Tubeless Tyres -"saying the same things about tubeless tyres over and over again" Hippy read the first f**king post

the tubeless fairy will spill some fresh sealant when you sleep

Ewwwwwww

I mean, I know, but now it makes sense - found in a bottle not a tyre. That would be massive for a tyre.

I thought this clumping effect required air, so I've no idea what's caused this in an unopened bottle

I wonder if the remaining liquid is any good still, or if it's now lacking the required 'clumping' components :-/

There's a lot left, as it's a 946ml bottle

I've seen the stuff settle out in old bottles but I've never had a stanimal from a bottle. Maybe the bottle has a hairline crack or the lid seal is shafted?

I did wonder if the bottle was punctured, but doesn't the sealant coagulate in tyres when the escaping air pressure is forcing it out of a hole?

I should probably check the first page...

The bottle isn't pressurised though, so no pressure forcing it into any gaps. So you might just have had sealant slowly clumping over time as the liquid component dried out and the particles joined up.

I did once and the answer wasn't there so I will forever ignore the warning until thread title changes.

hell of a tonsilloliths

lol, glad I don't need to google that

ftfy

I'm still disappointed the 1st post doesn't mention the "green tape" all the cool kids are using these days.

Yes it does!

:)

Damn, the day after I told a mate to go tubeless, one of my tires is having a piss. Big (but not too big) hole. Plugged it, didn't hold. Removed tire, cleaned it on the inside and taped it with one of those (quick) tire patches. Inflated and it held. Next day it just pushed the patch out :') Not sure what to do now, just tried another plug and some superglue. If that's not holding, I'm binning the tire.

Emailed a photo and explanation to Stans. They basically said "Yeah that's not good, we'll send you a new bottle"

Good stuff.

Guess I'll drink what's left in this bottle

It's the only sensible option.

Is there a forum approved procedure for changing TL tyres, while trying to retain any sealant? I did not see this in the first page and the search function did not help much

Do you have a syringe (with a length of tubing is easist)? That's the neatest way - suck it out, change tyre and inject it back in before fully seating tyre (or through valve stem).

If not, you can also just unseat tyre and carefully pour sealant into a clean jar and then pour it into new tyre.

remove tyre, lean tyre against something whilst preparing syringe, knock tyre over and send sealant over yourself and whichever unfortunate flooring you've decided to change tyres on, try to soak up sealant using paper towel which quickly disintergrates, give up and just put new sealant in.

Don't spoil the fun! :P

I normally do TL tyre swaps in the bath/shower for easier clean up.

If not, you can also just unseat tyre and carefully pour sealant into a clean jar and then pour it into new tyre.

This sounds in line with what I have been doing so far.

knock tyre over and send sealant over yourself and whichever unfortunate flooring you've decided to change tyres on, try to soak up sealant using paper towel which quickly disintergrates, give up and just put new sealant in.

This too

Gross