The Problem With FlatOut In Bicycle Tires - It Works Too Great

What you should know when using FlatOut. It works great at stopping leaks, but it will also clog your air valves
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[@crominion6045]

I've experienced this too, but like you said, it's worth an occasional valve core change. This stuff works amazingly at sealing punctures. Better than anything else I've ever tried.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

I agree. Slime doesn't work well and thick inner tubes are pain to install.

[@TheDwilliams1000]

​@@edscyclingwithcoyotesSlime sucks

[@Thomas-yr9ln]

I didn't get a valve stem remover with my flat out. Not the metal ones that are supposed to come with it. Most vendors probably took them off to sell them separately for extra profit.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

That's a bummer!

[@chaxologist2024]

Too great for Presta valves. FlatOut is perfectly designed for the universal Schrader valves with much larger diameters and simpler mechanism! I'll only own bicycles (e-bikes in my case) with Schrader valves! Keeps things simple and easy with FlatOut!

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

I agree. I filled my garage with FlatOut spray when I tried to put it in road bike inner tubes. The road bike tires are almost impossible to remove, and I worried that I'd get a flat miles from nowhere. I put the FlatOut in the first tire, and I must not have tightened the valve all the way. After I put in a 100 psi of air. A minute later the valve flew straight up and out along with a FlatOut geyser. Weeks later, I'm still finding streaks of FlatOut on walls and cabinets. It's funny now, but at the time I was cursing up a storm.

[@demonocusmetalocus3558]

I've had flatout in my fat tire ebike for a year and never had my valve clog and never had a flat tire since i put it in either

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

My valves clog all the time. They leak and then I have a hard time filling them. I might be putting in too much FlatOut and you have just the right amount. Thanks for watching.

[@Saltwaterassassin]

Did you do 8 oz per tire or 16oz as recommended??? I’m about to do it on my fat tire e-bike and everyone says 16oz per tire

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

I put in 16 oz and never had a problem with my fat tire bike. Problem has always been with the 26 x 2" tires. @@Saltwaterassassin

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

I never had a problem with fat tires only the thinner ones.

[@demonocusmetalocus3558]

@@Saltwaterassassin it was so long ago i can't remember but i would assume i put the recommended amount in

[@kayradwanski1689]

Thanks for this good information!

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Thank You

[@billbertagnoli4226]

Keep the valve at the 12 o'clock Position. Just like tractor tires With Beet juice in them.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Good advice. Thanks.

[@dowblab]

If the stem valve is plugged up and we go to replace it while the tire has air in it, will the FlatOut shoot out when we unscrew the valve? I put FlatOut in my ebike tires 8 months ago. I'm still able to put air in so I don't think they're plugged up. However, this is the first time I'm learning about the potential for it to plug the valve

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

You have to be careful because the stem valve will shoot out like a bullet if you don't back it out slow and hold tight to release the pressure. I got a small squirt of flatout when removing the valves, but nothing of significance.

[@dowblab]

@Ed's Cycling With Coyotes Ook got it. About how long after you applied the original FlatOut did it plug up your valve stem?

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

@@dowblab It took about 4 or 5 months months for the 26 x 2 tires. The 26 x 4 tires were still good after seven or eight months when I gave that bike away.

[@nathanclaytor4083]

I’m thinking when you put the bike away for the day/ night rotate your valves to the high side of the wheel. This product stays in a liquid state while in the tire correct? This is new for me as I was just about to order some and saw this video, please help me out if I am thinking wrong. If the valves are low all will collect at that point. Will be interesting to see if this helps.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

@@nathanclaytor4083 Great idea. Let me know if this works. I thought with the centrifugal force of the wheel rotating that the little fibers would get stuck in the valve anyway. But maybe not. The other factor I considered, but have not tried is putting different amounts of FlatOut in the tires. Their instructions are vague and a 4" fat tire bike tire would need a different amount from a say 2.4" tire. It could be, I'm just putting too much juice in the tire. But for now, the stuff works great. It's just the valve changes are a pain.

[@DJaquithFL]

I would agree and most Stem removal kits that you get have 10 or 20 replacement stems. Anytime I see any grey sealant popping through my tire when I get home .. I replaced the tube and swear at it for a while but it beats having to repair a tube on the road.

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Your right! When I first started my channel, the FlatOut video was the second one I made. Since then I made over 200 but it's still in the top ten of the ones that folks like to watch even with the bad beginner camera work and poor quality volume. From that video, I learned that content outshines style. Thanks for watching.

[@Waiting4Christ]

Take a q-tip and clean the inside of the threads of the valve completely before you reinsert the valve stem

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Thanks

[@VeeVeeArcher]

I love FlatOut

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

Me too!

[@sherrylynn7771]

How much liquid a flat out would you put in a 24 x 3" tube?

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

I'd use 1/2 of a 32 ounce bottle. If you look on the back of the bottle, it shows the types of applications it's made for. Your size tire fits somewhere between the wheel borrow and travel trailer tire range. The stuff really works for punctures. Like I said in my video, the only drawback is that it can plug the air valve. I hope this was helpful. Thank you for watching my video.

[@kenleckie2359]

Apparently 7 oz for 27.5×3 that's what I have so 1/4 will be 8 oz good to go

[@happygil4698]

4oz works fine for me. 16oz? a little overkill. lol

[@Waiting4Christ]

Take a q-tip

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

That and something to remove the valve.

[@aquariusmind1512]

Why are you whispering? I never trust a guy who sounds like he's got something to hide

[@edscyclingwithcoyotes]

It was only the second video I posted on KZbin. I didn't know what I was doing and I didn't know how to adjust the sound. When I did figure things out, I wasn't worried about it because I didn't think anyone would watch it.

[@bassw1758]

Yeah you don't want that crap in your tires, maybe if you had a lot of goat thorns to contend with but that's the only reason

[@Steveshappylittletrees]

Said the person that likes to fix flats in the middle of nowhere 👍

[@bassw1758]

@@Steveshappylittletreeslol since I've been using fat tires more, I don't get flats anymore, I got one in summer 2020. When I was younger I almost quit riding all together though cuz I was getting flats everyday in 100° Florida heat. I change the way I do things now, but I live in the North east now where we don't have goat heads. So much of it is in a tire and the set up.

[@ballandpaddle]

Used to get a rear flat about every 300 miles (1.5kW motor), then went to Schwalbe Marathon E-Plus and I get no flats, and don't need to put anything in my tubes but air.

[@BrainMeltDown]

Can you keep riding the bike after multiple punctures and flat out repairs them all or do you have to replace the tube after the first puncture you get?