheels
I agree with JBD. I wouldn't use wax on the wheels treads and I'm not a big fan of rubbing alcohol.
Thanks for the comments guys. I don't use wax on the treads, just the edge where the DFW would rub against the lane guide rail (and the rear wheels would if you have the wobbles). Care to comment on what you would clean the treads with if not alcohol? Dry cloth? Other cleaner?
I use a pro tread cleaner/finger nail buffer from DD4H to clean the tread. Others recommend a magic eraser with and without rubbing alcohol. I tried all and saw improvement with the tread cleaner/buffer.
Why not alcohol for cleaning? I would think alcohol on a wipe carries away what it cleans. If you clean with a buffer is there no risk of the material being cleaned off contaminating oiled nails?
I'll defer to the pros, but my thought is alcohol can leave a residue. Also, using 4 parts of the nail buffer going from more to less coarse completely removes pieces/sometimes chunks of graphite picked up from the (scout-level) track and smooth out any divots created.
