Tyre Sealent SEAL

Long time ago a dealer convince me to put it in me bike's tubes. [long time ago]. At 160 the bike started to vibrate, I had to remove the tubes and install new ones, without the goo.
 
This is nothing new in the biking community. There is a biker in Germiston that offers this service. There is also a guy in Cape Town that does this
 
My brother-in-law makes his own version of tyre seal for his farm bakkies. He uses ground rubber particles that he gets by grinding old tyre treads with an angle grinder and glycol . These gets mixed until it's like a thick gel and placed into the tyre before fitting on to the rim.
As these bakkies never do high speeds it is safe enough and flat tyres are very rare even in the thorny and rocky environment.
 
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Tyre sealant works in bicycle tyres - it works very well.
Not so much it cars and trucks. The volume required makes it incredibly expensive, and it needs to be topped up / replaced every 6 months.
In the last 5 years, I think I've had one puncture in my car - On all road surfaces.
And it wont work on sidewall cuts either.
 
Costs me R50 to get a tyre patched. How much is this stuff?
 
Riza.C said:
So basically I drive a polo vivo with 14” tyres.. (Tires aren’t in great condition)
I had a situation where 2 of my tires got punctures..to the extent of not being able to plug it.. a friend of mine owns a tire store in Zambezi.. for two good year efficient grip tires I paid R1250.00 obviously he gave me a better than marked price.. so I still had 2 shitty tires on my car and 2 new tires..

But at the same time, he introduced me to a Tyre sealant called SEAL.. and he showed me a sample Tyre which literally had about 80 holes in it and stabbed it in front of me.. air came out for approximately 1-3 seconds and sealed up..

In that moment I requested it on all 4 of my tires.. it costed me R600.00 for ALL 4 tires and bear in mind 2 tires are new and 2 are old tires to the extent of it needs to be replaced anyways..

So I attempted this on one tire that needs the be changed anyways.. I stabbed the tire (mind you, it’s difficult to stab a tire)

And to my surprise this stuff works.. No air leak 3 days straight, I’ve driven 600km’s between the 3 days and have been monitoring my tires.. I’m bloody impressed with this, they even say it can withstand a bullet but obviously that requires 3 times the SEAL as you would normally put in your tire.. before putting the SEAL you have to balance your tyres, and that’s it.. I’m going to keep an eye and monitor it but I tell you, this is a game changer, I’m always losing a good tire to punctures and side wall slits..
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Wait, you stabbed a tyre which is shaddy already, just to test and still driving with it?

F0k nee!
 
Local mica sells stuff called "Fugit" http://fugit.co.za/

I use it, fixes leaks and prevents future leaks (I drive through industrial and rural areas daily so went from a slow puncture every 2 months to no punctures I noticed since application).
 
At the end of the day this stuff is designed so that when you have a wee puncture (emphasis on wee) somewhere and have no access to a local garage or can't be bothererd with a patch kit so that you can just screw it on, inflate your tire and go to get it mended properly later.

For that purpose, especially the lekker foamy ones, its been working brilliantly for the last however many decades.

nuff said.

EDIT: I have used about 3 or 4 cans of this in the last half decade, seeing as its only 1 shot. and works brilliantly, no idea where you lot are getting balancing issues from, you are supposed to empty the contents of the can into your tire, not put a brick in there.
 
Pitbull said:
Wait, you stabbed a tyre which is shaddy already, just to test and still driving with it?

F0k nee!
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People's definition of shoddy tires is mostly unwarranted, they'll use the phrase for tires at 90% with a bit of dirt on them.

Unlike me on 15 year old tires that have complete collapse sidewall support and exposed rusty support on the in and out side still going 180 shouting its fine its fine.
 
Like all these things, there are different types for different applications. And one should research before you use any particular brand, to make sure it suits the application.

Here is a useful reference to read. The info is good even though it is pushing one particular type.

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All technical information regarding the workings, formulation, composition and types of tyre sealants
www.nomorepunctures.co.za www.nomorepunctures.co.za

The stuff used by the cycling fraternity is real rubbish. It sticks like hell to the rims, but not so good to the tyres. And if the cycles stand for long periods it pools at the lowest point and then hardens into little round balls like small ball bearings.

I have used sealants to extend the lifetime of Air spring systems. And it works like a dream. Air Spring Systems come with a "Lifetime Warranty" which in fact means 10 years, as they feel no one keeps a vehicle for longer than 10 years.

Using a sealant. I have managed to so far get 15 years out of a set and still going strong.
 
gamer16 said:
People's definition of shoddy tires is mostly unwarranted, they'll use the phrase for tires at 90% with a bit of dirt on them.

Unlike me on 15 year old tires that have complete collapse sidewall support and exposed rusty support on the in and out side still going 180 shouting its fine its fine.
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Please hold up the sarcasm sign for me.

upup said:
Long time ago a dealer convince me to put it in me bike's tubes. [long time ago]. At 160 the bike started to vibrate, I had to remove the tubes and install new ones, without the goo.
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At least changing the tubes should have been easy at the racetrack I assume you were at.
 
These kinds of sealant are nothing new, neither is the sealant drying up in the tyre and causing balancing issues...
 
Geoff.D said:
Like all these things, there are different types for different applications. And one should research before you use any particular brand, to make sure it suits the application.

Here is a useful reference to read. The info is good even though it is pushing one particular type.

$page_title

All technical information regarding the workings, formulation, composition and types of tyre sealants
www.nomorepunctures.co.za www.nomorepunctures.co.za

The stuff used by the cycling fraternity is real rubbish. It sticks like hell to the rims, but not so good to the tyres. And if the cycles stand for long periods it pools at the lowest point and then hardens into little round balls like small ball bearings.

I have used sealants to extend the lifetime of Air spring systems. And it works like a dream. Air Spring Systems come with a "Lifetime Warranty" which in fact means 10 years, as they feel no one keeps a vehicle for longer than 10 years.

Using a sealant. I have managed to so far get 15 years out of a set and still going strong.
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If you use tubeless tyres on a mountain bike then you have to have sealant. Its just a case of maintenance required to clean out the snot balls from time to time.
 
gamer16 said:
At the end of the day this stuff is designed so that when you have a wee puncture (emphasis on wee) somewhere and have no access to a local garage or can't be bothererd with a patch kit so that you can just screw it on, inflate your tire and go to get it mended properly later.

For that purpose, especially the lekker foamy ones, its been working brilliantly for the last however many decades.

nuff said.

EDIT: I have used about 3 or 4 cans of this in the last half decade, seeing as its only 1 shot. and works brilliantly, no idea where you lot are getting balancing issues from, you are supposed to empty the contents of the can into your tire, not put a brick in there.
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What you are talking about and what the OP is talking about are two different products.
 
Rocket-Boy said:
If you use tubeless tyres on a mountain bike then you have to have sealant. Its just a case of maintenance required to clean out the snot balls from time to time.
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Yep, sealant has saved me a few times on my mountain bike, I do need to pull both tyres off, clean them out and put new sealant in.
 
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