Morning all,
I've bought two tyres recently that were SH - I don't think from the same person - that came with glitter in the left over Stans gloop residue.
Now I'm like the next man in that I love a bit of glitter 🙂 but I've never come across it in a tubeless set up.
I'm guessing the idea is to help the gloop plug holes.
So before I go make up a Stans/glitter mix does it really work?
I think it works yes. I have it in all my tyres. Blue if you're interested, though other colours may work just as well.
If you look at Peaty's sealant, it has similar and Stans Race has bitty bits in too, though not sparkly lovely like my blue glitter.
If you think about it in use, aiding the bridging of holes, then it surely must improve things. Science innit. I reckon it does anyway.
I usually stick it in, can't say if it helps though! The DH teams have been known to put long grain rice in theirs!
I picked up some Decathlon sealant that appears to be almost exactly like the Peaty stuff but for a fraction of the price.
From one of the stories:
Nearly a quarter of nurseries across the country want to ban glitter from classrooms over environmental concerns, a survey has found.
I'd imagine that more nurseries than that would be quite happy to ban it for any reason, just because it's a pain in the arse!
Stans already has bits in it. His original patent for the stuff said use cornmeal. If you wanted more bits and were concerned about the 'ronment you could use cornmeal (medium not coarse) or chia seeds (or something else small).
I use quinoa daahling
Orange seal has it, can be a pain when using a narrow diameter syringe and tube though
Could be rubbish but I read the glitter can tend to bung up the valve?
I have some of that Peaty's sealant, I burprd the rear tyre in the Dales on Sunday and now it looks like a unicorn has jizzed on my rear tyre. It has dried in the sun and I could not wash it off, might have to get the jet washer on it.
I’d imagine that more nurseries than that would be quite happy to ban it for any reason, just because it’s a pain in the arse!
I work in a primary school with a foundation stage, age 3-11, and I can confirm that glitter is the ISIS of decorative resources. Unwanted invaders, highly annoying and impossible to get rid of, widely hated except by a crazy minority that are true believers.
