Tyre Sealents

[Lincs Lass]

I know its been mentioned before in numerous threads,,Is it as good as it supposed to be .
Im fed up buying wheelbarrows with tube tyres and 10 minutes after they get a puncture ,,tryed solid wheels but they are a nightmare to push full of concrete ,,just thinking of the tyre weld stuff in cans for emergency repairs ,,will it seal if something like thorns go through

 

[Grouse]

I put OKO as per the tractors in all our barrows and it works fine for the life of the barrow

 

[Grassman]

You need about half a bottle in a wheelbarrow and all your problems will be over! Sometimes

 

[foul mouth phil]

Same as above, has worked in dog punctured quad tyres dog punctured barrow tyres and dog punctured ride on mower tyres!

 

[bobk]

Aerosol types are fine for barrows , oko is rubber concrete .

 

[Lincs Lass]

seen the stuff in cans in halfords

 

[General-Lee]

I bought dad a foam solid wheel for his barrow, as it was constantly going down.

 

[michael N123]

Same as above, has worked in dog punctured quad tyres dog punctured barrow tyres and dog punctured ride on mower tyres!

Id be shooting the dog

 

[MOG]

I Find OKO is OK in tractor tyres, provided you use enough of it. For quads, wheel barrows and all my mountain bikes I use the special bicycle tubeless sealant. It is much thinner and FAR more effective than the OKO on small wheels. I have removed a bike tyre which has been inflated for 12 months and pulled about 15 thorns out of it.

The Stans NO-Tubes is the market leader.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/stans-no-tubes-the-solution-tyre-sealant-2016/rp-prod38850

The litre bottle will do 4 quad tyres.

The small bottles they sometimes have in Aldi of "Slime" when they do the cycling offers works OK too. I put a bottle (£2.99) in the front of the tractor and it cured the slow leak from a poor rim seal

 

[Jerry]

I swap the bog standard barrow wheels which are paper thing with a tyre the same size meant for a small trailer, never have punctures and the tires outlast the barrow so just move them onto the new barrow when needed.

Have put OKO in a ride on mower tyres, have a lot of thorn hedges around the grass, not had a puncture in 2 years now when it used to be every other week!

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Sorry to hijack your thread lincs lass...

Would OKO be any good for single rota rake tyres? Assume a bottle would do a couple of tyres?(4in total on rake)

 

[neilo]

Puncturesafe is the stuff you want.
https://www.puncturesafe.com/

It works a treat, much better than OKO ever did. Search for it on eBay and you'll find some cheap sellers (franchisees).

Another thing I was put onto via TFF a couple of years ago.

 

[Insane Ubolt]

I've put oko in lawn mower tyres and for best results fill the tyre right i.e put as much as you can get in !!

 

[Lincs Lass]

How do get the oko into the tyre ,,seen a big syringe with an adapter on ebay that says its for filling through the valve

 

[nick...]

There s a valve fitting on the tube attached to the bottle
Nick...

 

[Av Gorritt]

I remember "on the other side" a similar thread . Tinman (I think) said that ordinary white wood glue with 50% water was good . Just break the bead with the tyre flat to the ground and pour it in . He said that he'd done industrial loader tyres that way with no problem . Never tried it myself mind .

 

[clem dog]

Puncturesafe is the stuff you want.
https://www.puncturesafe.com/

It works a treat, much better than OKO ever did. Search for it on eBay and you'll find some cheap sellers (franchisees).

Another thing I was put onto via TFF a couple of years ago.

If you bought 20l would you need the pump or could it be poured in the valve like oko?

 

[Grouse]

How do get the oko into the tyre ,,seen a big syringe with an adapter on ebay that says its for filling through the valve

Valve stem at 12 o'clock, take the valve out, let deflate, pull tube out bottle, screw onto valve stem and squeeze in correct amount for tyre size. Valve back in and reinflate as normal.

I have even fixed existing punctures this way rather than getting them repaired ...

 

[neilo]

If you bought 20l would you need the pump or could it be poured in the valve like oko?

I've done a couple of sets of ATV tyres and several bits & bobs that go on the quad, so fairly small quantities (5-600ml) needed in each. It's a bit thick to put in with the squirt bottle supplied, so have used a 60ml syringe and plastic tube instead. I'd definitely use a pump for bigger tyres.

It sealed quad tyres that had several thorns in them, and tyre pressures have remained unchanged until the tyres were worn out.

 

[Grassman]

I never repair punctures in quad tyres. Just put sealant in.