Jim Wilkins wrote:
After laboriously installing and inflating a tube in a trailer tire with a
very slow (rim,valve?) leak I found it flat this morning, and air rushes out
the stem hole. This tube was from a hardware store, not the HF grade. I had
reinstalled the bead carefully with smoothed motorcycle tire levers and
partially inflated and deflated it 4 times to let the tube straighten itself
out.

The net suggests various home made bead sealer concoctions made from Slime
and liquid latex, which I have, "Mountains in Minutes". Has anyone found
liquid latex to work as a bead and valve stem sealant that as importantly
allows the tire to be removed?


I just buy and use regular bead sealer, it's basically rubber cement
with carbon black added. Never used any of the homemade stuff.

However if you have a leak from the stem hole that suggests a leak from
the tube itself, for that you will want to pull it back out and repair
the leak with a patch, then look inside the tire for something that
punched the hole in it.

For tires that leak but are in good shape I use www.tireject.com/
Even helps with those tiny tires that seem to leak when they are brand new!

--
Steve W.