Slime Tyre Repair

Question 1

Visualise the process for using the slime to fix a puncture…

Answer 1

Step 1 – deflate the puncture tyre

First drive the car forward/ back until the valve step is at least half way up one side, i.e. not on the ground, otherwise the slime won’t go in!

Use the black tool (it has a little notch on the end) in the kit to remove the inside valve from the valve stem. Turn anti-clockwise. Keep palm of your hand underneath/around the valve so it doesn’t pop out and you lose it.

Step 2 – if possible, remove the nail or other puncturing reason

Step 3 – put the white nozzle on the bottle of slime, then affix tube
Squeeze the slime into the tyre

Step 4 – re-install the valve using the valve tool again and inflate the tyre using the kit’s 12v compressor – power from car charging port – to the pressure spec of the tyre. Inflating the tyre will start to push the slime around the inside walls of the tyre. The micro-fibres in the slime help plug the hole.

Step 5 – drive slowly for ¼ mile for the slime to spread around the tyre, finding and hopefully sealing the leak

Step 6 – re-test the pressure

Question 2

Once the yellow label emergency sealant is installed, it must be removed within * miles or * days.

Answer 2

100 miles or 3 days

Question 3

Can easily wash slime off with *****.

Answer 3

water

In the garage, they can clean the tyre inner with just water and do a more permanent fix on the tyre.

Question 4

They also do a bottle size for ****

Answer 4

bicycles (Halfords sells it - it’s the red label version for tubed tyres).

Question 5

The liquid (slime) doesn’t expand (like a ** ) when it enters your tire. Instead, as your tire rotates, the liquid coats the inside of the tire (Which is why Slime doesn’t work inside inflatables – no ****. It just pools at the bottom).

Answer 5

foam

rotation

Question 6

Slime repairs flats with a mechanical seal, meaning physical particles actually plug up the hole. There is no ******* reaction at the puncture site.

Answer 6

chemical

These physical particles are a combination of long and short fibres, as well as rubber particles (Those little black bits you see mixed in with the green). We call this special mixture of particles Fibro-Seal Technology.

Question 7

Slime is not messy and it doesn’t smell.

In fact, it is an environmentally safe formula, so it is non-toxic, non-hazardous and non-*******.

Answer 7

flammable

Question 8

Can the slime be used in temperature extremes?

Answer 8

we understand that flat tires happen regardless of
how hot or cold the weather, so Slime is effective under the most extreme temperatures (low freezing point of -35˚F and a high separation point of 182˚F).