TSSSS!! Need Help!!

[Ash999]

Right, I punctured my tyre after the Landlord got the roof redone, and didnt clean up well afterwards. I had this fixed properly by the local mechanic but I have a quite slow puncture (i.e. went really flat in three weeks.) I didnt have this problem before so I guess it is the puncture repair thats leaking.

My question is:
Does that sealing stuff that prevents punctures (forgot the name) work and would it prevent the slow puncture I have?
Also Would this have any adverse effects on fitting a new tyre in the future??
like any problems fitting or cleaning the wheel when I get a new tyre?

[Stig]

As far as I am aware. The instant puncture repair stuff that you squirt in the valve and thus into your tyre is only good for holed punctures rather than cuts. There should be no reason why it would effect your new tyre when it comes to the time to change.

[Muttley]

Does that sealing stuff that prevents punctures

It doesn't prevent punctures, just instantly seals them. :)

If you still have a slow puncture then take it back to whoever sealed it before, if you can prove that thier repair isn't up to the job then they should redo it for free.

It could be that you had two punctures and only one was picked up when you had the tyre repaired. (It's more than possible.)

Products like Slime and UltraSeal are not permanent solutions to punctures and should not be used as such.

If you do have one of these products (or similar) in you tyre when it comes time to change it, let the guy (or girl) know as it can shoot out all over the place and make a mess. All they then do is rinse it off the wheel before fitting the new tyre.

[Ash999]

I didnt mean a tyre puncture repair, but like the sealant you can get such as the website below:
http://www.air-sealproducts.com/ or
http://www.trojantrailers.co.uk/store.php?crn=81&rn=284&action=show_detail

Do ya reckon this would work? Coating the inside of the tyre

[Muttley]

Both of those products look like they do the same thing as Slime / Ultraseal, which is to temporarily seal the hole.

They are not permanent solutions to a puncture.

If you want to gamble with your life by using them in such a way then that's up to you, that might sound harsh, but would you really want to risk it.

The Air Seal stuff might be okay for a car or lorry tyre, but on a bike?

The only proper way to permanently fix a puncture is by either replacing the tyre or a puncture repair at a qualified tyre fitters (or similar establishment).

[amarko5]

I know it sounds harsh , and is a real bummer, but the only safe bet is new rubber.

try getting the landlord to pay ( see's pink pigs flying :lol: )

tuff luck mate, but if its any consolation i had a new tyre fitted once and got a puncture / slash the same day. very very expensive month that was :cry:

[Xenolith]

Slightly off topic, but when I was at JHS racing having my service and front suspension sorted the chap recommended Avons as he said they were good grip and had a puncture replacement garuantee down to 1mm wear.

[amarko5]

sounds like a good solution (but whats in the small print )

[Jp]

That sealant stuff is only to get you home, iv used it once when i got a puncture, it leaves the bike VERY unstable and weird feeling, the tyre begins to despise corners, i can only imagine what could have happened had it been raining.

You will have to get some new rubber im afriad, thats the only way around it, unless you can get your slow fixed

[northwind]

Ultraseal's not designed or marketed as a get-you-home... Though it's quite restricted in the size of hole that it'll fix properly. Bigger ones it'll generally just turn into a slow puncture instead.

What it's best for, though, is preventing big air-loss from a puncture. I picked up a big chunk of metal in my rear tyre while going, er, very fast on a motorway once. I had 3 seperate punctures, 2 of them pretty big as well, and yet the Ultraseal worked well enough that I was never in any danger of losing control- pressure dropped to the point where it was visibly soft, but the damage was bad enough that it would have been dead flat in a few seconds without it, and then I'd have been going at 100mph on the rear rim. Top stuff.

[Ash999]

So something like ultraseal could prevent the slow puncture? Its just that I dont want to buy a new tyre when ive hardly done any miles on this tyre, and its probably only the repair not being 100% sealed, so id of thought this would work, i know you can get it for mountain bike tyres like I have used before, just wondering if there is a similar thing for tubeless tyres!