Post by mattb on Jul 16, 2007 2:14:01 GMT -5
In the past three weeks I've had a puncture to both the front, and then the rear, tube of the tyres on my SR. Combining shop labour and the cost of a tube and tyre foam, that's $60 of stingy student money each time this is happening (when the front deflated I learnt a sore lesson about the miseries of trying to change a tyre by hand!). While in Autobarn to get more foam, I came across this product: "Liquid Patch". Has anybody any thoughts on, or experiences of, it? I always replace a punctured tube with a new one, and that same safety concern applies to any products like this that I would try. But if it is sound it would be a god-send in a world where every screw and nail seems aimed at my tyres!
"Liquid Patch is a fibre based puncture sealant, which immediately & permanently protects both tube & tubeless tyres against punctures in the tread area up to 6mm in diameter. Liquid Patch repairs punctures from the inside out. When a tyre is punctured escaping air forces the sealant to the puncture site and repairs the leak creating a Liquid Patch. Some of the liquid will go through the hole to the outside of the tyre. When Liquid Patch is exposed to air, it dries and causes a permanent seal. Liquid Patch is easily installed through the tyre valve. It takes less than a few minutes per tyre. As the tyre rotates, the centrifugal forces spreads the liquid evenly over the inside casing. The tyre is now protected against punctures."
www.haigh.com.au/index.php?option=brand_all&ID=3
Cheers,
Matt
"Liquid Patch is a fibre based puncture sealant, which immediately & permanently protects both tube & tubeless tyres against punctures in the tread area up to 6mm in diameter. Liquid Patch repairs punctures from the inside out. When a tyre is punctured escaping air forces the sealant to the puncture site and repairs the leak creating a Liquid Patch. Some of the liquid will go through the hole to the outside of the tyre. When Liquid Patch is exposed to air, it dries and causes a permanent seal. Liquid Patch is easily installed through the tyre valve. It takes less than a few minutes per tyre. As the tyre rotates, the centrifugal forces spreads the liquid evenly over the inside casing. The tyre is now protected against punctures."
www.haigh.com.au/index.php?option=brand_all&ID=3
Cheers,
Matt
