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[Closed] Best sealant for bigger punctures???
ive always used stans (normal sealant), which has pretty much always worked, but ive had a couple of punctures in the last 12 months that id expect it to fix ...around say 5mm on the tread and a much smaller one on the bead.....
obviously the stans one is very old tech (ive been using it for about 8 years plus!)
has sealant moved on a lot since then? I'm a serial tyre swapper so it doesn't have to last for ever, but id prefer to actually have it seal punctures id prefer not to deal with in the cold of winter 🙂
any better ones out there?
what about the race matrix one from uberbikes? is it likely be identical to peatys new one? are they actually even any better than the normal stans?
The stans race has bigger 'bits' in. More like small strips of something. Imagine the waste from an office shredder, but a bit smaller.
I'm liking the Juice Lubes sealant. It's new, smells nice and has fixed a couple of road tyre punctures with hardly any loss of air.
It's a good job it smells nice cos when my front tyre punctured it sprayed in my face. 8)
Dez
Do you use that on your commuter bike?
Gone road tubeless and looking for something that may seal the higher pressure leaks better. Only 70psi but the ordinary Stans seems not to enjoy anything over 60psi.
On the road use: http://www.dynaplug.com/bike.html
In the workshop I just clean it all out and use an old fashioned thick rubber patch, on the inside of the tyre.
I do indeed. Also used the Mavic stuff that came with the wheels and that worked too (bit more pricy though).
blurty -
On the road use: http://www.dynaplug.com/bike.html
Why stop n fix it if the sealant does it for you?
Oh, I see you mean for bigger punctures?
[url= https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00YPFWWDO/ref=pe_3187911_189395841_TE_3p_dp_1 ]I took a chance on this.[/url]
Goopy with big chunks in it. I was worried it wouldn't flow enough, if I'm honest but it seems to be doing a grand job so far. No big punctures that I've noticed. That could mean it either works really well or I haven't had any big punctures recently. So this post is either mildly useful or not in the slightest bit useful. Thank you for your attention.
yeah ideally those plugs are great, tbh last time it happened was right at the end of a ride on the last descent so I couldn't be arsed
the dynaplugs looks ace, but very pricey I'm keeping an eye out for a cheap alternative
was just thinking some newer sealant may have better sealing powers especially more so on small slashes etc
Stans Race plugs the biggest holes but dries out in a couple of months and leaves a mess stuck to the innards.
Tried Peaty's which doesn't dry out but doesn't plug anything larger than a thorn.
So I'm trying a 50:50 mix in the vain hope I'll get the best of both worlds.
If only Chris King did sealant......
I'm trying the OKO sealant linked to above. It's really thick - last time it was discussed someone suggested just thinning it with water. Since it's about £8 for 1.25L and you can probably dilute it 50:50 it's really cheap to use. Remains to be seen if it works but no punctures on the 3 rides so far.
For big puctures that fluid won't seal get Weldtite tubeless anchovy kit for about £6 then top up with self amalgamating anchovies from eBay.
I'm using that OKO stuff as well, watered down (cos it's water-based, innit) 3:1 ish with boggo tap water. It seems to be doing the job ok and has the lovely benefit of possibly not being as ****ty to the environment as non water-based stuff. It worked well at Northern Grip this year when I got a snakebite slow puncture on the back wheel in Lee Quarry that wouldn't seal (turned out the goop had dried up a bit in the warm weather over the few months since I'd put it in and got more viscous), I just popped a bit of the tyre off the rim, added some bottled water and shook it a bit to re-dilute the stuff, and it sealed the puncture.