Almost hate to do it to you, but....?

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

I know the tire threads have been beat to death here but I have to ask .
Can slime be used in a loaded tire ?
Will it still give puncture protection , even with the liquid ?

Sorry to put up another tire thread , Just so you know I have been looking back at old threads for days and could not find it brought up ,even e-mailed slime a few days ago with no response .

 

[jinman]

I think the answer depends on when the tire is loaded. If it is loaded after the slime, then there should be no problem. If loaded before the slime, it won't work. There would be no way to rotate the tire and get the slime to penetrate the hole reliably with water, beet juice, calcium, or antifreeze interfering. Perhaps that's why tractor tires aren't even listed as an application on the Slime website.

 

[Bird]

I know the tire threads have been beat to death here but I have to ask .
Can slime be used in a loaded tire ?
Will it still give puncture protection , even with the liquid ?

Sorry to put up another tire thread , Just so you know I have been looking back at old threads for days and could not find it brought up ,even e-mailed slime a few days ago with no response .

I think you'd just be wasting your money. Depending upon the ratio of slime to the other liquid (I don't know what they're loaded with) it might slow a leak down a bit, but probably wouldn't even do that. My opinion; not necessarily a fact.

 

[PILOON]

"even e-mailed slime a few days ago with no response "

Not uncommon!

Never ceases to amaze me that some companies spend good $$'s to set up web sites and then don't bother to answer their Emails!

Must be a generation thing, and yet there are some that 'have made it' mainly due to the internet.

I too have waited days and even weeks for replies and often no reply.

One firm, a once famous name work boot mfg, even went so far as to remouve their mail links when I repetedly tried for a response! (but then even a written 'snail mail' went unanswered!) now they seem to be fading away from the market place.

 

[radioman]

i have made a comment before on slime and ill say it again - slime only gaurantee the slime to work for 2 years. whats the point of having slime if it will fall apart without a warning in 2 years ? Or do you need something that will work for a few days till new tire or permanant patch can be done ? I guess it depends on what you need to do. I used to have a walk behind tiller with a slow leak and i used the fix a flat just to keep the tire up to use the tiller for the season. It never fails, every spring i have to use another can. i didnt use the tiller much , just to prepare the garden bed so didnt see the point of fixing it for good.

 

[RobJ]

i have made a comment before on slime and ill say it again - slime only gaurantee the slime to work for 2 years. whats the point of having slime if it will fall apart without a warning in 2 years ? Or do you need something that will work for a few days till new tire or permanant patch can be done ? I guess it depends on what you need to do. I used to have a walk behind tiller with a slow leak and i used the fix a flat just to keep the tire up to use the tiller for the season. It never fails, every spring i have to use another can. i didnt use the tiller much , just to prepare the garden bed so didnt see the point of fixing it for good.

I think slime is a waste of money to. I have tried it. I put some (a decent amount) in an ATV a couple-three years back. I recently changed the tires...guess what...nothing was in the atv tire! You see a little residue, about it. And it never fixed the small leaks. Also tried on a riding mower. Didn't work. Just green colored water.

 

[schmism]

Ive used it to great success on keeping my tubless wheelbarrow tires aired up for more than 2 days. (going on months now)

I used some in my front tire on my CUT that was leaking around an existing tire plug. worked fine.

So IMHO slime does have its applications.... but for this one (loaded tire) im going to go with no.

 

[Soundguy]

I also wouldn't bet on it..

soundguy

 

[john_bud]

"Slime" is guaranteed to be slimy - optionally green

jb

 

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

I kind of had a feeling it would not work anyway ,just bieng lazy I suppose.

I always make sure I carry plugs and a small 12 volt compressor and hope I get lucky enough to catch a leak before it gets to low to pop the bead, not like I don't enjoy trying to get a tire on the rim durring a storm,you know how much fun that can be.

 

[thunderworks]

I have had fantastic success with Slime in my Grasshopper ZTR, and in the front tires on my tractor. I have many locust and hedge trees ( and millions of thorns) and before I used Slime, I would have 30 plus flats in a mowing season . . . Slime has reduced my flat problem to almost zero . . . however, I think it would not work in a loaded tractor tire. I doubt the junk would find its way to a puncture with a fluid filled tire.

 

[jimmysisson]

I'm with Thunderworks - too many flats from thorns, me trying to help out the neighbor lady. Tube type ag tires, 4-10 thorns in a day's mowing. Cut the inner part of an old tube away and stretched the outer over a new or repaired tube helped, but some of those locust thorns are LONG. In desparation I slimed the fronts only right in the tube. One worked right away, the other I found the leak and just (on a jack) rolled that side down and back and forth a little. Holding good so far, with lots of pressure to start the stuff into the hole(s) then back to operating pressure. My Ford rims are kind of thin at the edge and every time I took the tires off the rim would get a little more beat. So I'm a slime fan. When it's time to repair these tubes I'll have to get new ones, no repairs possible I bet.
Jim

 

[Lone Oak Landscaping]

I have used slime before too and it has proven itself time and again, the stuff works great no doubt about .
I was just wondering if it would be worth trying to put it in the tires that are already filled on the machine now .
I think the opinions here about it not working with the tires already loaded are probably right, thats what I figured too, just thought someone may know for sure if it is worth trying.

Bird , yad think I would know what is in the tires, but I forgot what they said it was ..... I know it's not calicum or beet juice of washer fluid , they told me it was some enviro friendly stuffand said the name , but I can not recall what the heck it was now .
Think you are right about it not working with the liquid though.

 

[BigD23]

I've been thinning out hawthorn trees around here that have punctured many a tire...Green slime has worked very well for me over the years with one time application.

Don

 

[gemini5362]

Ok on this one I can give a definitive answer. I was reading a post and someone mentioned this company Ultraseal Tire Sealant -- 1-gal. Bulletproof Grade - GEMPLER'S the specs on this product are very interesting. They are saying it will seal a hole up to 1/2 inch in diameter.

I emailed them when I saw this and was amazed at the reply. I had an email back within 5 minutes. I asked if it would work on tires loaded with a liquid and they told me the liquid would disperse the product too much to seal. So the answer is no you can not use slime or those types of products on tires loaded with liquids. I however notice they seem to have some interesting products for sale and they monitor there emails. What is more important is that they answer you back quickly or at least on one occasion they did me.

 

[PILOON]

I tried slime (maybe another brand name, not sure) on a small tire without success last winter. Was flat 2 days later!
I pulled the wheel and remouved the tire only to find the 'slime product' frozen in clumps.
Turned out that it was a waterbased product!
I remounted the tire and simply smeared grease around the rim and remounted the tires.
Now 12 months later they still hold air.
They are those import 5 inch tires that I use on my fuel caddy, was kinda hard moving the caddy in snow on 2 flats!

I somehow think the brand was Coleman (like in the camping lanterns).

 

[jinman]

Ok on this one I can give a definitive answer. I was reading a post and someone mentioned this company Ultraseal Tire Sealant -- 1-gal. Bulletproof Grade - GEMPLER'S the specs on this product are very interesting. They are saying it will seal a hole up to 1/2 inch in diameter.

Ultraseal has "chunks" in it. They are like little knotted threads of rubber material suspended in the fluid. It works very well if used in the recommended quantity and is water soluble for easy cleanup. I bought 5 gallons many years ago for about $125 and now I see they have two grades. One is about $175 for 5 gal and the Bulletproof is $277. It's expensive, but better than Slime in my opinion. Of course, you can buy Slime almost anywhere.

 

[Soundguy]

I kind of had a feeling it would not work anyway ,just bieng lazy I suppose.

I always make sure I carry plugs and a small 12 volt compressor and hope I get lucky enough to catch a leak before it gets to low to pop the bead, not like I don't enjoy trying to get a tire on the rim durring a storm,you know how much fun that can be.

Usually you can 'feel' a tire going low.. steering gets spongy, and rear pulls funny.

soundguy

 

[intel]

My dad used to, on a 2 wd dexta front tires take 2 used tires next size up and cut the beads out and slip those over the mounted tire, A tire over a tire and increase the pressure to keep it on tight. it was a ***** getting on but work very well.
Has anyone ever done or saw this done?

 

[Soundguy]

Did he run them like that.. IE.. a tire cap.. or just as an aid in seating the bead?

soundguy