Berrymans tire sealant with patch repair

[bjr]

I recently tried repairing a wheelbarrow tube that had some Berrymans tire sealant. I would lay the tube on a 2x4 so the sealant was below the hole and used pre buff fluid, and buffed, used new rubber cement. Used a stitcher wheel on it and then put small pressure air in it and it look like no leaks. Put tube in tire inflated to 20psi and instantly started leaking. I repeated this three times trying to get patch to stick, but to no avail. This what I think is happening: The Berrymans was disolving the cement somehow. I finally spent $90 on NoFlat wheels and tires for the wheel barrow. Anyone else have a method of fixing tubes that have sealer in them? What was I doing wrong? Is there no repairing tubes that have sealer in them? Help. Thanks. bjr

 

[JerryG]

I have never had any problem repairing tubes that had Slime in them. Haven't used Berrymans for years. The last time I did, I noticed that it had dried hard.

 

[schiker]

How long did it dry before you tried to put air in and or install. If rubber cement wasn't fully cured that might have been it? I haven't done it personally but ....

A tire shop patched a tube in front of me that had Berrymans in it and the patch appear to work but the rim cut the tube again in a different place on install.

I think the trick was to wipe the area down with gasoline to make sure there was no Berryman's residue on the tube????

 

[plowking]

I had a front tire fixed today on my 2310 and had all the tires slimed afterwards. The tire company sells me my commercial tires as well. The slime they use. they put in all the trash trucks tires, helps guard against flats from running over debris. Slime won't freeze, at least what tire shop uses don't. Slime is measured in a tube and pumped in by air presure. Chart has amount of slime to the area of tire. Front tires took 36 oz. and rear tires took approx. 90 oz, according to chart. plowking

 

[bjr]

That's the question. What's supposed to be a proper time before put tire back into service? I tried putting the tube back in the tire within 20 minutes. This last time (I gave it one new patch try) I let the tube set out on the bench overnite and it appears to have held this time. I just thought the glue and patching set immediately, you know summer time with lot of dry heat. The tire shops don't require overnite to patch a tube, they put the tube back in the tire almost immediately. So what am I doing differently? supposed to be same glue patches and cleaning methods? Just kind of frustrating if you need to allow overnite to reinstall tube. I need to "getrrdone" quickly and keep the project going. bjr