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Turns out my tire has a hole in it, I had a freak accident with a rose bush, eheh. Good news is I'm ok, other than the cuts on my face, but I pulled a half inch thorn out of my tire. What kind of tire sealant should I use to fix it? I don't want to waste money on sealant that wont work for mountainboard tires, and I don't want to buy another tire. Anyone pop a tire before? What sealant works?
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Shake & Bake
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If the whole is to big nothing will save it, get Slime its green, I don't think it matters what type but try to get the one with out the black stuff in it. Its for small tires.
if the whole is to big and you don't want to wait for a new tire, duck tape and Slime.
Cover the whole with the duck tape and fill you tire with a bit of slime.
Make sure to have the tube in the tire when you put slime and air in it....
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hey thanks the Slime worked. For as big as the hole is I'm suprised it worked, I filled the tire back up the other day and it has stayed inflated since then. thanks!
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Shake & Bake
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Yeah slime is pretty much the holy grail of patching holes... as far as tires go, hah. In fact, as a pre-emptive measure you can put slime into your tires before they even pop. Any hole made from then on should seal itself.
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| POSTED BY: ryan on 06/19/2008 03:57:31 |
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Slime is a tube-saver if you ride in a dry climate where there's thorns everywhere. No one likes to mess around with patches although they are a good item to have around. Regular bike patches work fine on mountainboard tubes- the self adhesive ones are nice if you have to patch up while on the mountain (easier and faster). Check out MountainBoard.net there's a couple articles posted there on patching flats and bullet-proofing your tubes.
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