Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far - Bike Forum

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

scaredypants — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:08:57 +0000

rub it on the rim before you seat the tyre ? as Ramsey Neil suggests, it'll lubricate and ease the seating but should also seal things up a bit

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

iamsporticus — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:35:10 +0000

Glad Im not the only one

Despite what it says on the bottle, and what the LBS manager told me, its not fit for purpose in a tubeless set up - it may work as innertube slime but I cant comment on that

It just wont/cant seal the bead on the rim, Ive reinflated several times tonight
My wheels and tyre are in good nick, the leak must be microscopic but it just wont do it

Grrrrr
Grrrrr

Never again

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

AlasdairMc — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:30:18 +0000

Crap stuff. I was recommended it by Evans, it didn't work, they sent me back to Specialized. I complained, got Stans, problem disappeared.

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

RamseyNeil — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 22:12:46 +0000

If you've got some then save it , it's great if you cant get a tubeless tyre up you put some spesh sealant round where the tyre bead sits it makes it difficult for the air to get out and makes it easy to get it to go up . It does squirt out a bit when the tyre seals so don't do it in your kitchen .

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

arogers — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:23:48 +0000

I made the same mistake. Awful stuff. I've been diluting it with Stan's to use it up, which is working fine. Whether that's the Stan's doing all the work despite being watered down with the Spesh gloop I couldn't tell you. It makes me feel less like I wasted £12 though..

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

simondbarnes — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:53:18 +0000

Problem is its advertised as 'tyre sealant'...

It is, although the description only refers to use in tubes.

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

eshershore — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:49:16 +0000

Problem is its advertised as 'tyre sealant'...

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

RamseyNeil — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:43:53 +0000

To be fair it's really designed to be injected into an inner tube which is why you get a valve core remover with each bottle . If it actually says tubeless compatible on the bottle then they should re-word the packaging and you need to give the manager some feedback .

Re: Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

eshershore — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 18:25:00 +0000

Terrible stuff.

My two previous jobs were at specialized concept stores and we used stans in the workshop ;)

Specialized Airlock Sealant - not good so far

iamsporticus — Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:55:12 +0000

Aaaargh

Following an 'emergency' change back to a mud tyre this afternoon I realised I was out of Stans sealant so nipped down to the LBS

They were out of stock of Stans but did have the Specialized stuff
The bottle says tubeless compatable and the manager told me he uses it regularly

Hmmm

When I fitted the tyre it was obvious this stuff is thick and gloopy like slime rather than the other tubeless solutions/milks/etc

I just cant see how it will seal the small defects around the bead, its just too thick to spin around inside the tyre and get everywhere

Im wondering if anybody else has used this stuff tubeless?
I fitted it and the tyre 3h ago and its been re-inflated twice since then despite some energetic spinning round the garden by the kids, my rims and tyre are 'proper' tubeless not ghetto if it helps

Currently not impressed - lots of slagging off from Google, including threads on here years ago

Anyone?