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Frosty the Snow Man

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snow man

11-28-2003 12:08:16




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They say when it's snowy out, spray pure bleach on your tires and it will give you better traction, could this be true?




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Jim in michigan

11-30-2003 07:03:08




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 Re: Frosty the Snow Man in reply to snow man, 11-28-2003 12:08:16  
it works,, we used to use bleach on our street racers back when I was racing, it would soften the rubber and really make them grab,, brake fluid will work as well in a pinch,, bleach really helped the car grab better on take off...Jim



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Fred OH

11-30-2003 04:21:45




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 Re: Frosty the Snow Man in reply to snow man, 11-28-2003 12:08:16  
Pouring bleach on your tires probably won't help traction much if any...but it'll keep 'ol Henry from peeing on them.



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Don Wadge

11-29-2003 06:39:44




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 Re: Frosty the Snow Man in reply to snow man, 11-28-2003 12:08:16  
I've never tried it so I can't say whether it works or it doesn't work. I don't think it would be because it heats the tire- that would be marginal anyway. BUT it might be that it makes the surface rubber a little more pliable. Actually though, cold tires do not give as good traction as warm tires. You always have better traction after driving a few miles than you when you first start out. That's because your tire and tread is much more flexible after driving a ways. I've often noticed how poorly older tires grip even with good tread as compared to a new fresh set of tires. Compare an old tire to a new off the shelf tire- the rubber is very pliable on the new tire as compared to the "old" tire. All of what I have said above was particularly true of the old bias ply tires. It's not quite as evident with the radials but still there. Further to this anyone who drives in snow or icy roads and remembers driving on bias ply tires knows that when radial tires came along it was like night and day for traction. A lot of people don't even bother with winter tires anymore. Just my experience from Manitoba.

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JR (CASE38MAN)

11-28-2003 15:07:36




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 Re: Frosty the Snow Man in reply to snow man, 11-28-2003 12:08:16  
IT HEATS THE TIRES AND YES IT HELPS. HAD A BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO HAD A ROUTE BACK UP IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WHEN IT SNOWED HE ALWAYS HAD A COUPLE GALLON IN HIS TRUCK. JR



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Les...fortunate

11-29-2003 03:32:18




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 Re: Re: Frosty the Snow Man in reply to JR (CASE38MAN), 11-28-2003 15:07:36  
The last thing you want to have when driving in the snow is for your tires to be hot. Think about it. What gives better traction, cold cold snow or melting snow?



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Alberta Mike

11-28-2003 12:44:27




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 Re: Frosty the Snow Man in reply to snow man, 11-28-2003 12:08:16  
I remember years ago when I used to go to drag races in these parts .... the racers used to wipe down their rear tires with bleach (so I was told) before their run, maybe it works in winter too. Never saw any bleach bottles, just some mystery liquid that they were putting on.



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rustyfarmall

11-28-2003 14:03:05




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 Re: Re: Frosty the Snow Man in reply to Alberta Mike, 11-28-2003 12:44:27  
Those drag racing tires are made of a different compound than what street tires are made of. The bleach softens them up a bit, and also cleans off the crud. They used to pour the bleach out on the track and then do their burnouts in the bleach, to further clean and soften the rubber for optimum traction. I think now they use just plain water. Putting bleach on your car tires for better traction would have no effect at all, except to kill the germs from when you ran over that rabid skunk on the road.

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