Hi All,
I was just reading the other thread about emergency tyre's and wondered whether people had any experiances good or bad with regards Tyre Weld.
I was just wondering whether its worth getting a can for the wife's car as I would prefer her to inflate the tyre and get on her way quicky rather than the dangers of waiting for recovery/trying to change the tyre late on a winters night!
Cheers
Jlo
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I'd be interested to hear experiences too. I'm on the verge of getting a can (or fifty!) to take care of SWMBO's children's bicycle tyres after they've ridden through various thorns/shards of glass/drawing pins etc. I thought I'd left puncture repairs behind me long ago...
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Do note the stuff is only suitable for a very low speed. I do carry a can in the Morgan three wheeler since it does not have a spare and I'm not exactly quick at changing a tube.
As far as I know, the stuff ruins tyres, tubes and valves, but in my case, I only veiw it as something to get me to a place of safety.
There is a sealant product for bicycle tyres that you put in before any puncture. My moutain bike riding friends swear by the stuff. No idea what it is called though.
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There is a sealant product for bicycle tyres that you put in before any puncture. My moutain bike riding friends swear by the stuff. No idea what it is called though.
Sound like Ultraseal. Mostly used by the motorcycling fraternity as it does was it says on the tin and is an excellent product. Not loved by tyre fitters, as the gloop is horrible to work with when the tyre comes off. However, it will protect tyres against most normal punctures.
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Thanks,
Yes I have just found a link www.ultraseal-dy.co.uk/ for ultraseal. Reading the sales gumf etc it looks excellent and increases the life of the tyre!
Anyone had any experiance with this. It looks the next best thing to run flat tyres.
Cheers
Jlo
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Its not green in colour & called Slime is it?
I used this on my mountain bike back in 1994 ish & when I did get a puncture about 18 months later, I was amazed at how many punctures it had already stopped.
If its still around, its very good!
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I used Ultra Seal myself on my motorbike where punctures are common place. Anyway, it costs a lot, and in my opinion the cheaper versions of this are better (i.e. gunk). It did save me from punctures, but can only seal one or two before it becomes useless. However, ultraseal did not increase the tyre life on my bike tyres, where they stayed at a life of 12000 miles per rear tyre. The gunk does the same thing, but is a lot cheaper and is worth having installed on scooters.
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These things are much touted for motorcycles. My concern is like LeeP's experience - could a tyre get into such a state, and be repairing itself, that a catatrophic failure could occur. I'm thinking of something like a woodscrew going through the carcase, chewing it to shreds internally, but not leaking air.
I'd probably use the 'gunge-in-a-tin' to get me home with a pucture (slowly) but not rely on a pre-filled tyre.
Martin
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On the two occasions I've used Tyre Weld, once car and once bike, what seemed like straightforward repair jobs turned into "Tyre's knackered mate, we can't repair it".
Tyre fitters hate it, it takes ages to clean the stuff from the inside of the tyre and turns a ten minute job into one of half hour plus.
A bit of customising with a screwdriver ensures they don't have to.
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>>>>>>>There is a sealant product for bicycle tyres that you put in before any puncture. My moutain bike riding friends swear by the stuff. No idea what it is called though.
I think what they're talking about is "Slime" or something similar. Its appearance lives up to its name and you aerosol it into your tyres and in the event of a puncture it automatically seals the leak. It's designed as a permanent installation. Slime also does special tubes in various sizes already "Slimed" for pushbikes and off road m/cycles.
When we go out on a ride, the designated ride lead for that day must carry a can of tyre inflator and sealer. We have needed it once on a Harley Softail narrow front tyre which is prone to flats on our bad country highways and it worked fine. You should have seen the mess when the tyre came off tho'!
The one I carry is Johnsen's (sic) Tire Sealer and Inflator (sic) from (unsurprisingly given the spelling) the US. Costs about £1.87 here.
Some years ago I used to do a lot of off-roading in a Mitsubishi L200 Strada 4WD truck. I had a flat once when we were battling up some lava-flow somewhere and used the stuff. The pressure was enough to get the tyre pressure adjusted at a gas station on the way home. That stuff was still in the tyre when I sold the truck 2 years later!
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