Tire slime

[Nesikep]

I have a riding mower, and it's always had problems with a leaky rear tire, it's all old and cracked up, I put a good bunch of real "Slime" tire goop in it, it dummied it up a little bit, but went back to leaking like a sieve. Tried to find a tube, haven't had any luck yet, but needed to get some lawnmowing done, and remembered some old radiator sealing tricks...

So I broke the outer bead off, put in a heaped cup of oatmeal, 1/4 cup of wood ash, and 2 cups of used antifreeze (I should have put an egg into it too!)

Aired it up and went mowing, it seems to be holding for now.. Even if it doesn't hold forever (the tire will crack more), it's was cheap and seems to work for now

 

[Aaron]

You take cheap to a whole new level. I think you even beat out my neighbor that tried to hold a rear riding tire sidewall together with JB Weld and silicone.

 

[talltimber]

If that don't work, drill some holes in it and fill it up with foam

 

[True Grit Farms]

Fill the tire full of water that usually works.

 

[Nesikep]

You take cheap to a whole new level. I think you even beat out my neighbor that tried to hold a rear riding tire sidewall together with JB Weld and silicone.

well, THAT is not the cheap way!.. JB weld and silicone are both expensive.

Before it was leaking so badly you could do an hour of cutting before it would go flat, and inevitably break the bead, which meant lots of cussing at it to try and get it to seat again... 4 hours later now it's still totally full of air and I got the job done.

 

[M.Magis]

I read that laundry starch works nearly as well as Slime. Never tried it myself, but came across a long running thread on some other forum a coule weeks ago.

 

[Aaron]

You take cheap to a whole new level. I think you even beat out my neighbor that tried to hold a rear riding tire sidewall together with JB Weld and silicone.

well, THAT is not the cheap way!.. JB weld and silicone are both expensive.

Before it was leaking so badly you could do an hour of cutting before it would go flat, and inevitably break the bead, which meant lots of cussing at it to try and get it to seat again... 4 hours later now it's still totally full of air and I got the job done.

Oh I know. I think he spent half the price of a new tire on JB Weld. But it held the 6" blowout on the sidewall together for a few years until he sold it.

 

[callmefence]

Had the tread come off the tire on a drill last year. Tire still held air but no way it was going to stay that way through planting.
Coated every thing with gorilla glue put the ed tread back in place and wrapped the whole thing with twine. Let sit over night and back to work. Got us through the job

 

[D2Cat]

I had a tire on a sprayer that would leak at the bead. I broke it loose and coated the bead with pine tar.

 

[Nesikep]

Wish there was a way I could monetize this recipe!

 

[callmefence]

Wish there was a way I could monetize this recipe!

You'll have to leave the antifreeze out.
Nesies all natural organic tire repair.

 

[Son of Butch]

Wish there was a way I could monetize this recipe!

IF you can find a replacement ingredient for the antifreeze.....maybe you could market it as a diarrhea treatment.

 

[Ol' 243]

Why wouldn't you just buy a new tire for the thing?

 

[callmefence]

Why wouldn't you just buy a new tire for the thing?

Canadian red neck. When he finished mowing he broke the tire back down to get his oatmeal back.

 

[Son of Butch]

Why wouldn't you just buy a new tire for the thing?

The moose and squirrel were off in the woods with Boris = no moose to ride to town and Lillipooet is far from civilization according to Gulliver.

 

[Nesikep]

Why wouldn't you just buy a new tire for the thing?

Canadian red neck. When he finished mowing he broke the tire back down to get his oatmeal back.

HAHA!

Actually, I'm thinking since I used antifreeze in it I could feed it to a dog :roll:

Tire is still fully inflated this morning!

 

[Aaron]

Why wouldn't you just buy a new tire for the thing?

Canadian red neck. When he finished mowing he broke the tire back down to get his oatmeal back.

About right. Nesi's one of the last up here that messes with tires. Shops around here don't do boots or patches on tubes, everything is new - has been that way for years. Very few individuals that do them either.

 

[Nesikep]

With the number of tires we have on the place, if I didn't do the repairs we've be broke.. I'm even doing bigger tractor tires now.. might take me all day, but I save myself $200, so it pays a wage...
Why don't I just put new tires on it? Tires are probably around $40 each, and it's an old mower.. no telling when the deck will fall apart... The longer I can keep it patched the better

 

[lavacarancher]

I have the same problem with the front tires on my rider. Trying to find a place to foam fill them right now but no one that I've found in the Houston area even knows what I'm talking about. I guess I'll have to take my chances and buy on line. You are a cheap skate, Nesi. :lol:

 

[kilroy60]

Why wouldn't you just buy a new tire for the thing?

I agree. For the cost of a tire versus the time spent on trying to fix it knowing that you'll eventually end up buying a new tire, I'd skip all the home remedies and get the tire.