Yes, sealant, even the best of them, is just nasty, nasty stuff, and I curse it every time I have to futz with a slow leak, let alone a roadside flat.
I’d been wrestling in prayer for a week or so with a slow leak in the RH 559/584 30-48 mm TPU on the front of the Matthews IGH fixed road bike (I put a light butyl on the bolt-on back wheel to avoid the hassle of roadside rear flats), but it sealed, and yesterday I pulled it off the hook with ~30 psi in front, 5 psi too low, and pumped it harder. The valve had been sealant-gummed for weeks on end, so I decided finally just to replace the core. Removed core, and for some reason the damned valve core kept vomiting OS even as the pressure diminished, leaving me flailing with rags and cussing about the e**ing* mess on floor, rim, tire, spokes, hub, turning a 3 minute job into a 12 minute one. Still and all, the sealant held, and the new core made pumping much easier. Man, if I had to fix only 1 puncture a *week* I’d ditch sealant. Note that most of my sealant problems involve the valve. * “Edi[t]ing." On Thu, May 7, 2026 at 8:46 AM 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch < [email protected]> wrote: > Although I still have one bike with a tubeless setup, one great thing > about being back in KC after seven years in the Tucson desert is having my > other bikes set up without that nonsense. I fought the goatheads there for > the first 18 months before acquiescing to tubeless, and they made my bike > life exponentially better down there, they're pretty unnecessary here. As > far as removing it, my clothes, bike and body all have quite a little bit > of beausage so I can't help you there :-) > > On Monday, May 4, 2026 at 3:50:04 PM UTC-5 Garth wrote: > >> Your welcome Patrick. I'm sure there are lots of people riding around >> with dried latex spatter on their clothing so you'd figure somebody had to >> some up with a way to remove it. >> >> On Monday, May 4, 2026 at 2:59:34 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Thanks, Garth, and now I seem to recall raising this same question last >>> year, perhaps that was for splatter on hard surfaces, though. At any rate, >>> I did buy some and will not ask this question again for at least another >>> year. >>> >>> Seriously, thank you. >>> >>> On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM Garth <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> No experience but Silca tends to make products that work. >>>> https://silca.cc/products/ultimate-sealant-remover >>>> On Monday, May 4, 2026 at 1:31:23 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: >>>> >>>>> My black knickers are bespattered with white Orange Seal where the >>>>> rear tire kicked it up nastily; it also speckled the Sackville bag. >>>>> >>>>> Has anyone found a good method for removing such splatter? I tried a >>>>> stiff brush with stain-removing soap and with rubbing alcohol (latter >>>>> dissolves it on hard surfaces) but with no luck. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other >>>>> writing services >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> >>>>> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >>>>> >>>>> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >>>>> >>>>> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/95fb1dc2-e1fc-455f-b03c-16f79b83a59dn%40googlegroups.com >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/95fb1dc2-e1fc-455f-b03c-16f79b83a59dn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Patrick Moore >>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing >>> services >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* >>> >>> *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* >>> >>> *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3c767e5f-26f3-408c-a95e-530b22457a14n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/3c767e5f-26f3-408c-a95e-530b22457a14n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, letters, and other writing services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *When thou didst not, savage, k**now thine own meaning,* *But wouldst gabble like a** thing most brutish,* *I endowed thy purposes w**ith words that made them known.* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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