Have you ever wondered…

[Blue horse]

What the inside of your paddle tires and rims look like after 25 years of sta Flo liquid starch sealer to help keep them from leaking. 

 

[megadesertdiesel]

i always heard the fix a flat and other crud in them wheels is rough on aluminum. 

 

[Bobalos]

super interesting. 

 

[Blue horse]

i always heard the fix a flat and other crud in them wheels is rough on aluminum. 

I cleaned up the beads on the one on the right side and I think they’ll be just fine for another set of paddles. I will put sta Flo in the tires again to help seal them if necessary.

 

[Adam G]

Did they clean up ok or was the aluminum eaten away?

 

[Dynamicdude]

Use this with no issue

https://www.amazon.com/Berryman-1301-Sealing-Compound-1-Gallon/dp/B0002KKIJQ/ref=asc_df_B0002KKIJQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312142020868&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14579715920987919821&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031459&hvtargid=pla-570276514018&psc=1&mcid=f544cb7b063a327d8c79bc6442675fbd&gclid=CjwKCAjw26KxBhBDEiwAu6KXt4V0I_68vcYM0HU4wketbKUgf_lW6w9EXsyYQmiIdmYlio-_feXAQRoCshsQAvD_BwE

 

[DeepBusch69]

Use this with no issue

https://www.amazon.com/Berryman-1301-Sealing-Compound-1-Gallon/dp/B0002KKIJQ/ref=asc_df_B0002KKIJQ/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=312142020868&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=14579715920987919821&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9031459&hvtargid=pla-570276514018&psc=1&mcid=f544cb7b063a327d8c79bc6442675fbd&gclid=CjwKCAjw26KxBhBDEiwAu6KXt4V0I_68vcYM0HU4wketbKUgf_lW6w9EXsyYQmiIdmYlio-_feXAQRoCshsQAvD_BwE

I second the "Berryman's tire sealer".  I changed tires a few years ago and was running it, just soap and water they cleaned right up.  

 

[Marlboroman]

I'm more curious as to what used 25-year-old paddles look like... :ez:

 

[Bobalos]

I'm more curious as to what used 25-year-old paddles look like... :ez:

LOL

 

[Jammer75]

My .02$

Slime - nasty corrosion

sta-Flo -seemed to flake off and clean up good with a scotch brite pad 

I’ll never use slime again unless emergency!!

 

[Bansh88]

I've only ever wondered, 

Wondered,

Whatever became of me.

I'm living on the air,

In Cincinnati. 

Cincinnati WKRP

 

[Rockwood]

I had lost a bead out in the dunes, used the brake cleaner trick to reset them, then a decent amount of sta-flo to keep it from leaking since there was sand in the bead.  This was the result, LOL.