Does Slime Work?

[@Permitmon]

Your explanations are concise and very clear. Well done. Thanks.

[@AKCobra1120]

I put slime in both tires of my escooter and went about 650 miles before it developed a slow leak. My experience was kind of similar, it went down a lot at first and then seemed to mostly hold pressure. However even after 2 weeks there was still slime oozing from the puncture point, so ultimately I ended up replacing the tube. So for me I'm viewing this as a "get me home" product. I have both tires pre-slimed, and I always carry a pump and extra slime with me, so I'm pretty confident I could make it home from all but a catastrphic blow out. In the end that's all I really need, because changing the tube is no big deal once I'm home with my tools, and they're cheap enough.

[@mjordan812]

I picked up a nail in my motorcycle's rear tire in the middle of the Everglades on a weekend. I slimed it, intending to replace the tire when I got home to Virginia. Well... I got sidetracked and the tire reached end-of-tread life about 5K miles later. It never lost any more than usual air for that period. I'm a believer. It IS messy, though. With a scooter using a tube, the mess will be contained. I just bought an electric scooter and it will be slimed tomorrow.

[@JohnDoe-nq7fu]

Another awesome professional review dang man you need to get into car reviews asap!

[@DIYMark]

Thanks again for the kind words. Car videos would be great but I would need a sponsor....too hard to get the cars to review!

[@cainetastic]

Great video and I had a similar problem with my Weped Scooter.

[@kevincloar2443]

I use it for my bicycle tires. It works pretty well

[@Tardisius]

I was losing 1-2 lbs pressure every 2 days in my 26x4 Fat tire. Slime added..pressure holding @ 22lbs for 3 months. =)

[@Ram-69]

I like the way you speaks.

[@calvintanner7897]

Is there a Slime Sealant machine that pumps the slime into the bike tube .

[@teslacybertruck750]

-It clearly solved his problem -It was very easy to use -It's Inexpensive *Rates it 4 Stars*

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[@omarijohnathan3777]

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[@srobeck77]

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[@agm6095]

I think the Slime calculator for a scooter is for a machine smaller than a motorcycle not the "stand up" scooter you have. I would think it would take a lot less product for your "scooter". Thanks for your test.

[@mikevelard4730]

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[@ChaJ67]

I put Slime in one of my 10" scooter tires, the back one to be more specific as that seems to be where scooters get most of their flats. As it is a tubeless tire, I used the tubeless variant of Slime. Over the course of weeks as I haven't had the scooter that long nor the Slime, (actually bought a new bottle as the old bottle was for a scooter I had a long time ago and this stuff only has a shelf life of 4 years), I have had the tire go down multiple times. I didn't see any Slime on the splash guard, but figured it was primarily dumping out onto the road, at least what was still sloshing around. I think the issue was with multiple punctures over a short period of time while using "puncture resistant" tires, which are actually rather thick and I have been able to pick out smaller objects stuck in the front tire that doesn't have any Slime in it without it going down, the back tire just has too much stuff sticking all the way through it and the tire ran out of Slime. So I dumped more in and it is holding air again. It seems the general theme, at least with larger punctures, is the tire will lose air and need to be filled up, but then it will hold. So keep a battery operated micro-pump on me and pump up the tire again and I am usually good until the next puncture. It is just once the stuff runs out, then the air hisses out and you can hear it, probably a bit of sound of the lose bit of Slime left spurting out of the bottom of the tire, at least when it gets to where the hole is until all of the Slime is gone. I have to wonder how much really sticks in place as opposed to pooling, so that might be what is really going on, not enough Slime sticks to one spot when the bigger punctures happen and so why putting more in fixed the problem when the Slime in there no longer seemed to be enough. I suppose it is a problem when going through the relatively good part of town to the train station, I have to ride past homeless encampments and there is just a lot of crap on the roads there and then on the rest of the way to work once getting off the train, I am going through a 'bad' part of town where things are in much worse shape everywhere you go and you see crazy things all the time like people riding on the hoods of cars shouting at the driver to stop and pickup trucks that look like they are about to break in two as they bounce down the rough roads while stuffed full of useless crap and bent all to hell, etc. Then of course there are burnt out structures everywhere and apparently even those all glass exterior office buildings burn, or at least someone figured out how to make them burn around there. I am not too worried about getting jumped because all of the people I pass on the road look to be in pretty rough shape and burnt out on drugs as opposed to riding past thugs. I may have focused too much on getting a scooter with good suspension to handle the rough roads and not considered well enough all of the debris as I thought Slime combined with "puncture resistant" tires would be good enough. There is some other stuff I want to try out, but it is taking forever to ship.

[@FrameGame1]

Any update to the slime? has it held up?

[@ChaJ67]

@@FrameGame1 Where I ride, I ended up getting holes in my tire that were too big for Slime. I found Stan's NoTubes Tyre Sealant worked better, but it did have some problems with clumping up in the hot tire when riding in triple digital temperatures, basically felt like a hot hair dryer across my body when riding around, with a hot motor right there making the tire sealant even hotter. This ultimately failed as well when a nail went through the sidewall when trying to get around a homeless person who had crap strewn everywhere on my route to work. Granted this is pretty typical along my route to work as it is a depressed part of town, granted the people out here are in such rough shape that they couldn't catch me on a slow electric scooter if they even tried, so still needed something more resilient. I currently have an airless tire on the back, but the airless was made with soft material to make it more possible to get onto the rim, so that became bold rather quickly. Now it is a real hazard on wet roads riding on a slick tire.

[@austieoutdoors9763]

yes was your tyres tubeless or have they got to be tubes because i have just changed my scooter to tubeless well on the front its tubeless and on the back is still inertube because im still waiting to get the back done but what i wanted to know can you use slime with tubeless.

[@garanveg]

can i use this product in bike inner tube ? i bought the wrong one and i question if i can use it anyway

[@lupinsansei-e6m]

Are these tubless tires?

[@vinodreddybuddula]

can I use it for tires equipped with inner tubes. I think slime works only for tubeless tires. my scooter has 8 inch flat tire and it got punctured.

[@muzakdeep]

Very helpful m, the best of this slime stuff, thanks!

[@escheidl]

I put 12.5 oz of Slime per tire in my 26x4" fat tires on my ebike per the Slime calculators recommendation. I can't feel any difference in balance and would never guess it was in there, but then I never see much faster than 35 mph. I run my tires at 18 lbs., 20 lbs. being the manufacturer's maximum recommended tire pressure. So far no flats but it hasn't been in there very long. We'll see.

[@bigearedmouse17]

It better work, Have just bought a bottle ?

[@zakariaabderrahmanesadelao3048]

doesn't get clearer than this. very accuracy description thank you for your review/tutorial.

[@patmccaffery1543]

According to other videos I watched regarding this product, you only need to use two ounces (about a fifth of a bottle)....even on a Zero 12x..!!

[@DIYMark]

Yes, you are correct. I put too much as was pointed out by an earlier poster. I would note that I changed those tires several months ago (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pISxg5ujaL2ngac ) with no adverse effects from putting in too much.

[@patmccaffery1543]

@@DIYMark 👍👍.....stay safe..!!

[@contessa.adella]

Yep…using it in my tubed e-mtb wheels. Um’…spinning up the wheel on the motor is a poor way to distribute the product inside because it will just centrifuge it to one side….Better is to simply rotate the wheel slowly by hand a couple of revolutions or wheel it along a few feet! Balance!…Actually a liquid automatically distributes in use to the light side of the wheel thus auto balancing the wheel for you…providing it remains liquid of course!

[@nextdoorwarren]

Good videos so far, you should try Orange Seal, it is very popular in the bike community, particularly in the tubeless gravel bike scene. I use it in my Speedway 5.

[@DIYMark]

Thanks Warren. I've not heard of Orange Seal. I'll give it a look!

[@JHOFF111]

Is that for tubeless tires only? I was thinking about it for my fat tire ebike, or should I just go with the flat out?

[@danielodehielo2129]

Hey, nIce scooter you have, what is the brand of your scooter? Is it hard to change any flat tire? Thank you

[@DIYMark]

Hi Danielo. Dualtron. Take a look at this video for a review. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKqyhXiapZ6NqtE

[@gearsdan]

hi mark. i have a tire that is about 2 in in width and about 7-8" in height. is 2 oz of slime good? i heard some people use about 4oz just to be safe

[@DIYMark]

Hey Dan. Great question. As I mentioned in the video slime website has a calculator which would be the go to guide. I used too much on the tire in the video but it caused no issues. Try 2 oz and see if works. If you still have a slow leak add more and try again. Hope it works for you!

[@jameshopkins3541]

TENES Q SACAR LA BOTELLA PARA Q EL AIRE PUEDA ESCAPAR PORQUE EL AIRE MAS EL SLIME AUMENTA LA PRESION INTERIOR

[@Slash_Col]

I have 10X3 wheels on my Zero 10X scooter that have a camera. According to the recommendation of the page, it would be necessary to use 57.7 ml on each tire.

[@st.dietrich437]

How did you calculate that?. I used twice as much

[@DroneTech_Poland]

@@st.dietrich437 www.slime.com/us/slime-calculator.php

[@BrcPL]

On my zero 10x it's not working. When i try to ride I lose all Air in few seconds.

[@jameshopkins3541]

OJO ES PARA FUGAS LENTAS SI DEMORA VARIOS DIAS EN BAJAR LA PRESION TAL VEZ NO LO NECESITES.

[@AwkwardPSN]

this video is great

[@natzzzy9119]

Cant find the hole use Soapy Water and it will bubble up

[@Foxyboy-iv5cf]

100% works fill the tyre even if you do not have a puncture. Thank me later.

[@snip_king428]

I will, had flat, left me stranded, lol

[@greg_takacs]

Slime calculator says 2oz per tire for 10in by 2.7in tires.

[@DIYMark]

Hi Greg. You are correct. 2oz is all that is needed for the small tires. I put too much in.

[@JohnDoe-nq7fu]

@@DIYMark more the merrier, probably added an extra 2 grams to total weight and distributed evenly on the outer edge of the inside from centrifugal force.

[@macbrebonicks8668]

I put Slimer in my bike tires. Now they devour hotdogs.

[@Hyperion_40k]

Dude you put too much slime in that’s why it was off balance. Don’t use more than 2oz on those tires.

[@niteblaster1]

It can't repair leaks in an inner tubes because it can expand I've never had it work I've got 4 bikes and I used it for 3 years, I've even tried putting twice as much in, it dissolves the glue on patches and they fall off 🤣

[@garygrinkevich6971]

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