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Old Jan 31, 2011 | 04:14 PM
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Does anyone know if there's ingredients i can buy in bulk to make a similar compound to track prep? It's 35$ a gallon and that won't last me long, thanks for any help!
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Old Feb 1, 2011 | 09:51 AM
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 04:04 AM
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i know corn syrup is a major ingredient . they also add other stuff to make it easier to sparay as well as remain tacky longer .
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 04:06 AM
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in for the info too
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 09:14 AM
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How much is that pimp juice? Last year we had an outing and some guy said he made the stuff we were using, i dont race but every so often so i didnt ask to much about it,ill see if i can get a hold of him today,whatever it was it worked good, it was pretty cold out and it was working
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Old Jun 27, 2012 | 09:22 AM
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I've heard corn syrup and mountain dew are good ingredients, not sure what else
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corn syrup , windshield washer fluid ( the methyl alcohol type , not the other stuff with a loooong name ) , and pepsi or coke .

we tried the dew but pepsi kicked its ***
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Old Jul 1, 2012 | 10:30 AM
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look up the MSDS info and that'll get you started
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Old Jul 1, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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the stuff my track uses smells like root beer gummy bears. then the other track i go to, their stuff smells like nestle iced tea mix


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look up the MSDS info and that'll get you started
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Bleach
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Originally Posted by 608kZ28
the stuff my track uses smells like root beer gummy bears. then the other track i go to, their stuff smells like nestle iced tea mix




This

That would most likely be vht.
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Old Jul 1, 2012 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by RsSean
Bleach
Bleach makes em smoke i dont think makes em hook.
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Old Jul 4, 2012 | 01:19 PM
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I always thought VHT smelled like fruit loops
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