contraktor
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Is there a 'right' way to slime your tubes? Or, would it just be 'put that end there & squeeze'? I know it sounds sarcastic, but I'm trying to keep the mess to a minimal, thank's!
This has probably been asked before.
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Right! Take the valve core out first!All I know is the one time I tried slime it clogged up my valve core so I couldn´t get air in or out!
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This. Keep the position of the vale on the upper half of the wheel.
Also make sure that the tip of the tube is tight while pumping or fresh slime can dry and clog silicon tube. If it doesn't flow easily, don't force it (that will just overflow) take it out and squeeze the dried part out. For my last one I didn't use the tube at all. As long as you get it flowing without clogging up the tip of the bottle or the supplied tube it is fine.
Once you are finished, you can pump 1-2 strokes of air to make sure nothing is left in the valve before reinstalling the core. That way you prevent your valve from getting clogged at all.
Also slime can easily be cleaned with warm water so just do it outside on a hard surface, if anything drips out, you can wipe it clean with warm water in no time.
john peck
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Slime was already in the tube when I bought it, so that´s moot. Even after removing core the stem was
clogged. cleaning the core did nothing.
Tars Tarkas
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Wow. That seems really strange. What about a new core? I've never had a problem like that and it's hard to imagine a blast of air through the valve not clearing it. Maybe if the tube had been on the shelf for two or three years, but even then....
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