Hi Steve, yes Ultraseal/Puncturesafe sounds incredible doesn't it. I've used it for 30 years now and experienced it in the military too. The guys at the motorcycle shop who repaired my tyre said it was on the cusp of being viable, but it probably wasn't 8mm. 8mm was my estimation of the size of the hole. 6mm is the size PunctureSafe say it will seal ok. Above that it is not guaranteed to work. Anyway they washed out the Puncturesafe and repaired the tyre in the usual way. They said it was safe and would not repair an unsafe tyre. It was a normal repair. The great thing about PunctureSafe is that it has none of the usual restrictions of a normal repaired tyre, and it's been tested to be safer than a mushroom repair. That's why DTRRL has not imposed any restrictions on it. There are huge numbers of commercial fleets using PunctureSafe now including Royal Mail and some of the biggest haulage firms and commercial car fleets. It lengthens tyre life and reduces downtime. Of course, as has been said, you can have a conventional repair carried out too if you want but why? Unless like mine it was one of those rare times when it couldn't seal the hole fully. But my DL1000 and GSX1400 both had rear tyre punctures in them sealed by Ultraseal and both bikes covered several thousands of miles on those tyres afterwards in complete safety. No other repairs were carried out. They don't leak from the same hole again once sealed.Steve_D wrote: Hmmm. Sealants and silly string are okay as a temporary get you home aid and I carry one myself when going abroad but I'd be a bit concerned about the standard of that tyre repair myself. Tyre repair is one of the units we train/assess students to carry out at work to get their City & Guids qualification. 8mm exceeds the permissible size (6mm max) for a permanent puncture repair in line with BS AU159. We'd refuse to repair a tyre with 8mm hole in it.
Of course the military use it quite widely around the world. We used it in the services in some of our combat vehicles to protect against small arms fire. In fact there is a good online video of Ultraseal/PunctureSafe being tested by shooting out the tyres on a Range Rover. LINK BELOW. The tyres took the hits in the sidewall and sealed instantly. In fact they sealed so quickly that rather than losing pressure the tyres actually inflated from the gas pressure behind the rounds being fired into them. I've actually seen this demoed in the military years ago. It genuinely saves lives. Here is the link to watch the vid!
Bullet proof your tyres!...Ultraseal
Just demonstrating the strength of the product. But many folk don't read the instruction for using it and run into problems when they don't get a proper seal after removing a foreign object. To get that perfect seal, which it does 99% of the time, you must know what to do and follow the instructions and it works, permanently. That is as long as the punctured tyre is not too severely damaged or punctured on the sidewall or shoulder. If it is, Ultraseal/PunctureSafe won't make a permanent repair and will seal it but bleed the product to warn you the tyre is buggered! If PunctureSafe was no good no-one including the big commercial fleets, military etc etc would use it.
