I did this ONCE (removed tubeless sealant)....cleaned them up, and gifted them to a diehard tubeless convert .... now back on the best tube/tire setup available. Vittoria Corsa with Silca Latex tubes. 😊
@@brewed544 2 in 3 years. one was unavoidable compression pinch flat from a pothole in Sicily .... and none of stans "stuff" on my my hands, tires, wheels, or bike. latex tubes and Vittoria Corsa for the win
OUTSTANDING! Thanks a million for your tip! I found the eraser at Micheal's (they have art supplies), where they call it an adhesive eraser. Use of this eraser saved me hours of scrubbing and scraping. I used an office-type gum eraser while I waited to get an outing to Michael's. It is the next best thing to the big gum adhesive eraser.
This works great. Found one of the rubber cement pickup erasers in our university store's art supply section. So much faster and thorough than using my thumbnail. 🤣 Thanks a bunch for this video. 👍
Thanks for this tip, it really works and was easy. I actually had one of these hard rubbers in my garage for cleaning sanding belts. Saved a lot of time, many thanks ❤
I think the most important takeaway from this video is that the tire may just be too old. I once scrubbed a tire to the degree that sealant was leaking out through the sidewalls afterwards 😅 Thanks for sharing the video, will certainly try your trick!
I remember watching a Park Tool video on tubeless tires and they said that sealant leaking through the sidewall was "somewhat normal" and you should just wait a few days for the sealant to patch these holes naturally. Never had that problem but hey, here you go.
I went to shops and found heavy duty eraser but it seems soft to do this job. It’s more for erasing paint on walls. I then took scraping sponge and been doing it on my tyre which never been cleaned for 3 years. 30 min and I’m still 10% done! And actually not completely done on those 10% there r still some dry sealant in middle. I’ll try with water tomorrow
I'm not sure if this works, but I have heard that you can turn your tires inside out, then let everything dry, then wrap duct tape around it then rip the duct tape off; the dried tire sealant should come off with the tape
I heat up the latex with a propane torch which softens it enough to remove with a putty knife or other scraping tool. Just be careful and aim it on the latex and not the tire rubber. In other words don't heat your tire up too much... you could have a blowout.
Great thanks! has anyone tried dawn soap, hot water and a rag? wondering if there is a difference. Also if you change your sealant after 6 months will it always stick hard on the tire or is it easier to remove if done more frequently?
It's way easier if you do it more frequently because there won't be a latex build up, which is almost always caused by abusing and delaying the proper sealant changing interval. Follow manufacture's recommended sealant changing interval or do it just a bit sooner and you should easily just wash off the sealant and then put in fresh sealant. This tire's selant probably was not changed in years
I think Mr. Gizmo jumped to a conclusion about the tire which still had the sealant. On full screen and paused, I think all that's happened there is minor light abrasion caused by a tire lever. I don't see any true cracks at all.
The one he used in the video is called a rubber cement eraser. They're pretty much designed to remove dryed rubber adhesive, so that's why it worked so well.
@@MikeJones-wo7vm I usually leave the wet one outside in the sun, when they pile up and dry up, it's even easier to remove by just peeling the big chunk out.
Got a glue eraser at Michael's. Took a few hours to get all the old sealer removed. A hair dryer is some help. Heat gun on low setting probably would have been better if I had one. Won't have this problem anymore now that I installed a tube. 😀
I would have taken this more seriously if you had demonstrated a small section. To my eye, the tire that you said you cleaned with the eraser looks brand new and not like one that was cleaned. Just saying.
@@jamesmckenzie3532 I did use one of these erasers to clean the dried sealant from my tires/rims and it does work but it's not like magic. It takes some elbow grease. Once I removed all the sealant, I installed TPU tubes and I'm never going back to tubeless. Too much mess and not as puncture proof as you are lead to believe. A TPU tube weighs less than the sealant and has a rolling resistance almost as good as latex tubes. Easy to carry a spare (you need to anyway with tubeless) and much less messy to fix on the road.
best tip ever. Super easy and fast. Tires ended up like new
I did this ONCE (removed tubeless sealant)....cleaned them up, and gifted them to a diehard tubeless convert .... now back on the best tube/tire setup available. Vittoria Corsa with Silca Latex tubes. 😊
@@brewed544 2 in 3 years. one was unavoidable compression pinch flat from a pothole in Sicily .... and none of stans "stuff" on my my hands, tires, wheels, or bike. latex tubes and Vittoria Corsa for the win
Amen brother! Same here.
OUTSTANDING! Thanks a million for your tip! I found the eraser at Micheal's (they have art supplies), where they call it an adhesive eraser. Use of this eraser saved me hours of scrubbing and scraping. I used an office-type gum eraser while I waited to get an outing to Michael's. It is the next best thing to the big gum adhesive eraser.
Wonderful!
Amazing. Really struggled with this as I've got a habit of leaving my tyres for ages.
This works great. Found one of the rubber cement pickup erasers in our university store's art supply section. So much faster and thorough than using my thumbnail. 🤣 Thanks a bunch for this video. 👍
Thanks for this tip, it really works and was easy. I actually had one of these hard rubbers in my garage for cleaning sanding belts. Saved a lot of time, many thanks ❤
About as useful of a discovery for me as the day I discovered you could clean your sanding belts instead of replacing them. Yay for rubbers!
I think the most important takeaway from this video is that the tire may just be too old. I once scrubbed a tire to the degree that sealant was leaking out through the sidewalls afterwards 😅
Thanks for sharing the video, will certainly try your trick!
I remember watching a Park Tool video on tubeless tires and they said that sealant leaking through the sidewall was "somewhat normal" and you should just wait a few days for the sealant to patch these holes naturally. Never had that problem but hey, here you go.
Love tubeless, hate the mess ! Thank you 👍
Nice trick! Will give it a try this season.
Thanks for the tip. 10 minutes of intense scrubbing though? Sign me up!
I went to shops and found heavy duty eraser but it seems soft to do this job. It’s more for erasing paint on walls. I then took scraping sponge and been doing it on my tyre which never been cleaned for 3 years. 30 min and I’m still 10% done! And actually not completely done on those 10% there r still some dry sealant in middle. I’ll try with water tomorrow
So far I've only removed little sections, so I can patch on the inside to get the proper pressure in them.
Informative video but a very short segment of you actually removing the sealant would have been nice too.
I did spend excessive amount of time frustrated while grinding down the sealant will take that into consideration the next time doing demos.
I'm not sure if this works, but I have heard that you can turn your tires inside out, then let everything dry, then wrap duct tape around it then rip the duct tape off; the dried tire sealant should come off with the tape
I would totally try this but I hated tubeless setup and went back to tubes :D
@@TheGizmoGarage why did you hate it?
@@clmfilms8103 Too messy, plus, I rarely gets flats and it doesn't take me long to put in new inner tubes.
I heat up the latex with a propane torch which softens it enough to remove with a putty knife or other scraping tool. Just be careful and aim it on the latex and not the tire rubber. In other words don't heat your tire up too much... you could have a blowout.
@@TheGizmoGarage 😂I'm here to clean off my gunk before I pop a tube back in my MTB. I'm over tubeless...
Hi - could you put a link through to the eraser? Many thanks.
amzn.to/3mOyFlA this is the eraser I used!
Does the ones in desc work as well as one in vid
That's the same eraser I've used in the video. Cheers!
Great thanks! has anyone tried dawn soap, hot water and a rag? wondering if there is a difference. Also if you change your sealant after 6 months will it always stick hard on the tire or is it easier to remove if done more frequently?
It's way easier if you do it more frequently because there won't be a latex build up, which is almost always caused by abusing and delaying the proper sealant changing interval. Follow manufacture's recommended sealant changing interval or do it just a bit sooner and you should easily just wash off the sealant and then put in fresh sealant. This tire's selant probably was not changed in years
I think Mr. Gizmo jumped to a conclusion about the tire which still had the sealant. On full screen and paused, I think all that's happened there is minor light abrasion caused by a tire lever. I don't see any true cracks at all.
This is awesome! Is this similar to like a mr clean magic eraser?
Yep, but I don't think Mr Clean would do the job because they do well on finer surface, not large sticky areas
Not the same! Magic eraser doesn't work, it breaks up. He's using a polymer rubber eraser found in Art or Teacher stores or online...
Useful, thanks.
I hate stans sealant..after all these years this is the best tire flat solution the bike industry can come up with
Same here. Also hate the disc break road bike trend to make servicing your own bike frustrating.
Agreed
Thanks!
hi, the link does not work anymore, i would appreciate if you could provide us with a name of this product. thanks
amzn.to/3sdo06N Pentel eraser.
The one he used in the video is called a rubber cement eraser. They're pretty much designed to remove dryed rubber adhesive, so that's why it worked so well.
@@TheGizmoGarage hi this link takes me to panel hi polymer eraser. Looks regular white eraser not like in video
@@MrMars121 You can try these amzn.to/3cglTtL in all honesty they work pretty much the same!
This does not work if it’s it’s still wet. Even slightly wet. The erase gets all greasy and slips right over it.
Yep, I should put this as a disclaimer...
@@TheGizmoGarage
@@TheGizmoGarage is there a way to dry it out first?
@@MikeJones-wo7vm I usually leave the wet one outside in the sun, when they pile up and dry up, it's even easier to remove by just peeling the big chunk out.
Got a glue eraser at Michael's. Took a few hours to get all the old sealer removed. A hair dryer is some help. Heat gun on low setting probably would have been better if I had one. Won't have this problem anymore now that I installed a tube. 😀
Latex paint remover...enough said
Show the cat! I can hear the meows 🥺
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wicked idea
Thanks! But here's a better way....get a piece of old mountain bike tire tube about 6" long...cut it length wise. Open it up and whale away.
Sounds like a great idea!
Is there a cat in the background?
Yes
I would have taken this more seriously if you had demonstrated a small section. To my eye, the tire that you said you cleaned with the eraser looks brand new and not like one that was cleaned. Just saying.
Alex Paton from GCN has a longer video showing how to use this type of eraser to remove sealant from the inside of a tyre.
@@jamesmckenzie3532 I did use one of these erasers to clean the dried sealant from my tires/rims and it does work but it's not like magic. It takes some elbow grease. Once I removed all the sealant, I installed TPU tubes and I'm never going back to tubeless. Too much mess and not as puncture proof as you are lead to believe. A TPU tube weighs less than the sealant and has a rolling resistance almost as good as latex tubes. Easy to carry a spare (you need to anyway with tubeless) and much less messy to fix on the road.
Just buy a new one k
Ok!
Theoretical video, no actual removal process 😂