Ever us this stuff

[mrtone]

I get a lot of flats in my work truck - go into landfills, etc.
Anybody ever use this stuff of something like it:
http://www.truegoo.com/default.asp

 

[6t7gto]

I was in the solid waste hauling business for 20 years.
in and out of landfills daily.
we used a similar product and had good results with it.
worked best on tubeless tires.

david

 

[Willy Victor]

I wonder if that stuff will work on my wifes Chevy Blazer. Her tires keep leaking air, every few days I have to drag the air hose out and fill them up. I don't want to buy new rims. The old girl has 150000 on it. The car not my wife.

Willy

 

[tech]

I wonder if that stuff will work on my wifes Chevy Blazer. Her tires keep leaking air, every few days I have to drag the air hose out and fill them up. I don't want to buy new rims. The old girl has 150000 on it. The car not my wife.

Willy

if the blazer has aluminum wheels then the leak is probably coming from the bead. (corrion is preventing sealing). to fix sand down beads and apply bead sealer.

 

[DynoDave]

I'm not familiar with this particular product, but their site seems to read like a Fix-A-Flat can. I guess I can't speak for the heavy truck industry, but for light auto use that stuff is nasty. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but I'd have to be REALLY desperate (like middle of the desert with help days away) to use it.

It will throw your wheel tire assembly out of balance while it's in there. When you go to have the tire fixed properly, the entire interior surface of the tire will have to be cleaned of this product. And it is a nasty, sticky, difficult product to remove. Then you have to get it off the rim too. And believe me; you are billed for every minute the shop spends with rags, cleaners and scrapers getting this snot off your wheel and tire. Left to dry too long, it hardens, and is nearly impossible to remove.

So if you can call for help getting the spare on, or for roadside repair, I'd go that route. If the wolves are at your car door, and you must get moving again, no matter the cost, then I guess it's OK.

 

[Tman]

I'm not familiar with this particular product, but their site seems to read like a Fix-A-Flat can. I guess I can't speak for the heavy truck industry, but for light auto use that stuff is nasty. I'm not saying it doesn't work, but I'd have to be REALLY desperate (like middle of the desert with help days away) to use it.

It will throw your wheel tire assembly out of balance while it's in there. When you go to have the tire fixed properly, the entire interior surface of the tire will have to be cleaned of this product. And it is a nasty, sticky, difficult product to remove. Then you have to get it off the rim too. And believe me; you are billed for every minute the shop spends with rags, cleaners and scrapers getting this snot off your wheel and tire. Left to dry too long, it hardens, and is nearly impossible to remove.

So if you can call for help getting the spare on, or for roadside repair, I'd go that route. If the wolves are at your car door, and you must get moving again, no matter the cost, then I guess it's OK.

I ahve run Fixaflat and latex sealers for years. Never had an issue at the tire store. I just try and be nice and warn them before they pull the valve core out.

 

[mrtone]

Many of these sealant companies say that their product is easily washed off with just water.
I'm really looking for what name brands of sealants have been used successfully by folks on the board. Fix-a-flat is not in this category. I'm looking for commercial grade products.

 

[oldgoat]

I thought that most tire shops either won't do a tire that has a sealer in it or charge extra. At least from the signs I have seen at some shops.

 

[Ramblur]

I use it on mowers, rusts the steel wheels pretty bad,and that makes
it harder to seal any new tire.

 

[mrtone]

Not that I believe all I read........ but a lot of them say guarantee that their product won't rust your wheels.

I would think that tire shops would be against this stuff - it takes their flat repair business away. Remember, this stuff washes off with water (according to most manuf.) so it's not that much harder to repair a bad flat.

But I'm still looking for someone to attest to the claims of this stuff.