Does anyone have a good tip for refreshing dried foam tires?

[Diggley]

I'm sure this subject has been covered before, but I'm too lazy to search a zillion posts..

I've got an old Traxxas Fiero with mint foam tires, but they're all hard & dry. It's a shelfer, so I'm not worried about traction compounds etc. I don't have any splits or obvious dry rot showing. Is there a practical way to freshen them up and preserve them?

[skunk.werkz]

I've heard people talk about using suntan lotion to freshen them up a bit. Personally i've only tried it on two foam tires and it didn't seem to make them NEWNEW just, 'ok'.

[LTO_Dave]

Try some traction compound. Put it on heavy and let it soak, then rub it into the foams with a rag. I did this recently when I raced my LX-T that wasn't run for probably 12-13 years and was on the original foams. I used some old Racer's Choice TQ compound I still have in my pit box.

[CAT3K]

I use WD40 on old tyres. I spray them all over then put them in a sealed bags for a couple of days, after that they're pretty soft again. The longer they've been hard, the longer they take to soften

Paul.

[markt311]

Try some gojo hand cleaner. the dirt oval guys around here swear by it.