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Try letting the air out as gently as possible. Don't just pull the hose off and release 80psi all at once, release it slowly with the valve on the reservoir.
I've got a puncture that wouldn't seal. It's a gash 2mm long in the tread. I've stuck a standard cut-to-size butyl patch on the inside with rubber solution. Will this do the job long-term or is it worth stumping up for the tubeless patches?
Jon.
Progress...
Ghetto blaster is surprisingly effective at mounting the tyre. I tried with 80psi in the bottle and instantly inflated the tyre hard, the downside is that there were a couple of leaks around the edges of the rim where air leaked out...
My expectation was that once the tyre had been inflated the tyre beads would hook onto the rims and remain in place even when the tyre was deflated again. I was then hoping to unscrew the valve core to add the gloop. Unfortunately, in my case, once deflated the beads on both sides of the tyre collapsed back into the rim bed.
I was really just testing the blaster, so I haven't tried with the goo yet but should I add the goo before inflating? Blasting 100psi of air into an unsealed tyre full of goo just seems like a good way to spray it everywhere. Also, if the bead just drops away from the rim, then this doesn't really inspire confidence for low psi.