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Originally Posted by Benjamin10th
I was out of the 1/10th scale for some years. What is with the oil based tire prep?
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We last used oil of wintergreen based additives 25 years ago.
Today there are two types of tyre additive, known as water based and oil based, both are fairly safe. The difference is the ingredients used, and what happens when you use them. An oil based additive can leave behind an oily residue on the track, that's fine outdoors on tarmac where it helps generate grip, but indoors on carpet the oil residue ends up in the carpet making the carpet slimy and reduces the grip for anyone not using that same additive. Outdoors any build up will get washed away, indoors it just ends up soaking into the carpet and staying there.
The BRCA 1/12 section tested additives a few years ago and produce a list of additives allowed on carpet, these water based additives don't build up in the carpet and have been tested to check they are compatible with each other so different additives can be used at the same time.
Choose whatever is popular at your local club and you can't go wrong.