On Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:51:15 -0600, andy wrote:
>I was wondering if the sealant that Tufo sells is diluted liquid latex
>similar to Stan's Tubeless sealant? All I know is it looks white in color
>and the price makes Stan's look like a bargain. I know you can pick this up
>at hobby stores and cut it w/ water or windshield washer fluid( to help
>avoid freezing) and it works just like Stan's. Just wondered if I should
>shoot some into my tubie CX tires for those *@# goatheads!
I'm not any kind of expert on this so cannot answer your question.
However, I once investigated the subject and found that the (then) popularly
available aerosol flat fix thingies were intended for use on autmobiles. In
other words, they'd fill up an auto tyre, and the liquid latex goop would,
under the centrifugal force of being driven, spread over the inside of the
tube, where the heat generated by the tyre being used would cause it to
harden (hopefully sealing off a small hole). While some hard bicycle riding
would generate sufficient centrifugal force, I rather doubt there'd be
enough heat generated to properly finish the sealing process. Thus these
always seemed like a Good Thing to carry in a pack for emergency use, but
not to depend on the results over a long term (my old power wheelchair had
chintzy tube tyres made in China from recycled fish by-products and I ended
up using a LOT of this sealant).
Note: this is about the automotive aerosol latex sealant. I've no
idea about the kinds intended for bicycle use. The message here seems to be
to not confuse the two types.
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