Anyone have any experience with any of the emergency aerosol tire sealants and inflation products? Do they work on tube tires or just tubeless? Anything difficult or impossible to clean up once the tire and tube are properly repaired?

gep wrote:Anyone have any experience with any of the emergency aerosol tire sealants and inflation products? Do they work on tube tires or just tubeless? Anything difficult or impossible to clean up once the tire and tube are properly repaired?

Stan's is probably the beast sealant out there. It works for both tubed and tubless tires.

http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=stans+no+tube+sealant&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=36162706240&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=1147617994858016946&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_3rk4bg29yk_b

I carry either/both a small bicycle hand-held pump and/or a small 12v tire inflator.

Stan's No Tube, all the way!

I carry both the Stan's No Tube and a Topeak Mountain Morph fat-tire bike pump. I haven't had to use either, but I tried out the pump to see how long it would take to fill a normal 6.00-6 Cessna main tire. From 20# to 30# took about 15 minutes, so it's suitable for emergencies.

Cary

Used to carry a can of spray sealant !?! brand - a small bike pump - then I found the CO2 tire kits.

Trimtab wrote:Used to carry a can of spray sealant !?! brand - a small bike pump - then I found the CO2 tire kits.

Might oughta practice with the CO2 kit. I've done the Ride the Rockies 9 times and the Tour de Wyoming 4 times, and I learned 2 things vicariously (I used a straight frame pump, so I was watching others):
1) It's easy to waste a CO2 cartridge just getting it installed to inflate the tire;
2) It sometimes takes 2 cartridges just to fill a bike tire, let alone anything with more volume. I don't know how many cartridges it might take to fill an airplane tire.

Cary

Cary

Never actually had to use either. The CO2 came as a kit with a couple cylinders and I bought and extra package of them - 4 to 6 it seems.

The last touring bike I had took from 60 to 90 PSI - plane only needed about 15 - 20 to get home.

Of course I would have been a sunk duck if I had ever blown an ABW - even my little 26s. Then i would just set up camp and wait for someone to come along on the radio or on the ground.

The difference is that the bike tire has a very low volume, compared to the airplane tire. I'm not any kind of physicist/chemist or whatever -ist it takes to calculate volumes. Like I said, I'd recommend trying it out before counting on it.

Cary

I'm on an off-road racing team (codriver) and we explored the option of running our jack using disposable cylinders instead of having the hose and heavy bottle. While doing my research I came across a company that manufactures the small cartridges. This company can supply you with the small disposable cartridges that will haven enough volume and pressure to air a tire up. And they have regulators to help adapt. I encourage you to check it out. Lelandltd.com (leland limited) I've spoken to them on the phone before and they are very helpful. The tanks (cartridge) can be filled with co2, some compressed air, and nitrogen.

Bdiazair

Spent 12-15 yrs in 4x4 trail stuff. Was one of instructors with Esprit de Four. First club to be qualified by the states of Calif. Re-designed most of my IH Scout II to be the only Scout to ever make it up the old Suprise Canyon to the abandoned mining ghost town of Panamint City. So low geared that it won several SLOWj drags while in NEUTRAL. (on flat ground) (Chrysler 727 tranny) Big surprise first time I started it in Neut.

Back to air or CO2: Back in my early 4x4 days I met a young man (Steve ?) in San Jose when he was starting his LIQUID CO2 business for 4x4s and others. Turned into Power Tank business. No "high pressure" with liquid CO2 systems - 600 to 900 psi. (temp. dependent)

FYI - First time I googled "Leland Limited" I got a list of everything but a gas company. Tried Leland gas and got it. Next time - just for kicks - googled it as "limited" and got it - several formats.

Nuff for now
Chris C

a can of aerosol tyre sealing foam, and a CO2 canister for filling pushbike tyres, had to use it once, worked fine, just lifted the weight off the flat, filled it with foam, spun it for 5 mins, used CO2 to fill it, didnt leak, kept spinning the wheel to even out the sealant, waited 30 mins to make sure it stayed up, taxied around to make sure it was ok, then departed, landed 2 hours later, all was fine.. replaced the foam filled tube when back at base.