Any way to test for calcium chloride in tires for ballast?

[Looking4new]

I've never seen or smelled rim guard.



This stuff had no smell other than a rubber tire scent. I did dab my finger and touch it to my tongue and it sure as heck wasn't beet flavored! It was very bitter and salty and burned the tip if my tongue. The stuff sat in the poly barrel for a few hours while I worked on the tire and rim and when I pumped it down, there was dark brown sediment about an inch thick in the bottom of the barrel. A little swirling around got it suspended in the liquid and I was able to get it all back in there.

You got Calcium Chloride. Probably 35% which weighs 13.51 lbs/gallon

 

[OHVarmntr]

I can't fathom going to that amount of effort to put that junk back in your tires.

All the effort to pull the tire off and clean the rim up would had to have been done even if I chose not to pump it back in. It needed done regardless. It was only an extra hour to pump it back in. If you'd like to send me a check to install RimGuard, I'll gladly send you my address.

Here's the link to my thread on the tube change for future reference.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/owning-operating/312042-changing-tire-tube-ballast.html#post3771590