Small tire Sealer: Slime?

[bushmechanic]

http://www.safetyseal.com/

If you're going to do it, do it right. These things last longer than the tire you're plugging.

 

[Throbbin Rods]

One caveat, wear eye protection when using Slime. I bought a Kubota that the PO had put Slime in the tires. I had a soft tire one day, went to add air and the slime squirted out the bead and into my eye, burnt my cornea. Very painful for a couple weeks.

 

[sberry]

I use it, use it as bead sealer too. I would have plugged the hole first though.

 

[Badger 13]

I think there are a few better products then slime that work well. If you read the very small print on Slime, it has a shelf life and should be changed. I have had good results with "life long" products on ATV tires.

 

[jwith68]

Another update: the "Slime"-ed zero turn tires referenced earlier in this thread required no air-up this spring after sitting in an unheated machine shed for ~6 months over the winter. Still working as advertised, in the third year now for one of the rear's with a creased, leaking sidewall.

 

[ringandtip]

To revive an old thread....

Walking through the local Ace Hardware today and saw 5 gallon buckets of driveway sealer on sale.

Anyone ever try it in tires?

 

[Throbbin Rods]

Just be really careful with that stuff if you ever break a tire down that has slime inside. I burned a cornea when I put new tires on a yard sale lawn tractor that had 4 tires full of it.
I know, I know. safety glasses would have prevented it. Just like everyone else I usually wear safety glasses but every once in a while I forget

 

[bwringer]

While tubes may not cost as much money, they don't make them like the used to. I replace 1 year old tubes that kept losing air. They are on a stroller that sees 90% of its life on the garage wall. The same damn thing happened to the new tubes. On my 1965 motorcycle, I replaced the tube on the front wheel and it leaks. It's 3 years old. The back tube is at least 40 years old and had leaked about 1 lb. a year.

That said, I'm just going to slime it all!

I've also noticed that there are some truly crappy tubes out there nowadays.

For motorcycles, stick with a name brand tube like IRC (made in Taiwan), Bridgestone, etc. and you'll have much better results. I have IRC heavy duty tubes in my KLR650.

For bicycles and bicycle-size wheels, get tubes from a good bike shoppe, not Walmart. For low-speed tires like strollers and carts, it might be worth trying a tube with Slime already in it if you can find one in the correct size. I wouldn't use Slime or other goop in a tire used at higher speeds.

 

[4AudiQ]

I used "Tire Ject" on my front tire on my JD 105A riding lawn mower because it had a slow leak.
That was about a year ago.
Still holding air.
https://www.tireject.com/