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Slime 10009 Tubeless Tire Sealant - 32 oz.

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It was getting to the point that I was filling my tires 2 to 3 times a week. I took the worst of the tires and soaped it up. The leaking was coming from around the bang-on rim weight. I called up my local tire repair shop and they wanted $25+ to dismount, clean and remount the tire to fix the rim-leak. Since all four tires were leaking, it would cost me over $100 (with tax, etc.) to have all tires done. Then, I remembered Slime, and asked a guy at the auto parts store if it worked. He said that his tires were leaking like a sieve all around the side-walls, which Slime fixed. IMPORTANT: He said NOT to follow the instructions on the bottle and, instead, put in 8oz per tire for 24 in. tires. That is roughly 60% more than recommended according to the instructions on the bottle.

I was able to buy a 32oz bottle for around $9.00 where I live. When I got home, I got a ruler, placed the bottle upright on a flat surface and measured the amount of liquid in the bottle. I made 4 marks on the side of the bottle with an indelible marker -- dividing the contents into 4 parts (if the label goes all the way around the bottle with no gap, you will have to peel some of the label off so you can mark the bottle directly and see the remaining level of fluid inside as you squeeze the contents into each tire). I then took out my hydraulic jack; jacked up one side of the car in order to relieve the weight on the tires when deflated, then removed the valve from the stems in the two tires on that side. After all air was out of the tires, I squeezed in 1/4 (8oz) of the bottle into each tire, screwed the valve back into the stems, re-inflated the tires and dropped the car back onto the garage floor. I repeated this procedure with the other side of the car. All-in-all, it didn't take me more than 30 minutes to deflate all four tires, squeeze the slime in and re-fill them with air.

I then took the car out for a drive -- to work the Slime into all the crevices of the tire and rim. There was an immediate difference; and, within a few days of driving (because it takes time to work the slime into all the nooks and crannies) there were no more severe leaks. It was the first time I was able to go for more than a week without having to fill my tires. After 3-4 weeks, the tires are holding air and I don't even have to top them off anymore.

Interestingly, just last week before Christmas, I noticed that one of the tires on my wife's car was flat. Luckily, I noticed it while it was still sitting in the garage. I filled it up with air, and it was flat the next morning. I filled it up again, and it was flat that evening (it was getting worse real fast). I took the tire off and soaped it up like I did on my car. Wow! There were leaks all around both the inside and outside rim (must be all the salt and below-zero weather). So, like I did to my car, I slimed it and filled it up with air. I drove it around for about 10 minutes and parked it. A few days later, it still read the same pressure as I put in it a few days earlier after I slimed it. A few days later, I did the other three tires.

As I figure it, I saved over $200 in rim-cleaning & remounting costs for 8-tires with two $9.00 32oz bottles of Slime.

Also, be aware, that since there is so much slime in the tires (way more than the directions say to use, as explained above following the instructions from the auto-parts guy), at speeds over 35-40 mph, the tires will be a bit unbalanced for about a mile until the slime evens out from centrifugal force -- something that I have no problem living with, since it saved me over $200. After about a mile, everything smoothes out and the wheels automatically fall back into balance (kind of like those centrifugal balancing weights used on 18-wheelers). I have driven at speeds up to 65 mph for long durations with no noticeable shimmy or bounce after the slime re-balances itself inside the tires.

I had a few problem tires on my atv that i thought i had plugged, but they kept going flat after a few days. So I bought the 32 oz bottle of slime and put 6 or so oz in each tire. I then drove around for a few minutes to get the slime to penetrate all the crevices etc. on the inside. In short, 3 weeks later i have no leaks and my tires are still holding air. I am a fan for sure!

Having to put air in your mower tire before each use is a nuisance. This can be avoided by simply giving it a dose of Slime. This packaged version of Slime is not as simple to insert in the tire as, for example, the aerosol can method. However, the results are what counts and this Slime can stop the slow leak and keep the pressure where it belongs. Good product.

I was skeptical, but now I am a believer. I had a slow leak in 2 of my lawn tractor tires, and Slime did the trick. No more pumping tires every time I needed to mow (or taking the tires off to be checked and fixed) I put the left over in my wheelbarrow tire. 32 oz. fills 2 tires. The only annoyance was squeezing and squeezing and squeezing the tube to get it into the tire. Slime with a pump might be a better choice for multiple tire failures. Will report back in 6 months.

I've been using this stuff for years because it works! Buy a larger size because you can keep it around for a long time and use it as you need it. My experience is that you don't need as much as the instructions recommend. (You can always add a little more.) I don't think it works as well if the tires are kept where they are subject to really cold temperatures, but I don't know that for sure. Anyways it works for me and it sure beats pumping up tires with slow leaks.

Our tractors and utility wagons have to go from woods to highway without having to worry about what they may have drive over--the Slime Tire Sealant gives us that option with out the expense of run flat tires. Tene'

I used this stuff on my 33inch all terrain jeep tire. I had a plug on the side wall of the tire that kept leaking. A side wall leak on a tire is not fixable since it is at at critical point point on the tire that holds pressure. The loss of integrity on the side wall will eventually lead to a blow out. This slime kept the tire inflated for 2 weeks until I could get into the shop and replace the tires.

If you are operating equipment with inflated tires, you MUST have this product on hand. Those large thorns and pieces of whatever play havoc with tires and Slime is the cure.