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RE: Tire <-> rim sealant?

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Subject: RE: Tire <-> rim sealant?
From: Gernot Vonhoegen <gernot.vonhoegen@stir.ac.uk>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 18:21:03 +0100
        what you are probably looking for is a rubber solution used to
seal the edges. Even then it is not guaranteed to work, make yourself
comfortable with the thoughts of fitting tubes.
        Gernot
> ----------
> From:         Andy[SMTP:adixon@loudoun.com]
> Reply To:     Andy
> Sent:         Monday, June 15, 1998 4:45 PM
> To:   JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
> Cc:   triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      Re: Tire <-> rim sealant?
> 
> 
> Jim,
> you guessed it, it's diluted liquid soap. I think it's more to help
> the bead 
> slide on the rim without damage than anything else; but then I'm often
> 
> wrong.
> Andy D.
> 
> On 06/15/98 11:04 AM JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com 
> said...
> >
> >     Greetings,
> >     
> >     I recently had a couple of my rims glass-bead-blasted, and they
> came 
> >     out beautifully. I primed them and painted them with Ford Silver
> 
> >     (Argent d'Henri), and they look just fine.
> >     I put the tires on the rims, inflated them, and they both leaked
> all 
> >     around the perimeter where the tire meets the rim. Then I
> remembered 
> >     that at tire shops they always slop some kind of soapy liquid on
> there 
> >     before inflating.
> >     Does anyone know what can be used for this purpose that one may 
> have 
> >     lying around the house?
> >     
> >     Thanks,
> >     Jim Wallace
> >     '60 TR3
> 

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