WD40 Cure???

[jkelly66]

I was told by our tire man at work that a little Wd40 on slitly dry rotted tires wouls soften them up and make them whear better any thoughts on this

 

[jkelly66]

would not wouls sorry

 

[Recovry4x4]

I doubt that anything will do that. Once they get crusty, just wear em out quick and scrap em.

 

[Elwenil]

Rubber decays just like everything else. There's not much you can do about it once they are dry rotted. You can make them look better with a little shine like some many of the monkeys on Ebay do, but there's really no help for it. If I remember right, WD-40 will eat tires up so that would only make it worse.

 

[Jones]

WD40 isn't all it's cracked up to be. It's a moisture grabber so it'll actually form a thin water layer and rust the parts it's supposed to be protecting. On metal, Kroil is what we've gone to with far better results. For long term storage of machined surfaces, a coating of any of the spray-on, turns-to-a-waxy-coating products are good to use.
We don't coat our tires so don't have any recommendations other than we're instructed NOT to use Armorall.

 

[devilman96]

Liquid silicone is actually the thing to use for a protecting tires, It will not fix the cracks but it will protect the tires and add moisture to the rubber... IMHO...WD40 is crap for any application.

 

[jkelly66]

thats what I needed to know thanks for the info

 

[Recovry4x4]

Silicone eh? Thats what I use to rope in windows. Slippery stuff it is!

 

[Katch1]

wd-40 is more of a solvent than a lubricant, one other thing to remember about wd-40 is that it attacks loctite thread lockers and sealers.