I leave the valve core out, it makes for more volume of air to seat the tire bead...

I was taught a cheap and simple way to mount kart tires. A 5 gallon bucket. Put the tire on the rim, drop it in the 5 gal bucket and inflate the tire, if u want put a tie down around the bucket. Done. Like i said the Cheap way, but it works great.

I use soap and water also but I have been told to use Windex.  I do the same process but I take the core out when I seat the beads. Air goes in faster and quicker to deflate.

I use simple green it dries after the bead pops.  I also mounted an old axel on the bench vertical to get the old tire off and new one on.

Ive always just put some dawn dishwashing liquid on the bead. Never had a problem

Vaseline works good on maxes when the beed don’t wanna pop on

Hand goop works the best

Love Vega but almost all tracks down south run the maxis rule.can run Vega on the asphalt seen.

You need to make  a video on how to deal with drama at the track...

I live and race open small block in the Florida panhandle/south eastern part of the country on both vega and maxxis tires. From my experience the main reason maxxis is a better choice for most  tracks around here is because the racing surface is abrasive and has lots of bite. Great for racing on but very hard on tires.  Simply put the vega tires just won't last. I killed a brand new set of vega yellows in 20 laps. Literally had cords showing on 3 of the 4 tires. A set of conditioned maxxis are hard to beat down here from what I've seen. Thanks for the videos. Always look forward to them 👍

Also when I'm mounting tires I do it in the back of my truck where there's something in between me and the rim

I use windex never had any problems

Vaseline

Your right on target takin blues and maxis with you ,just don’t use any soap or wd40 when flipping tires at the track we found out the hard way what happens when you mix horse power and freshly mounted with simple green tires ! Blew off the rim 1st lap 😬🤬

Have you tried the tire hook it's awesome