Cleaning your Rigs

[Doom!]

Drill a drain hole in your tire and rev it up to send the water back out of the tires, I would recommend doing this outdoors. kinda messy.

If you are going to keep running in wet conditions I would think about silicone or 3d printed tire inserts, tire foam can get moldy.

 

[Xraycer]

Drill a drain hole in your tire and rev it up to send the water back out of the tires, I would recommend doing this outdoors. kinda messy.

 

[Hammer Down]

This stuff works like magic when used along with an air compressor imo.
Spray it on let it sit for 5-10min and blow it off. Makes em look like brand new again.
I don’t use it all the time, just every once and awhile when the compressed air alone just won’t cut it..

 

[RustyUs]

How do you clean your RC car?
All depends on what is meant by dirty. Most of the time it's just an air compressor that gets used after a run to get out the dirt, dust and debris.

 

[Hornet68]

I ran mine in and out of a golf course sand trap. Great jumps in and out of the trap. Great doughnuts in the sand.
. I used compressed air and a dry toothbrush. Probably won't run in sand traps again.

 

[RBRC]

What method/ processes do you use to clean your rigs?
More specifically, the fine dirt from a good bash session, that seems to find every nook and cranny.
The dirt from a trail session and getting all of the water out of your tires after crossing a body of water.

Check out CowRC, they have really nice cleaning products. I've been using their products for a couple of years the stuff work great! Give them a try!

 

[CertifiedMike]

I ran mine in and out of a golf course sand trap. Great jumps in and out of the trap. Great doughnuts in the sand.
. I used compressed air and a dry toothbrush. Probably won't run in sand traps again.

Seems like you need bigger RCs and more of them! Put all that pretty golf grass to some good use!!!
What a fun time that would be!!! You lucky dog!!!

 

[Chubaka]

I ran mine in and out of a golf course sand trap. Great jumps in and out of the trap. Great doughnuts in the sand.
. I used compressed air and a dry toothbrush. Probably won't run in sand traps again.

So the Ocala national forest is a nogo? My dad when he got his truck took it there. Within 30 feet in its in second screaming wiggling down the road. I swear it took me 3 years to get all the sand off the undercarriage.

 

[Hornet68]

Seems like you need bigger RCs and more of them! Put all that pretty golf grass to some good use!!!
What a fun time that would be!!! You lucky dog!!!

It was fun till one of the Golf Course "ambassadors" ran me off. BlAh..Blah..Blah.. "this is private property". I just snuck back later in the day..

 

[Hornet68]

So the Ocala national forest is a nogo? My dad when he got his truck took it there. Within 30 feet in its in second screaming wiggling down the road. I swear it took me 3 years to get all the sand off the undercarriage.

I used to run my 4 wheel Polaris ATV out there in Ocala Forest. One rainy day I thought it was cool to try to plow through 2 feet of sandy mud. I almost got really stuck and I was in the middle of no where. No cell phone towers..Nada. Got home and took me 1 hour with a pressure washer to get it clean.

 

[Grandad]

I simply use an air compressor like many others here. It does a good job of removing small rocks lodged in hard to reach places and anything it can't get out, a brush of long tweezers. I don't usually bother washing the body shell., just a quick wipe with a damp rag.

 

[Hornet68]

I have learned to closely look at the shafts of my shocks after runs.
Cleaning the fine sand and dirt from them will save the shaft seals and shocks over time.