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[XXX-er]

IME an old orange seal bottle works fine for injecting stans

[Dantheman]

There are eleventy options for sealant injectors. I still use my trusty syringe with plastic hose from TruckerCo, but you can get a lot fancier than that these days. It’s a must-have, IMO, cause pulling the bead to top off sealant is a comparative PIA and risky.

TruckerCo syringe definitely gets it done. People are still popping beads to add sealant in 2022, WTF?

[beaterdit]

Honestly, for shame, I was doing this until a year or two ago. Def relative PIA but never really had issues. Injecting is so much easier but my home brew sealant is pretty chunky making it barely doable, but still better than breaking the bead.

[skizix]

Honestly, for shame, I was doing this until a year or two ago. Def relative PIA but never really had issues. Injecting is so much easier but my home brew sealant is pretty chunky making it barely doable, but still better than breaking the bead.

Home brew sealant? Do tell.

Hopefully it's not too...ropey

[beaterdit]

Home brew sealant? Do tell.

Hopefully it's not too...ropey

LOL

I buy natural latex rubber mold builder. Used to buy it by the quart, $25?, that would make three quarts. Now I've had a gallon can for four(?) years, $80. Makes three gallons of sealant. That'd be $240 worth of standard Stan's, if you're springing for the race sealant, it's a lot more.

My recipe is:

1 part RV winterizer/antifreeze (non-toxic/biodegradable)
2 parts latex mold builder
3 parts H2O
+/- glitter as desired

Been on this program for a decade now. Works well.

[Cocximus]

Have you tried cornmeal as filler?

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[Dee Hubbs]

I’ve gone though 18 quarts of Stans in my home garage this season.
Maybe I’ll look into a home brew this winter.

[Falcon3]

Will my Park DAG2 work on my direct mount derailleur hanger? I can’t see how it would since the derailleur just screws into itself and the Dag has a threaded end for old-school threaded derailleur hangers

[toast2266]

When I was running through more sealant, I used a recipe pretty similar to Beaterdit's. Worked fine for sealing up a tire. Didn't work quite as well as Stan's or orange seal at plugging holes in the tire.

These days I don't use enough sealant to bother with it. A big jug of orange seal lasts me a year or so.

[XXX-er]

I’ve gone though 18 quarts of Stans in my home garage this season.
Maybe I’ll look into a home brew this winter.

from putting it in tires or something kinky ?

i've heard of that home brew method for many years

I don't use enough to bother

i don't even remember the last flat tire on a mtn bike

[Falcon3]

On the sealant discussion, I’ve tried Stan’s and Orange Seal/OS Endurance and any time I got a puncture, it either didn’t ever seal or immediately started leaking once I started riding again.

Stan’s Race with the bigger chunks has been the only stuff I’ve used that actually stops a leak. And of course bacon strips (which also often leak as soon as I start riding again).

What am I doing wrong? Or should I just keep ponying up for Race sealant.

[jm2e]

Park sealant injector, if you like having nice things. It’s tangibly nicer than a regular syringe with hose. And larger capacity. And easier to clean. And less resistance pushing in the goo. And betterer. You don’t need it, but you deserve it.


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[skizix]

I’ve gone though 18 quarts of Stans in my home garage this season.
Maybe I’ll look into a home brew this winter.

How is that even possible?

[skizix]

On the sealant discussion, I’ve tried Stan’s and Orange Seal/OS Endurance and any time I got a puncture, it either didn’t ever seal or immediately started leaking once I started riding again.

Stan’s Race with the bigger chunks has been the only stuff I’ve used that actually stops a leak. And of course bacon strips (which also often leak as soon as I start riding again).

What am I doing wrong? Or should I just keep ponying up for Race sealant.

Not sure about your bad luck with stans not sealing minor punctures - I've had 100% success. Maybe you need to keep more juice in there (or replenish it more often)?

As for bacon strips: there is a certain art to it -takes some practice (like next time: stuff a tube in on the trail, so you can have a few go's at home and get the hang of it).

[bagtagley]

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If any of those punctures are actually pinch flats, that’ll do it. Tire jizz is pretty useless on those (without a bacon assist).