Holts Tyre Weld

[RBwhatever]

Has anyone one had experience in using Tyre Weld before? I hear it wrecks your tyre after it's got you out of trouble.....?

[W0rp3D]

Has anyone one had experience in using Tyre Weld before? I hear it wrecks your tyre after it's got you out of trouble.....?

I got a nail in one of my old shitters and when i took it to get repaired he asked me if i had used that shit, he said if i had he is not going to touch it but otherwise he would repair it.

[RBwhatever]

that's comforting to know....

I bought a tin but haven't had to use it, was just wondering what the deal was.

[Duncan]

yeah it a temporary fix but will stuff the tyre. We carry cans of the stuff for tarmac rallies because we would have to chuck the tyre afterwards anyway.

[RBwhatever]

so not really a good spare wheel replacement ay

[JD_R33]

It *might* get you out of trouble, but I wouldn't be carrying it instead of a spare.

If you get a big enough puncture or a side wall tear, you may as well fill your tyre with santa snow.

For the sorts of punctures that it would fix you're better off carrying a plugging kit and pump/portable compressor, as well as a spare tyre.

[RBwhatever]

crud, I took my spare out to fit my junk in the tyre well. And just chucked this can in to act as a just in case. I figured it won't help for major tyre damage.

But I'd spew if I had a leak and squirted this stuff into my $350 tyres only to find out it renders it useless afterwards.

[JD_R33]

I don't think it would do that much harm to your tyre, it just makes a hell of a mess. If you then take the tyre to be properly repaired they really need to take it off the rim and clean it all off, which is a real pain. Same goes for that green slime sh1t some people put in their tyres to prevent flats.

I don't like driving on space savers, especially if I got a flat out on a highway somewhere hours from home, that's why I keep a plugging kit in the boot. But if you shred a tyre, and don't carry a spare you are pretty well screwed.