SLIME

Greenpully · Oct 25, 2015

I have a slow leak in ATV tire.A friend mentioned using SLIME,never heard of it before.What are the pros and cons of it?Thank you GP

Charlie M · Oct 25, 2015

I've had some success with it. If you put it in a tubeless tire you will have a messy rim if you ever have to remove the tire.

stonerock · Oct 25, 2015

when I worked at a jd dealership lawn tires come in flat witgh slime in them they charged 20.00 to power wash tire and rim then fix the tire and charge for that. some tire places will take it apart and see sline and give it back to you not fixed

kyhayman · Oct 25, 2015

I love the stuff. Its in all my ATV and lawnmower tires, most of my tractor fronts, skid loader tires, and wagon tires. Its cheap and effective, cleans up with water if you have to break the tire down at some point, but it smells something terrible when you do.

Pair-a-dice farm · Oct 25, 2015

I use it in my lawn mower tires and the front tires on a couple of my tractors. It will work for a while but when you eventually have to fix the tire be prepared to get slimed.

Gary from Muleshoe · Oct 25, 2015

Berrymans make a better one in my opinion. Does not dry out as bad as slime. I have used it many times and it seals well.

Steve@Advance · Oct 25, 2015

You really don't have much choice to use some type tire sealer in ATV tires, especially if you go anywhere near thorns. It's nasty stuff, shortens the tire life, but it's use it, or constantly have to be fixing flats.

Geo-TH,In · Oct 25, 2015

I couldn't find a rear mower tire. Put tire in water and found where it was leaking. Then put slime in tire. Positioned tire so slime would be near leak. After I saw a little green coming out the tire where it was leaking, slime did it's job. Tire stopped leaking. Just putting slime in tire may not stop leaks in side walls, like I had.

JOCCO · Oct 25, 2015

Its 50 50 I am not having the best of luck so in many cases I put a tube in.

keh · Oct 25, 2015

I've had some success with it in front tractor tires with tubes in them. Wouldn't use it in tubeless tires. Never used it in high speed tires.

KEH

wvfarmboy · Oct 25, 2015

tried dont help much save your money.

D beatty · Oct 25, 2015

Slime makes more than one product. They make one for tubeless tires and another for tubed tires. they also make one for trucks and cars. I have used several times with good results and when I had to replace tire rim washed down clean with garden hose.If you look up slime you will see they have a big list of products.

GordoSD · Oct 25, 2015

Great stuff. Have it in all off road vehicles. Buy it by the gallon, much cheaper.

Brown Swiss · Oct 25, 2015

Bought a little garden cart tube once and had slime in it from factory, it got a hole in the tube, the slime didn't stop it from leaking, but was easy to spot the hole! LOL

J.Wondergem · Oct 25, 2015

The place that I worked at, put something like it in all the tires [ 42 wheeler ] of the truck I drove, hauling scrap, and it sure worked good. Cut down on the flats big time.

pat sublett · Oct 25, 2015

It will severily rust your rims.

hd6gtom · Oct 25, 2015

Most worthless junk on the market. I owned a tire shop for 22years. The only thing it does well is hide holes in tires and tubes. We actually repaired hundreds of tires over the years with that crap in them. Takes way too much time to clean the crap out, remount the tire, find the hole or holes and fix them. People belly ache if you try to charge them for the extra amount of time you are forced to spend repairing their self made mess.

2x4 · Oct 25, 2015

used nearly a gallon of it a few weeks back on tubeless 28 in. rear tire. I had a annoying slow leak but didn't use the tractor much. Fixed it perfectly. Greatly relieved to find it up every time I need it. Used the big tire type Slime.

D beatty · Oct 25, 2015

That's one think most guys don't know is that slime has about 10 different types of Slime. You have to buy the one you need for your application .

D beatty · Oct 26, 2015

Tire shop put slime in tires on garden tractor( new tractor) 20 years ago after get flats because of thorns in tires. Still running it and have never had another flat. I used it in a farm tractor tire for 5 years until side wall went out. Once I got tire off it took me 15 minutes with brush and garden hose to wash it off rim and it did no damage to rim.

MarkB_MI · Oct 26, 2015

For tubeless tires on garden tractors and other outdoor equipment, it's indispensable.

FBH44 · Oct 26, 2015

Yep I use it, on garden tractors and on farm tractors. What I've finally figured is to find and patch the bigger holes with plug=type self-patcher kit from Wally World, that dark-orange/brown sticky plug thing, and dump in enough Slime to take care of the smaller holes. So far works great for me. Make sure you dump in ENOUGH Slime, don't just dump in a squirt.

sotxbill · Oct 26, 2015

Down here in the mesquite thorn country... use it in all farm tires, tactors, atv, hay, etc...

Must use enough for the tire size, to work. some problems are...

if you park and the hole is on the top, the slime can't get to it and it will leak down so ALWAYS bring all equipment back to in reach of air hose. Even for lunch.

If you put enough in the tire and use it often, it will not go down.

Finally on thin lawn mower tires, they will eventually have so many holes in them, the will weaken and split, so slime is only good for about 10 years or so on those tires before you have to buy new ones and re-slime em. on the avt's we put a pint to quart in each tire, and about every 6 months you might have to add a bit of air due to new holes not quite sealed yet.

It does not work well on rotting or cracked tires.

NoNewParts · Oct 26, 2015

very good stuff if you use the right one and pick your battles....it won't work miracles.
Tubeless ATV tires? It can't be beat.
Use a lot, and put it in all 4 whether they leak or not.
Your days of being flat-tire stranded way back in the woods, or far up a mountain where only an ATV will go....are over.

when a tire fails completely and I have to clean a green rim...big deal...far easier than most of the tractor rims I work on.......

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