[Closed] Tubeless Latex

*Awaits picture of large chap surrounded by broken bus / tyre / law suit*

Oh, and search the forum for "tubeless"

Will do, Nice one.

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IME Wheel Milk dries out far far too fast to be of any use, I've found it solidified after a week. Stan's is good, Caffe Latex is meant to be good for helping with the initial seal, but then not as good as Stan's at sealing punctures.

Stan's all the way! I've taken tyres on and off with the stuff in and it stays nice and liquid even after months of use. Anything with too high a latex content makes lumps everywhere, Stan's seems to be just right.

Never had an issue with Stans, I use it in bikes and also on the off road pram wheelz.

Specialized spooge is ridiculous, i might as well have poured water into the tyre.

It's not thin enough to plug small holes, or move around the tyre enough to help with sealing. Stans is awesome stuff.

Bit of a thread hi-jack here, once the latex is in a tyre, how often should it be replaced?

Did the short CRC at Ruthin on sunday, and where the route cut off was very brambly - inevitably got a thorn in my front tyre, but still lost a lot of air before the paltex plugged the hole - went tubeless about this time last year, so would I be better off replacing the latex, and if so, would the rest of the solution in the bottle in my shed also have gone off?

Using Joes BTW.

Joes or Stans have been best for me. They seem to stay liquid for longest, anything up to a a year when I swap out tyres.

missing- all depnds on summer / winter/ type and size of tyres and what you use. I top up every few months. If bottle has had top on properly it'll be fine.

I used wheel milk, sealed punctures fine (even big cuts!) but as others said, it dries out and I've a half used litre bottle somewhere that appears to have gone 'off' and has the consistency of its dairy namesake after being left for a similar timescale.

DIRT had a review of some foaming stuff that was supposed to make getting the tyres inflated easy, but didnt have a long term review of it.

Bit of a thread hi-jack here, once the latex is in a tyre, how often should it be replaced?

Loads of factors could alter how long it would take to dry out. Just nip the side of the tyre off every few months and top up if needs be.

So Stan's seems the best really.

also on the off road pram wheelz

Fantastic. 😀

Used wheel milk for two years now with no issues.

I finally had some Stans dry up, I reckon it took about 6 months which seems reasonable enough, usually I'll have done some random tyreshuffling or just worn something out faster than that.

Anyone know of a good way to clean dried sealant off a tyre btw? Just rubbing it with a finger or scotchbrite does the job but it's hard work.

Don't your tyres end up weighing half a ton with all the dried latex?

Don't your tyres end up weighing half a ton with all the dried latex?

Shirley the dried latex on a (non UST) tyre keeps it generally sealed up so best to leave it?

Anyone know of a good way to clean dried sealant off a tyre btw? Just rubbing it with a finger or scotchbrite does the job but it's hard work.

I had to take my rimstrips off for wheels to have some spokes replaced and forgot to wipe latex off at the time. It took 400 man years to rub it all off when I got round to it 3 months later 😳

When I first went tubeless it was with an Eclipse kit 4 years ago, think its DT now. I got some wheel milk at the same time just in case I goofed which seem ok but IIRC dried within a few months.

Since then I've used Joes which I have no complaints about. 6 months after fitting it was still liquid inside and doing what it does best 🙂

A quick aside; Can you reuse the latex solution? When I took my rimstrips off there was still a good amount left so sucked it up and its been in a jar ever since?

On my ghetto wheels I have found Joes to make a much better and longer lasting seal between the tube and tyre to the point where it can become pretty difficult to get off. Also I have found Joes to seal better than Stan's and last longer in the wheel. Neither dry out in UST tyres, only in single ply ghetto set ups. Stan's has failed me once, Joe's never has. By fail I mean it didn't seal a hole that was relatively small 2-3mm. An anchovy did the trick. In summary, I prefer Joe's but am happy enough with Stan's if I can't get Joe's. I've not tried any of the others and see no need to!

isn't Joes exactly the same as Stans?

stayhigh - Member

"A quick aside; Can you reuse the latex solution? When I took my rimstrips off there was still a good amount left so sucked it up and its been in a jar ever since? "

I reuse my Stans- I let it pool and suck it out with one of the little bottles, then top off with new stuff. Might not officially be a great idea but it's always worked fine for me.