XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/30/2023 8:25 AM, John Robertson wrote:   
   > On 2023/04/30 8:5 am, AMuzi wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   >>> I read the description. It is water based, so it can be   
   >>> washed off with water before it hardens. I guess it works   
   >>> like some water-based glue. It will harden to seal the leak   
   >>> but remain liquid inside the tire. It is recommended by the   
   >>> manufacturer to have the tire professionally patched within   
   >>> 3 days (I guess it is the company protecting against   
   >>> lawsuits). I read many customer comments that it stopped   
   >>> their slow leak. That kind of slow leak might be in the rim   
   >>> area, nothing to do with nail puncture.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> It's a latex emulsion. Clean up with soapy water.   
   >   
   > I have in my trunk tucked inside the spare tire which is flipped upside   
   > down so that the wheel rim forms a round well an emergency flat tire kit.   
   >   
   > There are foldable chocks, two blinking multi-color LED lights with the   
   > batteries in a ziplock bag outside the device (I gave up on leaving   
   > batteries in the device after ruining a half dozen mag lights - remember   
   > them?). Also I gave up on flares (they always made a crumbly yellow mess   
   > over time) & triangles (which work fine until the wind blows them away),   
   > a cigarette lighter air pump, and a tire repair multi-plug fixit kit.   
   >   
   > The fixit kit contains an awl and an open-ended insertion tool, glue, a   
   > thin sharp knife, which is important for shearing off the ends.   
   >   
   > While the kit comes with four or five four inch long plugs, the reality is   
   > once it's opened to the air the kit is ruined - so it's a one-time use kit.   
   >   
   > I guess the green goopy stuff could be a useful addition, but notice above   
   > the things I've discontinued because they don't really work when you need   
   > them a few years AFTER you've put them in the temperature cycled trunk.   
   >   
   > I suspect that after sitting in a hot trunk for a couple of years, the   
   > pressure would be gone from the can of green goopy stuff.   
   > Of course, the answer is replace it every year, but who does that?   
   > Most people who say they do that, are lying because most people don't.   
   >   
   > Just like many people say they change the oil every 3K miles, they don't.   
   > And while many say they rotate tires every 3K miles, most don't.   
   >   
   > My reason for bringing that up is few of us will even look into that   
   > emergency kit after putting it there - until we need it on the road.   
   >   
   > When you're on the side of the road, covered in mud splashed over you on   
   > purpose by truckers (yes, I've been there) on a slope, in the rain, at   
   > night, and you're patching a tire - that's when you put those flimsy   
   > foldable triangles down on the road with those weights, and then you   
   > instantly watch them blow across the road when the next trucker splashes   
   > you (and yes, I've been there). Same with flares. Same with corroded   
   > batteries left inside the device.   
   >   
   > If it goes in the trunk, it better be designed to last for years in   
   > hot/cold cycles like you can't believe.   
   > I bring this up because the green goop is not likely to have survived.   
   > I know the counter is people will "say" they replace it every year.   
   >   
   > I won't. I'll leave it in the trunk.   
   >   
   > I suspect by the time I really need it, I can't rely on it working.   
      
   Maybe that's why they invented spare tires? It probably was not just to   
   have a place to store a fixit kit.   
      
   Unfortunately, my AWD Sienna does not have a space for a spare tire, so   
   it just gets stashed in the back if I carry one.   
      
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