On Sat, 2012-01-21 at 10:13 -0700, PATRICK MOORE wrote:
> FWIW, you can get sealant past the core on Presta valves not designed
> for this by twisting the locknut off with pliers, letting the core
> drop into the tube, putting in the sealant, then fish around for the
> core and work it back up to the valve stem and force the locknut back
> on with  the pliers. This works better IME than trying to patch a slit
> contaminated by sealant (at least, it is very hard to clean off all
> traces of the sealants I've used). 

Some Prestas have removable cores, I believe.  I think most do not.


> 
> 
> Don't Schraeders all have removable cores? I've not used one in a long
> time.


I haven't either, but I vividly recall Schraeder valve caps with a
little wrench built into the tip for unscrewing the core.


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