So I had a bright idea (for a change) and picked up a can of PLASTI-DIP, the stuff you can use to put rubbery handles on your hand tools. It cost me 8 bucks at for 14 ounces at the local home improvement store.
I used a foam paint brush and put 2 coats on the track pads of my Bulldog. It's easy to apply, just work slowly, 2 or 3 track pads at a time to get a nice coat without flooding the tracks. The PLASTI-DIP is thick enough that it goes where you put it, but thin enough that it flows to level. And it's flexible enough to stretch with each track segment. I applied each coat and allowed 30 minutes between coats according to the label.
So far it makes these once slippery tracks very grippy! It makes climbing steep objects possible and ends the fish-tailing on smooth surfaces. Time will tell how it holds up to wear and tear but so far so good! One can of this stuff could coat 100 tracks!
