Have you ever tried any of the liquid flat stuff? Found any that work? LOL Never had much luck with it myself. Just wondering if anyone has a recommendation on brand that actually works. There’s a newer one on the market, Green Slime or similar name. Good reviews last I looked. I have lots of slow leaks, annoying.
I just googled it and found out there is slime for tube tires and slime for tubeless tires. I never realized they made two different formulas. I will try the tube type formula and see if it works although I would think that the key will be finding the thorn and pulling it out. I have used the tubeless type in tubeless tires and seems to help some. I didn't realize there were two kinds and I had put some tubeless type in a tube tire a few years ago (still have the bottle, I just checked it). It got a flat and this was before I started patching my own tubes. When I took it to the local tire shop, the guy there chewed my butt for putting slime in a tubed tire. He called me everything but a smart fella... I don't go there anymore... The real reason I don't go there anymore is that I found a tube they had put in that was WAY too big (like for a semi truck tire) and it was all folded up and kinked inside the tire. It had a slow leak in it from the day they "fixed" it. Usually I have to take the tire off the rim and rub a rag around the inside of the tire and find the spot where the "catch" is and then push the thorn out. I've had them where I thought I got the thorn out and then an hour later I have another flat and it's in the same spot where I didn't get the thorn completely out. Somtimes I notice the thorn on the tire and can see it from the outside, but usually they are broken off and are very difficult to find since the punchure spot isn't typically where the air will escape in a tubed tire flat. With a tubeless it's easy to locate the leak, stab it to clean it out good, and plug it. As you say, it can be very annoying... But I learn something new everyday. Thx sorry, kinda hijacking the thread, but it is thorn related... but this thread started out as a thornless HL variety...
FYI, there are different types of foam they can use, for different tire loading levels...they can also fill to different "pressures" too...might take a larger tire shop to know much about all this... Little trick for finding elusive objects, use an old pair of your wife's panty hoes as the rag...they will find even the smallest thing in the tire to catch on!
When I have a thorn in a wheel with a tube, before removing the tube, I mark it for orientation with the tire. Remove the tube, find the leak, re-orient the tube and tire, and the reason for the puncture "should" be fairly obvious.
be careful what you say around me! Ms.buZZsaw and i have been together for 13+ years and she still hasnt learned!
