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The UK is STILL A PLACE of INNOVATION, CREATIVITY and for new inventions. That reputation began during the Industrial Revolution. PunctureSafe is a Unique Chemistry, be in your Element with it!

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The three Calculators below are for calculating the number of PunctureSafe units required in:-
A/... Light high speed vehicles such as Cars, Vans, Touring Caravans & Trailers
B/... Motorcycles & Scooters
C/... HGVs - On Road use. For On/Off Road use, add 25% to the figures calculated. Please enter numbers only in all the boxes and no letters.

Please refer to the downloadable charts above for agricultural and construction vehicles because those tyre sizes cannot be calculated with the online calculator.

Conversion to milliliters is also displayed so as a comparison can be made with similar products to show that considerably less PunctureSafe is required to do a much better job than other products that require a lot more sealant installed. As an example, a 22.5 inch tyre on a large articulated HGV would only require one and a quarter litres for complete inner tyre coverage. There are 34 units in a litre of PunctureSafe.

WHAT IS

PunctureSafe?

PunctureSafe is a unique mix of polymers which covers and sticks to the internal tire. PunctureSafe is a “perpetual” cut avoidance treatment and tire life extender/conditioner. Already accessible items (and most current ones) have just “self-destructed” at paces of 40 mph and over, on the grounds that they were produced for the development businesses moderate vehicles, yet in the end advanced into the fast markets making issues. PunctureSafe isn’t a get you home item, it is applied before the cut happens, and for all time seals punctures as they occur. Once introduced, PunctureSafe not just seals punctures, it conditions the inward packaging, forestalling porosity spills brought about by little openings and breaks. As it were in the wake of introducing Puncturesafe the tyres keep up right pneumatic force and the need to normally top up with air is for all intents and purposes disposed of, and with accurately swelled tyres you show signs of improvement efficiency, your tyres likewise run cooler wiping out that issue of warmth develop. Tyres treated with PunctureSafe last extensively more, and cooler tyres are additionally less defenseless to punctures. PunctureSafe is water based for simple wipe out if at any time you have to do this and is introduced in minutes through the tyre valve with almost no air misfortune and without expelling any wheels

Innovation! Sealants have caused numerous issues that we at PunctureSafe have tended to. Utilising a profoundly advanced blend of polymers, we have contrived an item that is more than equipped for working in agreement with the present current type of vehicles. We utilise propelled science in our procedure that bonds the atoms of the sealant together at speeds up to 150mph. Already accessible items, and most current ones, have just “self-destructed” at around 55-65mph.

PunctureSafe doesn’t have any of the failings that past and many present items have. Aside from evaporating and balling in the tire, the greatest failings of conventional tyre sealants in a rapid tire, was the failure to seal little gaps, yet the capacity to seal an enormous hazardous gap or cut, since they contained huge lumps of hacked up elastic. While PunctureSafe contains just modest strands of coarse surface manufactured filaments that are more grounded than steel when they interlock firmly together, however will just decidedly seal little openings brought about by puncturing objects up to 6mm in width, yet just in a gap that is in the track territory of the tyre, and that is shrivelling on the grounds that there is no rope harm (elastic recuperation), which is 95% of the present punctures in fast vehicles. Anything greater, or in the sidewall, with or without rope harm, and the PunctureSafe filaments just gradually seep through the gap, giving a controlled emptying, and as a rule with a stop or unexpected stoppage in pneumatic force misfortune at the lower weights of 10 to 15 psi (contingent upon rope harm) which forestalls harmed edges, and enables the driver to keep up control potentially empowering continuation of the excursion to expel the vehicle from a perhaps perilous area.

 

Through our broad innovative work, our restrictive definition has developed a long ways past that which is ordinarily known as a tyre sealant – PunctureSafe is a tyre wellbeing framework exceptional at for all time fixing punctures and a genuine tire life extender. PunctureSafe changes over any pneumatic tyre into a self-fixing tyre that will keep up gaseous tension. Puncturesafe can cover a greater amount of the internal surface of a tyre and edge without surrendering to shear and stress related with diffusive power that is made inside a fast pivoting tyre. PunctureSafe’s traits are unrivalled throughout the entire existence of the pneumatic tire.

 

The PunctureSafe Research and Development Team built up an unmatched restrictive procedure that presently can’t seem to be copied.

Once PunctureSafe has been introduced, it lies lethargic at the base of the tire until the vehicle is first determined. When driven at least three to five miles, PunctureSafe scatters all through the internal tyre and structures a covering on the inward surface of the tyre get together. So as to get sidewall inclusion it takes 1500+ miles to actuate the FlexxaGel to stick to a greater amount of the internal tyre. The flexing of the tire and the ordinary warmth develop permits PunctureSafe to search out and dispense with basic air misfortune issues (alluded to as porosity, air relocation and globule spills). Puncturesafe then changes the tire get together into a fixed air chamber, equipped for keeping up legitimate pneumatic force. From there on, PunctureSafe conditions the elastic so as to hinder dry decay and maturing (solidifying) of the packaging. One treatment will give extra life span and cooler running tyres for the legitimate track life of the tyre.

 

The progressed mechanical fixing capacities of PunctureSafe remain careful to seal punctures as they occur. At the point when a tire is punctured, PunctureSafe coats the outside of the entering object, accordingly forestalling air misfortune.

 

At the point when the puncturing object is evacuated, the elastic recuperates and the injury quickly closes, getting away from air siphons PunctureSafe into the cut. The strands lace to make a coagulation that keeps any extra air from getting away. As the elastic recuperates, the cut closes and the quality of the tyre holds the seal set up. The specific polymers and strands structure the seal, in this way delivering an impermeable seal. The modest quantity of PunctureSafe that infiltrates through the cut, past the belts and out through the track territory is alluded to as a seal. When presented to the environment, the seal starts a methodical fix (another exclusive property from the PunctureSafe R&D Team). As the seal fixes, it makes a positive secure seal that is impenetrable to water, which thoroughly shields the belts and internal packaging from outside contaminants and consumption.

 

PunctureSafe’s exclusive plan is one of our firmly monitored privileged insights, which permits PunctureSafe to withstand heat and the shear powers made inside a pivoting tyre. The thixotropic polymers stretches and recoups under mellow to extreme presentation of the unfavourable powers and ceaselessly sticks to the inward tyre. The capacity to cover the inward surface against unfriendly conditions and outward power is the explanation that PunctureSafe won’t unfavourably influence a decent tyre gathering and doesn’t lose the capacity to give assurance to the track life of the tyre.

 

PunctureSafe’s capacities and execution isn’t lessened with speed, separation or time.

On the off chance that the tyre’s honesty is debilitated to a point where the tyre and packaging are dangerous, PunctureSafe is intended to drain and gradually discharge pneumatic force in a controlled manner if the puncturing object has seriously harmed the internal structure.

 

PunctureSafe won’t stow away or veil a risky cut paying little heed to how little the harm might be. On the off chance that the honesty of the packaging has been ruptured and wellbeing turns into an issue PunctureSafe is intended to permit air to escape in a controlled way.

PunctureSafe covers and sticks to the internal tyre molding the inward surface, dispensing with air relocation brought about by porosity and dot spills.

 

It is basic that the best possible measure of PunctureSafe be introduced in a tyre (allude to application outline). With the end goal for PunctureSafe to work, the vehicle ought to be driven roughly 3 to 5 miles (it isn’t required to quickly drive the vehicle). This underlying driving permits the tyre to heat up and for PunctureSafe to circulate. Puncturesafe will cover the crown zone in the initial scarcely any miles yet it will take another 1500+ miles for the FlexxaGel to actuate giving more inclusion of the sidewall. In contrast to customary tire sealants, PunctureSafe has been created to keep relocation from the sidewalls and the track zone at high speeds. When the underlying driving/utilization period has been achieved; Puncturesafe spread a greater amount of the inward surface of the tire.

 

PunctureSafe is a restrictive fluid covering that never falls apart inside the tyre and will ceaselessly remain careful to secure tyres against air misfortune for the lawful track life of the tyre.

Individuals frequently ask, “In the event that PunctureSafe fixes from introduction to outside air, at that point for what reason doesn’t it fix by the air within the tyre?” PunctureSafe changes the tire and edge into a fixed air chamber. As the vehicle is driven and the temperature of the tire builds, a segment of the fluid base disintegrates inside the tyre get together’s internal air pit, as the tyre cools, the dampness condensates once again into the recipe. Within air really turns out to be a piece of the framework. The fixed air chamber forestalls outside air from entering or inside air from getting away. Consistent pneumatic force support isn’t required.

At the point when a tyre is punctured, PunctureSafe is constrained against and around the puncturing object by the internal gaseous tension, in this way keeping air from getting away. In the event that the puncturing object is tossed out of the tire by radiating power or is pulled out, within aviation based armed forces PunctureSafe into the cut and promptly stops air misfortune. Uncommon filaments weave, framing a seal, at that point as the elastic recoups, helped by the tyre flexing as it turns, the internal gaseous tension powers the seal well into and through the cut. Once PunctureSafe is presented to the outside air, a relieving procedure starts. The relieved seal broadens well into the cut, in this manner giving a seal that is impenetrable to water (downpour, day off, and so on.). As this seal fixes, it is transposed into a perpetual rubberised seal, securing the internal packaging and steel belts against contaminants entering the cut.

The seal is lasting a direct result of two significant properties of PunctureSafe:-

 

A/…there is no shrinkage of the drying polymer in the cut on the grounds that the gel is 80% polymer and just 20% fluid since we don’t utilise modest fixings that quandary enormous measures of water. It is normal for comparative items to be the other path round with 20% polymer and 80% fluid.

 

B/…The gel dries and fixes to a firm, adaptable and elastic consistency which implies the seal will flex with the cut causing no air misfortune after some time.

 

Any thick wet compound containing fillers, for example, filaments and elastic particles will at first seal a cut while in the wet state since wet mixes will flex with the tyre in the cut, yet the issues emerge in a significant number of these “alleged” comparable items when the fluid escapes out of the cut into the environment making the compound in the cut dry back to the first fixings. At the point when dried out these “alleged” comparative items will fluctuate in looks and surface as a result of the immense distinction with fixings utilized in these tyre sealants to, for example, Biscuit, Plasticine, Putty, Paper, Crystalline, Flour, Sticky pritstick, Bluetack, concrete, earth and so on. The depictions and looks of a considerable lot of these shrivelled items are ceaseless, however in the wet express these gloopy tyre sealants all look fundamentally the same as, with the exception of in shading, yet that is the place the similitude closes. A large number of these intensifies that have generally been figured by individuals with no information on science at all, when dried out in the cut will in the end come up short, bringing about a punctured tire, once in a while inside days or only weeks after the underlying cut.

 

The eight pictures legitimately underneath are of PunctureSafe and six “purported” comparative items that have been permitted to dry out in a lab broiler at 50 degrees C for 24 hours. At the point when completely dry PunctureSafe has almost no shrinkage and is adaptable and firm which is the properties expected of a shriveled tire sealant in the cut to forever seal the cut, and particularly in the low speed advertise were punctures can be brought about by puncturing objects up to 30 mm in breadth. It is our trademarked mystery fixing “FlexxaGel™” that gives PunctureSafe such a large number of its quality properties.

 

THE DIFFERENCE AT A GLANCE

 

Will seal punctures for all time and for the life of the tyre.

 

Will give you a controlled emptying if the trustworthiness of the tyre has been undermined.

 

Will cover a greater amount of the inward tyre “at high speeds” to forestall porosity in the tyre and stop dot spills – Requires propelled science.

 

Won’t heap up in a tight band down the focal point of the crown region inferable from radiating powers – This is a typical issue with numerous sealants and the propelled science required to forestall this is our firmly watched mystery.

 

Will seal punctures over a greater amount of the crown zone” inferable from PunctureSafe’s “better internal tire inclusion.”

 

Won’t seal punctures in the slight and flexing sidewall, yet will offer an obvious hint with a controlled and slow collapse.

 

Will help broaden tyre life as a result of an a lot cooler internal tyre. Warmth develop is expelled by conduction away from the inward track zone to the edge, on account of better internal tyre inclusion. In addition, cold tyres are less powerless to punctures. (Elastic is a poor conductor of warmth).

 

Will help broaden tyre life as better inclusion over the “inward tyre” wipes out porosity giving enhanced tyre pressures, with the additional advantage of improved efficiency and more secure vehicle dealing with.

 

Will be made utilising heat” in a multifaceted procedure with more than 15 polymers to give a solids substance of 80% yet just 20% fluid, as opposed to 80% fluid and just 20% solids which is regular with sealants blended cold in with as meager as a couple of polymers – You can’t accomplish the traits you find in PunctureSafe with just a couple of polymers or without applying heat and the standards of science during the assembling procedure.

 

Will fix in the cut to a firm and adaptable rubbery fitting, rather than something looking like clingy demonstrating mud or hard and normal with tyre sealants figured with only a couple of polymers. These basic sealants at first seal punctures, yet then bomb as the fitting dries and therapists in view of warmth. This is on the grounds that basic tyre sealants with a high water content that can tie fiber and elastic particles while still in their fluid state, at first seals a cut in a tire yet flop as the tyre sealant plug dries and therapists.

 

Will be water based for snappy and simple clear out from the tyre.

 

Will not vapourise or steam in a warm tyre causing the tyre strain to increment to a risky level – Requires propelled science to accomplish a complex azeotropic fluid base that builds the breaking point of fluids to forestall steaming. So also, when water ties the polymer chains by means of hydrogen holding it expands the surface territory, which makes the water vanish out of a polymer at the scarcest increment in temperature. Our interesting science keeps this from occurring.

 

Won’t over any time span, split down or evaporate inside a fast tyre – Requires propelled science applied with warmth to accomplish this.

 

Won’t after some time lose any thickness in the tyre.

 

At the point when warmth and stress is applied to water based polymers inside a fast tyre, the polymers quickly slender inside two or three thousand miles in a procedure called hydrolysis (decay of the polymer anchors attributable to a compound response with water, during which atoms of water are part into hydrogen cations) Our exceptional science keeps this from occurring.

 

Won’t ball up inside the tyre. Attributable to the huge contrast in explicit thickness between the overwhelming fluid polymer and the essentially lighter fiber and elastic molecule solids, divergent power ordinarily cause these lighter particles to be constrained a converse way and gather on the inward surface of the polymer in bunches. Our one of a kind science keeps this from occurring.

Won’t hurry to the base of the tyre in a stationary vehicle.

Will be thermally steady at velocities of up to 250kph – Very uncommon.

Won’t rust or erode edges.

Will condition the inward tyre.

Won’t void tire producers’ guarantees.

Won’t contain Ethylene Glycol, an amazingly dangerous liquid catalyst.

Will be non harmful – An after effect of long stretches of Research and Development.

Will consistently consent to Health and Safety guidelines in Europe and the UK.

For what reason DOES

 

PunctureSafe Not Cause a Balance Problem?

 

The law of material science are very exact, particularly with regards to fluids in an axis, they will be constrained toward the powers, which in a moving tyre is the other way from the wheel edge. A tyre on a moving vehicle is an axis and tyre sealants inside a tyre will comply with these laws and be constrained outwards to the most elevated point which is the focal point of the crown region as appeared in chart A beneath. As a vehicle assembles speed, tire sealants structure a tight band in the focal point of the crown region of the tyre and the width of this band is dependant on the vehicles speed. At just 2 miles for every hour that band will be tight covering roughly just 70% of the crown region, however as the vehicles speed increments to typical driving velocities of 20 to 60 mph that band limits altogether as the radiating powers increment. With these higher paces a tyre sealant will start to accumulate in a massive mass as extraordinary powers happen as appeared by the bolts in outline A. At these high speeds and with these conditions balance issues are common. Sideways development of the vehicle will incidentally make a little sealant creep over the shoulder zone, yet progress ahead will quickly bring it back once more. Additionally in light of the low crown inclusion, even at velocities of just 2 mph, there is no insurance against punctures in the shoulder district of the tyre as appeared in the dark concealed territory stamped S in chart A.

 

PunctureSafe covers a greater amount of the internal tyre “at all rates”, yes from 2 kph to 250 kph – better inclusion, as appeared in graph B underneath and that shows signs of improvement the more miles the vehicle covers. As the vehicles speed expands, PunctureSafe’s thixotropic polymer gel extends over the internal tyre giving great inclusion with an extremely slim layer no thicker than 2 or 3mm, and that is the explanation balance issues don’t happen with PunctureSafe. (The PunctureSafe gel will unwind in a stationary vehicle covering less of the inward tyre) We at PunctureSafe UK have figured out how to accomplish this in a procedure utilising exceptionally propelled science not ordinarily found in some other tyre sealant. Our restrictive procedure which gives PunctureSafe these traits and other gainful properties is our most firmly protected mystery which no other producer has yet figured out how to copy. You need extremely advanced gear to accomplish this degree of science which we have had assembled totally to our particular. Huge elastic particles of 1 mm in size ordinarily found in tyre sealants are likewise a major reason for balance issues. We crush our own elastic particles directly down to somewhere in the range of .2mm and .4mm for consideration in our rapid evaluations .

 

Wellbeing Features

The Main Safety Features of PunctureSafe High

Execution, High Speed Grade

PunctureSafe’s cosmetics is 80% polymer and 20% fluid which implies it is a high solids substance and dries to an adaptable rubbery module the cut with no shrinkage. The polymer gel suspends a unique blend of profoundly fibrillated strands and granulated elastic fillers which add to Puncturesafe’s fixing capacities, so once the seal is set up it is lasting and won’t come up short sometime in the future.

PunctureSafe doesn’t have any of the failings that are natural in numerous past and the majority of the present items accessible available today. Customary tire sealants contain huge lumps of elastic particles that are unequipped for fixing little gaps in a tyre, yet they will promptly seal an enormous and risky opening or slash. On the other hand, Puncturesafe contains just little elastic granules and engineered filaments that when interlocked in a cut are incredibly solid. PunctureSafe will just seal punctures in the track territory that are protected to seal and which have been brought about by puncturing objects no bigger than 6mm in width and just if the gap is shrivelling in light of the fact that neither extreme tyre elastic has been lost or rope harm has happened. These little punctures represent 95% of the present punctures in rapid vehicles. Any bigger cut, either with or without line harm and PunctureSafe will just gradually seep through the opening giving a controlled collapse. In these conditions gaseous tension misfortune in the tire will either stop or delayed down at the lower weights of 10 to 15 PSI, reliant on the seriousness of the cut. This more slow loss of pneumatic force forestalls harmed edges and empowers the driver/rider to keep up control and conceivable continuation of the excursion, along these lines expelling the vehicle from a possibly hazardous area. PunctureSafe won’t seal a cut in the sidewall on the grounds that the sidewall is a lot more slender and progressively adaptable, along these lines in case of sidewall punctures a controlled emptying will generally happen.

Customary tire sealants don’t cover 100% of the crown territory in a rapid tyre -, best case scenario they normally just spread 60% which turns out to be less as the vehicle speeds up, on the grounds that a greater amount of the tire sealant is headed to the inside zone making a hill that can cause vibration at the higher rates. One of the segments of PunctureSafe is a polymer gel (FlexxaGel™) which has a liking to stick to elastic even in a vehicle moving at fast. In spite of the fact that “FlexxaGel™” carries on like a paste and has properties like paste, it’s anything but a paste. At the point when the parallel development of a vehicle tosses the abundance PunctureSafe over the crown region and sideways up the internal sidewalls of the tyre, the cement properties of “FlexxaGel™” permits PunctureSafe to stick equally over a greater amount of the inward tyre surface at all rates. Despite the fact that the gel will promptly cover the entire of the crown and shoulder territories, a settling in time of 1500+ miles is required to actuate the FlexxaGel™ for sidewall inclusion. This kept up internal tire inclusion at speed gives added heat scattering to the edge through sidewall inclusion because of conduction. Warmth scattering to the edge permits a cooler internal tyre and cool tyres are less helpless to punctures. The gel’s capacity to seal porosity spills over the internal tyre keeps up tyre pressure, the tire gets more secure with the special reward of broadened tire life. Joining of “FlexxaGel™” into the procedure additionally gave the completed sealant mind blowing versatile properties empowering it to stretch and flex, covering a greater amount of the internal tyre with speeding up. (The PunctureSafe gel will unwind in a stationary vehicle covering less of the inward tyre) “FlexxaGel™” is only produced at our Devon office and is one of our most firmly monitored exchange mysteries.

In contrast to customary tyre sealants, PunctureSafe’s concentrated polymer gel plan containing over twelve in fact propelled polymers, elastic and fiber fillers, won’t isolated, ball up, or evaporate – consequently withstanding the outrageous warmth and outward powers that can be made in the unfriendly condition of a fast tyre. In a firmly protected restrictive procedure, PunctureSafe is made to remain fluid in a fast tyre for the whole lifetime of the tire, independent of its utilisation. Contrasted and customary tyre sealants, the Thixotropic characteristics of the PunctureSafe polymers permits change from an exceptionally thick gel to a dainty fluid when the vehicle is at speed, yet returning quickly to a gooey gel when the vehicle stops, and it is this component that balances out the polymers from possible breakdown. Numerous customary tyre sealants pool on the base of a tyre in a stationary vehicle causing vibration with each progress ahead, however PunctureSafe remains solidly covered over the internal tyre. PunctureSafe’s capacity and execution isn’t decreased with speed, separation or time.

These characteristics alone put PunctureSafe in a

group of its own

For what reason DOES

PunctureSafe Outperform Other Sealants?

PunctureSafe isn’t care for a tyre sealant, it is “a

progressive new item”

Conventional tyre sealants are straightforward cheap items, defined with as meager as 4 fixings, fundamentally the same as backdrop glue, and containing particles of destroyed tyres, that “briefly” obstruct an opening in a tyre. At the point when they are applied in a rapid tyre, on account of warmth, and divergent powers, they separate, and evaporate, in this way rendering them inadequate. This might be unfavourable to the tyre in the long haul, and they may likewise rust or erode edges, and steel belts. Though, PunctureSafe, is a “concentrated thick gel”, comprising of numerous polymer gel fixings in a far reaching and mystery detailing, in addition to our extraordinarily produced “coarse surface” engineered filaments, interlock together in the cut, that fixes, and “for all time” seals punctures in a tyre, with the assistance of the warmth that is created through contact with the street. PunctureSafe is an exclusive detailing having special properties which implies it goes from a gel to a fluid with radiating powers, and afterward promptly snaps back to a gel, not long before stopping. That is the reason PunctureSafe consistently remains scattered on the inward tyre as opposed to pooling on the base, which is one of the numerous reasons it works at fast. Once PunctureSafe has been introduced, it conditions the tyre making the elastic supple, in this way lessening breaking, disintegration, and porosity, and any gap brought about by puncturing objects up to 6 mm – rapid evaluation, 15 mm medium speed evaluation and 20 mm low speed grade, will be forever fixed by Puncturesafe.

 

PunctureSafe doesn’t have any of the failings that past and many present day items have. Aside from evaporating and balling in the tyre, the greatest failings of customary tyre sealants in a fast tyre, is the powerlessness to seal little gaps, however the capacity to seal a huge perilous opening or cut, since they contain enormous lumps of hacked up old elastic tyres. The fixing capacities of PunctureSafe are unrivalled by any tyre sealant around the world. PunctureSafe seals are certain and secure, along these lines changing any tyre into a self-fixing tyre. PunctureSafe is fit for fixing punctures as long as the puncturing object has not seriously harmed or potentially debilitated the tyre’s auxiliary trustworthiness. PunctureSafe can’t make a safe seal in any tyre that has major inner harm, paying little heed to the puncturing article’s breadth. In the event that the packaging gets harmed or debilitated to the point of being dangerous, the PunctureSafe plan has been intended to gradually drain paying little mind to how little the injury might be, giving a controlled emptying. Strings are instrumental in elastic recuperation, and without lines a tyre will blow up like an inflatable. At the point when ropes are seriously cut, the gap in the tyre will broaden with expanded gaseous tension, so in a moving vehicle, PunctureSafe will help to give this controlled emptying as the opening therapists with expanding air misfortune and decreasing pneumatic stress.

UNDERSTANDING

PunctureSafe

(This article was distributed in the BMW Club Magazine after a solicitation from the editorial manager)

 

With the ongoing fame of PunctureSafe, and with such a great amount of absence of information about our item, I have been gotten some information about how PunctureSafe works inside a rapid tyre. I will likewise give a little direction with regards to what to search for while picking a cut counteraction treatment, regardless of whether for high or low speed use. Sealants all in all have been around since the mid sixties. While they were basically made for the low speed markets, for example, development, and horticultural use, numerous individuals endeavoured to infuse them into their vehicle and bike tyres bringing about issues that were expensive and in some cases perilous. This was filled by deceitful producers who saw a brisk benefit. You can even now observe these organisations today publicising their items reasonable for rapid. Reasonable sealants made for low speed use have an extremely essential bearer fluid, fundamentally the same as backdrop glue that contain huge lumps of elastic that will connect a huge punctured opening. They are proposed to make a brief module a rough terrain tyre, to empower the administrator to proceed with the utilisation of the vehicle/machine until a tyre fitter can make a fix toward the day’s end. They cost pennies to make and are offered to ranchers and developers, who put them into their tractor and JCB tyres in tremendous amounts. These sealants contain a high measure of water and slop around at the base of the tyre, so when they are introduced in a rapid tyre (over 20mph) they are very risky, and many rust wheel edges and erode combinations. The most terrible that can happen is that enormous elastic lumps can log jam in a huge punctured gap that has auxiliary harm, and in light of the fact that elastic will remain elusive when wet, the seal can fall flat with fast. Indeed, even the numerous sealants that additionally contain strands are pointless on the grounds that they typically contain an inappropriate sort of fiber that ball up in a rapid tyre. The economical and mediocre polymers in these items will likewise separate and evaporate because of warmth after 500 to 2,000 miles. With these sealants, when partition starts, there is no recuperation. Another issue that is innate in numerous sealants is their failure to scatter all through the inward tire. They promptly stream to the base of the tyre, practically like water. The quick pivoting tyre powers the sealant into a tight band against the furthest segment of the tyre’s inward surface, making the sealant stay in the middle part of the track zone, permitting no assurance somewhere else. Thusly, porosity and dab spills keep on existing offering ascend to under-expansion. Since under expansion makes tyres run more sweltering and wear quicker, they become subject to punctures and street danger harm. Hot elastic essentially has less protection from cuts and punctures. Albeit a lopsided street surface will make this sort of sealant sprinkle around, the outwards divergent powers will consistently pull the item back to the focal point of the track territory. Any punctures that these items seal in a rapid tyre is generally brief with disappointment of the seal inescapable inside a month or two because of outrageous warmth and polymer shrinkage in the cut.

 

Things being what they are, what sort of item do you need that will work viably in a fast tyre, and will be 100% safe? We at PunctureSafe attempted to define a polymer gel that would remain fluid up to paces of 150 mph, and that would just seal an opening that was protected to seal since it was recouping in size from a cut since optional harm had not happened to the strings, or elastic had not been lost because of that puncturing object, which is normal with objects like glass and screws. We figured out how to plan a thixotropic fluid gel of more than 12 polymers, all cooperating to withstand boundaries of warmth and stress powers. Above all we built up a blend of uncommon filaments and little, low thickness elastic particles that work with the polymer gel to make a wellbeing result of extraordinary capacities. A successful sealant for fast will be thixotropic and in a gel structure. Thixotropic depicts a compound of a system of one sort of molecule, which underpins different particles inside the substance, and is semi strong or gel like. At the point when a power is applied, the bonds between the particles in the suspension become more vulnerable, and the substance loses a portion of its structure. It at that point carries on progressively like a fluid and the consistency diminishes as the sheer power builds, coming back to the gel state after standing. PunctureSafe’s thixotropic sealant gel is fabricated by a mystery exclusive procedure, not blended like a cake formula. Great sealants ought not be ethylene glycol based and contain a mix of filaments, particulates, shades, bond operators, rust/consumption inhibitors, thixotropes, thickness control specialists and PH retainers, which all meet up to frame an air-impenetrable module the occasion of a cut. The fitting ought to keep up adaptability in light of plasticising added substances, so it flexes with the tire and emphatically stays set up fixing the cut. In spite of the fact that thixotropic, such recipes recapture their smoothness because of motor vitality from tire upset. Attachment specialists ought to be added to hold the sealant set up after the vehicle has halted. A successful fixing compound stays in a thixotropic gel state and will oppose streaming to the base of the tire by really sticking to the whole internal surface, extending as the diffusive powers increment, going about as a warm conductor, moving warmth from zones of higher temperature, to territories of lower temperature. This thixotropic state permits the compound to extend as sheer powers increment and return to its unique consistency as the sheer powers lessen, and furthermore keeps the radial power from isolating the different polymers. Additionally this thixotropic state is the thing that ensures the polymer gel, permitting the sealant to last past the life of the tire. In case of a cut the sealant is crushed into the opening helped via gaseous tension and narrow activity, and as the cut moves off the heap point, leaves the strands, particulates and polymers in the gap to fix. Rehashed pivot of the tire under typical burden stores more strands and so on, until the seal turns out to be incredibly tight. Strands, not at all like elastic are coarse surface, and once they have entered and entwined together in an opening that is contracting and has recouped in size, they become solid and are lasting. Our mix of little elastic particles and exceptional fiber is very sheltered, contrasted and thick elastic when they seal a gap.

WHY IS

PunctureSafe Beneficial in a Tyre?

 

Most of pads and victories are an after effect of driver carelessness. The main source being extreme warmth produced from under swelling. The overheated, under swelled tire turns out to be delicate and can be entered without any problem. Nonetheless, under swelling makes extra issues, for example, track and handle division, which is all basically brought about by porosity (regular air movement) which exists in all tyres somewhat. PunctureSafe disposes of air relocation and forestalls most of harm made by under swelling, along these lines forestalling most related victories. Once Puncturesafe has been introduced, it conditions the tyre making the elastic supple, along these lines assisting with lessening sidewall splitting, crumbling, and porosity.

 

Warmth in a tyre is basic, since it assists with footing (encourages the tire adhere to the street) yet unnecessary warmth is a significant issue. Warmth outwardly of the tire brought about by contact with the street in the long run advances toward within causing hotspots, but since elastic is a poor conductor, almost no of this warmth advances toward the edge, which is a wheels common warmth sink. Inevitably, this warmth inside, develops, causing punctures, victories, over the top tyre wear, and possible disappointment. This is the place PunctureSafe can help. The PunctureSafe treatment manages this warmth in two different ways, it scatters at that point directs the warmth to the edge, by means of Puncturesafe’s fluid internal tyre inclusion, and furthermore because of the reality a tad bit of the mystery fluid polymer detailing inside the item vapourises while the vehicle is moving, and the warmth from this fume is moved by build up to the edge with contact, where it is then passed to the outside condition. What you have now, is a superbly performing tyre, which has the right temperature outwardly to look after footing, and cool within, which will assist stop with tiring disappointment and help expand tyre life extensively.

 

Puncturesafe’s restrictive procedure doesn’t utilise any paste to make a seal, so PunctureSafe is the response to the issue of the fix that flops because of inordinate warmth. On the opposite warmth is gainful to this procedure, along these lines the seal can’t flop because of warmth. On the off chance that the packaging gets harmed or debilitated to the point of being dangerous, the PunctureSafe detailing has been intended to gradually drain paying little mind to how little the cut might be, giving a controlled flattening. Lines are instrumental in elastic recuperation, and without ropes a tire will explode like an inflatable. At the point when lines are seriously cut, the gap in the tire will extend with expanded gaseous tension, so in a moving vehicle, PunctureSafe will help to give this controlled collapse as the gap contracts with expanding air misfortune and lessening pneumatic stress. With Puncturesafe, and a controlled emptying, a tyre will flatten at a rate contingent upon the degree of the harm, at that point as the tyre arrives at the lower weights of 10 to 15 psi, a serious log jam or stop in air misfortune will be experienced as PunctureSafe’s special detailing and manufactured filaments are presently log sticking in a cut that is currently shriveling a direct result of these much lower pneumatic forces. You could now be running on a delicate tyre rather than the wheel edge, which could mean the distinction between keeping control or losing control. This is conceivable in light of the fact that we don’t go through slashed elastic tyres in our definition, we utilise little molecule size delicate elastic and 5 unique sizes of extraordinarily fabricated “course surface” engineered filaments which interlock firmly together in the cut.

No exorbitant warmth, no punctures,

no exorbitant tyre wear.

Key Attributes

 

Broadens tyre life

PunctureSafe keeps up pneumatic stress, impedes maturing inside the packaging, lessens heat develop and increment tyre life.

 

Secures against under-expansion

PunctureSafe can wipe out porosity, air movement and leakage, in this manner permitting the tyre to keep up appropriate gaseous tension, which thus will forestall moving obstruction and warmth develop, the greatest reason for high fuel utilisation and tire disappointment. For retreaders this additionally forestalls the initiation of most track partitions and cracks.

 

Warmth decrease

PunctureSafe helps with shielding tires from annihilating warmth develop, which is related with rubbing brought about by under expansion, or potentially over-burdening. PunctureSafe contains explicit fixings that guide in directing warmth away from the tire, by transmitting extra warmth to the edge (which is the tyre’s normal warmth sink), bringing about a cooler running tyre for a gear or vehicle, paying little heed to utilise.

 

Wellbeing Factor

PunctureSafe gives wellbeing factors that are not found in any tire. PunctureSafe won’t veil or shroud harm that has ruptured the respectability of the tyre. PunctureSafe is extraordinarily defined to permit any genuine cut (possibly risky) to gradually collapse in a controlled way. This trait gives security and helps in mitigating the dangers related with victories. PunctureSafe can’t make a protected seal in any tyre that has major interior harm, paying little heed to the puncturing article’s measurement. This is on the grounds that PunctureSafe needs elastic recuperation so as to work viably. Strings have an essential impact in elastic recuperation, yet in a cut that has harmed ropes puncturesafe and air will gradually seep out of the tyre giving the driver a controlled flattening.

 

Keeps going the life of the tyre

PunctureSafe’s restrictive procedure secures the sealant against heat and gives the capacity to conquer the radiating power of a pivoting tyre. PunctureSafe’s capacities and execution doesn’t reduce with speed, separation or time.

 

Secures the whole inward surface of the tyre

PunctureSafe gives a covering that sticks to a greater amount of the inward tyre, in this manner giving assurance to the tyre consistently.

 

Positive fixing capacities

PunctureSafe seals are sure and secure, in this manner changing any tire into a self-fixing tyre. PunctureSafe is equipped for fixing track region punctures brought about by puncturing objects up to 6 mm in width, as long as the puncturing object has not seriously harmed as well as debilitated the tyre’s basic respectability. PunctureSafe can’t make a protected seal in any tyre that has major interior harm, paying little mind to the puncturing article’s breadth.

 

Water-solvent (for simple wipe out)

PunctureSafe is totally water-solvent in its fluid state, and leaves no build up when washed with plain water. However it won’t break up inside a cut after it has restored. Standard fixing systems can be used without extra exertion.

 

Assurance against rust and erosion

PunctureSafe contains a total rust and consumption hindering framework that secures steel and combination wheels, yet in a cut, PunctureSafe’s exclusive procedure will likewise ensure steel belts. Outside contaminants are kept from filtering again into the cut, which would cause the steel belts to rust and the employ’s to isolate. Without PunctureSafe’s insurance, the contaminants would rapidly devastate important housings.

 

Can’t make a parity issue

Treating a tyre with the suggested measure of PunctureSafe doesn’t accommodate an over the top measure of item to collect in the track zone, consequently the tire isn’t exposed to a mass of substance (normal with many tyre sealants) that would make an awkwardness. PunctureSafe can’t make a lopsidedness because of the capacity to uniformly cover the internal surfaces of the tyre exposed to ordinary radial power.

 

In the event that the suspension is worn past indicated resilience, or a tire/edge gathering isn’t adjusted as well as trued, the anomalous radiating power created will have enough gravitational power to pull PunctureSafe off the vertical surfaces and gather in the issue region consequently expanding the “current” lopsidedness issue. On the off chance that the issue is extreme enough the driver will feel a vibration. The vibration demonstrates that an issue pre-existed in the tyre get together or suspension before introducing Puncturesafe.

 

Wipes out most pads and victories

Most of pads and victories are a consequence of driver carelessness. The main source being over the top warmth produced from under swelling. The overheated, under swelled tyre turns out to be delicate and can be infiltrated without any problem. Be that as it may, under swelling makes extra issues, for example, track partitions, handle detachments and track cracks. The entirety of the above is fundamentally brought about by porosity (regular air movement) which exists in all tyres somewhat.

 

PunctureSafe dispenses with air relocation and forestalls most of harm made by under swelling, in this way forestalling most related victories. The fixing capacities of PunctureSafe are unmatched by any tyre sealant, around the world.

 

Won’t void tyre guarantee

Tyre makers express that tyre sealants don’t void their guarantees except if it tends to be demonstrated that the added substance made an issue the tire structure. PunctureSafe polymer synthesis is totally perfect with all tyre parts.

Perfect with all retread techniques

PunctureSafe conditions the packaging and retards maturing. Besides, the capacity to be completely cleared out of the tire guarantees no obstacle for investigation. The item is non-dangerous, non-unsafe, non-combustible, doesn’t present a removal issue and has no similarity issues.

It is significant that you comprehend two viewpoints in regards to the presentation attributes of a tyre, so as to completely grasp how PunctureSafe Tyre Life Extender/Conditioner really works, alongside and as a major aspect of the tire

Elastic recuperation inside a tyre, is significant related to PunctureSafe. At the point when a tyre is punctured, the elastic is constrained open by the entering object. The cut is in reality a lot smaller than the puncturing object.

Elastic has memory and it will recoup to its unique shape in the wake of being exposed to antagonistic conditions or stress factors. At the point when the infiltrating object is expelled, the elastic recoups and the cut shuts (a tyre that is old, exhausted and additionally dry decayed will have almost no elastic recuperation).

An infiltrating object left in a tyre for any all-encompassing timeframe makes the elastic briefly lose its capacity to recuperate. In the wake of expelling the puncturing object, it is prescribed to promptly flex the tire to reactivate the elastic’s memory. As the cut closes, PunctureSafe is held set up by the quality and trustworthiness of the tire and will at that point make a positive secure seal.

Tires are continually flexing when a vehicle is driven. The heaviness of the vehicle, the sporadic surface of the street, and the turning of the tires make a considerable measure of flexing.

When the puncturing object is evacuated, it is significant for the PunctureSafe seal to be constrained into and through a cut. When this is practiced the seal fixes and turns into a positive secure seal.

Manual tyre flexing (off the vehicle) can be cultivated by evacuating the puncturing article and afterward striking the tyre a few times with a hammer around the cut region as well as skipping the tyre against the ground. This strategy makes a transitory seal that will become positive once the tyre is introduced onto the vehicle and driven around 3 to 5 miles.

NO! There are numerous factors in tyre development. All together for a tyre sealant to work appropriately the tire sealant producer must know about the sealant and tyre similarity, in addition to have the information and capacity to perform thorough testing that will guarantee that the sealant new or utilised is good.

Similarity and substance piece is significant when a sealant is new so as to meet Health and Safety necessities, however in particular is what befalls the tyre sealant detailing after it has been run a couple thousand miles, and presented to the typical warmth in a tyre and the shear and stress that outcomes from the radial power produced in a moving tyre.

Most non exclusive tyre sealants can get dangerous or potentially an ecological risk. Warmth develop is a significant factor and the essential explanation normal non exclusive tyre sealants neglect to proceed as asserted.

When the underlying driving/use period has been accomplished (3 to 5 miles), Puncturesafe will be circulated over the crown region and after 1500+ miles all through a greater amount of the inward surface of the tire. PunctureSafe makes a slim covering which can stay suspended on to the tire.

It’s PunctureSafe’s restrictive procedure that keeps the definition from isolating and additionally relocating to the track territory.

PunctureSafe is a fluid covering that conditions the inward surface and dispenses with porosity and dab spills as moment measures of air endeavour to get away. PunctureSafe consistently remains careful to shield tyres against air misfortune from punctures for the tyre’s lawful track life.

At the point when a tire is punctured, PunctureSafe is constrained against and around the puncturing object by the internal gaseous tension, along these lines keeping air from getting away.

In the event that the puncturing object is tossed out of the tire by divergent power or is pulled out, within aviation based armed forces PunctureSafe into the cut and promptly stops air misfortune. Extraordinary filaments lace, framing a seal, at that point as the elastic recuperates (see elastic recuperation), helped by the flexing of the turning tire, the internal pneumatic force powers the seal well into and through the cut.

Once PunctureSafe is presented to outside air, an exceptional relieving process starts. The seal broadens well into and through the cut and once restored gives a seal that is impenetrable to water.

 

The restored seal, is then transposed into a positive rubberised seal, along these lines ensuring the internal packaging and steel belts by forestalling outside contaminants from draining into the injury.

Individuals regularly ask “In the event that PunctureSafe fixes from introduction to outside air, at that point for what reason does it not fix by the air within the tyre?”

As the vehicle is driven and the temperature of the tyre builds, a segment of PunctureSafe’s fluid base dissipates inside the tyre’s internal air depression, as the tire cools, the disintegrated fluid condensates over into the equation. Within air really turns out to be a piece of the PunctureSafe framework. The fixed air chamber forestalls outside air from entering or inside air from getting away. Consistent pneumatic force resetting isn’t required. Tyres and gaseous tension ought to be reviewed during routine support.

It is critical to see how PunctureSafe’s exclusive procedure, not found in some other tyre sealant, forestalls any equalization issues common in most of different sealants.

PunctureSafe sticks to the inward surface of an appropriately adjusted and valid (round) tyre. The divergent power that is made inside a fast tyre really extends PunctureSafe much like an elastic band; in any case, it won’t pull PunctureSafe off the inward surface of an appropriately adjusted tire.

An adequately out of round or potentially out of parity tire can make enough unfriendly power that could pull the covering of PunctureSafe from the tyre’s internal sidewalls. In the event that a tyre requires an unnecessary measure of loads to be introduced to accomplish a decent perusing on the balancer, the tyre ought to be assessed for deserts and revised preceding introducing PunctureSafe. PunctureSafe can’t right a current issue and may bother an antagonistic circumstance.

The correct measure of PunctureSafe for rapid vehicles has been deductively determined to give the best possible covering to the internal surface of the tyre, taking into account retention into the packaging, yet still keep up a hold.

The hold (around 20% of the introduced sum) is extra PunctureSafe that will move/move. Just the hold will settle to the base of the tyre when the vehicle stops. The hold continually redistributes as the tyre turns, in this manner ceaselessly giving an in any event, covering. Each time a cut happens, a limited quantity of hold is utilized.

Ethylene Glycol is a Toxic Antifreeze –

so it isn’t in PunctureSafe

PunctureSafe doesn’t contain Ethylene Glycol. It took us years to discover a non glycol liquid catalyst which was appropriate for use in a tire sealant and that was non dangerous. Ethylene Glycol is one of the most poisonous substances utilized in tire sealants overall since 2 teaspoons of Ethylene Glycol can kill a grown-up inside 2 days. Our greatest concern was for the normal clients of our tire sealant who could be harmed by ingestion through the skin, in the end getting a development of kidney stones (calcium oxalate precious stones). Since the body can’t evacuate these calcium oxalate precious stones in the kidneys, a development after some time could be lethal. Our other concern was for the travellers of a vehicle taking in the Ethylene Glycol fumes from an exceptionally hot seriously harmed punctured tire set in the

boot. Additionally in light of the fact that kids and pets could approach tire sealants that contain Ethylene Glycol and on the grounds that we have an obligation of care arrangement we thought of it as untrustworthy to utilize this in our items. We have consistently provided a glycol free sealant which is 100% non lethal and 95% natural.

 

Poisonous quality

Ethylene Glycol harming can be separated into three phases. Stage one incorporates focal sensory system (CNS) unsettling influences and gastrointestinal side effects. Stage two incorporates indications of cardiovascular, pneumonic, and metabolic inconsistencies and stage three incorporates renal disappointment welcomed on by the precipitation of calcium oxalate precious stones in renal tubules and from the direct harmful activity of oxalic and glycolic acids upon the kidneys. Wellbeing models on the planet are not as cutting edge as the UK and most of these E/G sealants are rolling in from North America.

The significant threat from Ethylene Glycol is ingestion. Because of its sweet taste, kids and creatures will now and again expend huge amounts of it whenever offered access to liquid catalyst. Ethylene glycol harming is a health related crisis and in all cases a toxin control focus ought to be reached or clinical consideration ought to be looked for. It is profoundly poisonous with an expected LD100 in people of roughly 1.4 ml/kg. Nonetheless, as meager as 30 milliliters (2 tablespoons) can be deadly to grown-up.

Manifestations

Manifestations of Ethylene Glycol harming for the most part follow a three-advance movement, in spite of the fact that harmed people won’t generally build up each stage. Stage one comprises of neurological side effects including casualties having all the earmarks of being inebriated, showing side effects, for example, dazedness, migraines, slurred discourse, and disarray. After some time, the body processes Ethylene Glycol into different poisons, first to glycolaldehyde, which is then oxidized to glycolic corrosive, glyoxylic corrosive, lastly oxalic corrosive. Stage 2 is an after effect of amassing of these metabolites and comprises of tachycardia, hypertension, hyperventilation, and metabolic acidosis. Stage 3 of ethylene glycol harming is the consequence of kidney injury, prompting intense kidney disappointment. Oxalic corrosive responds with calcium and structures calcium oxalate precious stones in the kidney.

Ethylene Glycol harming can be separated into three phases. Stage one incorporates focal sensory system (CNS) unsettling influences and gastrointestinal side effects. Stage two incorporates indications of cardiovascular, pneumonic, and metabolic inconsistencies and stage three incorporates renal disappointment welcomed on by the precipitation of calcium oxalate precious stones in renal tubules and from the direct harmful activity of oxalic and glycolic acids upon the kidneys. Wellbeing models on the planet are not as cutting edge as the UK and most of these E/G sealants are rolling in from North America.

The significant threat from Ethylene Glycol is ingestion. Because of its sweet taste, kids and creatures will now and again expend huge amounts of it whenever offered access to liquid catalyst. Ethylene glycol harming is a health related crisis and in all cases a toxin control focus ought to be reached or clinical consideration ought to be looked for. It is profoundly poisonous with an expected LD100 in people of roughly 1.4 ml/kg. Nonetheless, as meager as 30 milliliters (2 tablespoons) can be deadly to grown-up.

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What is

PunctureSafe?

A tyre life extender/conditioner & permanent puncture prevention treatment

PunctureSafe is a special blend of polymers which coats and clings to the inner tyre. PunctureSafe is a "permanent" puncture prevention treatment and tyre life extender/conditioner. Previously available products (and most current ones) have simply "fallen apart" at speeds of 40 mph and over, because they were manufactured for the construction industries slow vehicles, but eventually made their way into the high-speed markets creating problems. PunctureSafe is not a get you home product, it is applied before the puncture occurs, and permanently seals punctures as they happen. Once installed, PunctureSafe not only seals punctures, it conditions the inner casing, preventing porosity leaks caused by tiny holes and cracks. In other words after installing Puncturesafe the tyres maintain correct air pressure and the need to regularly top up with air is virtually eliminated, and with correctly inflated tyres you get better fuel economy, your tyres also run cooler eliminating that problem of heat build-up. Tyres treated with PunctureSafe last considerably longer, and cooler tyres are also less susceptible to punctures. PunctureSafe is water based for easy clean out if ever you need to do this and is installed in minutes through the tyre valve with very little air loss and without removing any wheels.

What makes PunctureSafe different to tyre sealants that do not work?

Technology! Sealants have caused many problems that we at PunctureSafe have addressed. Using a highly evolved mixture of polymers, we have devised a product that is more than capable of working in harmony with today’s modern breed of vehicles. We use advanced chemistry in our process that bonds the molecules of the sealant together at speeds up to 150mph. Previously available products, and most current ones, have simply "fallen apart" at around 55-65mph.

Performance and abilities and does not diminish with speed distance or time

PunctureSafe does not have any of the failings that previous and many present products have. Apart from drying and balling up in the tyre, the biggest failings of traditional tyre sealants in a high speed tyre, was the inability to seal small holes, but the ability to seal a large dangerous hole or cut, because they contained large chunks of chopped up rubber. Whereas PunctureSafe contains only tiny strands of coarse surface synthetic fibres that are stronger than steel when they interlock tightly together, but will only positively seal small holes caused by puncturing objects up to 6mm in diameter, but only in a hole that is in the tread area of the tyre, and that is shrinking in size because there is no cord damage (rubber recovery), which is 95% of today's punctures in high speed vehicles. Anything bigger, or in the sidewall, with or without cord damage, and the PunctureSafe fibres just slowly bleed through the hole, giving a controlled deflation, and usually with a halt or abrupt slow down in air pressure loss at the lower pressures of 10 to 15 psi (depending on cord damage) which prevents damaged rims, and helps the driver maintain control possibly enabling continuation of the journey to remove the vehicle from a possibly dangerous location.

Through our extensive research and development, our proprietary formulation has evolved far beyond that which is commonly known as a tyre sealant - PunctureSafe is a tyre safety system outstanding at permanently sealing punctures and a true tyre life extender. PunctureSafe converts any pneumatic tyre into a self-sealing tyre that will maintain air pressure. Puncturesafe has the ability to coat more of the inner surface of a tyre and rim without succumbing to shear and stress associated with centrifugal force that is created within a high speed rotating tyre. PunctureSafe's attributes are unparalleled in the history of the pneumatic tyre.

The PunctureSafe Research & Development Team developed an unrivalled proprietary process that has yet to be duplicated.

How it works

Once PunctureSafe has been installed, it lies dormant at the bottom of the tyre until the vehicle is first driven. Once driven a minimum of three to five miles, PunctureSafe disperses throughout the inner tyre and forms a coating on the inner surface of the tyre assembly. In order to get sidewall coverage it takes 1500+ miles to activate the FlexxaGel to adhere to more of the inner tyre. The flexing of the tyre and the normal heat build-up allows PunctureSafe to seek out and eliminate common air loss problems (referred to as porosity, air migration and bead leaks). Puncturesafe then transforms the tyre assembly into a sealed air chamber, capable of maintaining proper air pressure. Thereafter, PunctureSafe conditions the rubber in order to retard dry rot and aging (hardening) of the casing. One treatment will provide additional longevity and cooler running tyres for the legal tread life of the tyre.

The advanced technological sealing capabilities of PunctureSafe stand on guard to seal punctures as they happen. When a tyre is punctured, PunctureSafe coats the surface of the penetrating object, thus preventing air loss.

When the puncturing object is removed, the rubber recovers and the wound immediately closes, escaping air siphons PunctureSafe into the puncture. The fibres entwine to create a clot that prevents any additional air from escaping. As the rubber recovers, the puncture closes and the strength of the tyre holds the seal in place. The specialised polymers and fibres form the seal, thereby producing an airtight seal. The small amount of PunctureSafe that penetrates through the puncture, past the belts and out through the tread area is referred to as a seal. Once exposed to the atmosphere, the seal begins a systematic cure (another proprietary attribute from the PunctureSafe R&D Team). As the seal cures, it makes a positive secure seal that is impervious to water, which totally protects the belts and inner casing from outside contaminants and corrosion.

PunctureSafe's proprietary formulation is one of our closely guarded secrets, which allows PunctureSafe to withstand heat and the shear forces created within a rotating tyre. The thixotropic polymers stretches and recovers under mild to severe exposure of the adverse forces and continuously clings to the inner tyre. The ability to coat the inner surface against adverse conditions and centrifugal force is the reason that PunctureSafe will not adversely affect a balanced tyre assembly and does not lose the ability to provide protection for the tread life of the tyre.

PunctureSafe's abilities & performance is not diminished with speed, distance or time.

Sealing capabilities

If the tyre's integrity is weakened to a point where the tyre and casing are unsafe, PunctureSafe is designed to bleed and slowly release air pressure in a controlled way if the puncturing object has severely damaged the inner structure.

PunctureSafe will not hide or mask a dangerous puncture regardless of how small the damage may be. If the integrity of the casing has been breached and safety becomes an issue PunctureSafe is designed to allow air to escape in a controlled manner.

Coating and conditioning

PunctureSafe coats and clings to the inner tyre conditioning the inner surface, eliminating air migration caused by porosity and bead leaks.

It is imperative that the proper amount of PunctureSafe be installed in a tyre (refer to application chart). In order for PunctureSafe to function, the vehicle should be driven approximately 3 to 5 miles (it is not required to immediately drive the vehicle). This initial driving allows the tyre to warm up and for PunctureSafe to distribute. Puncturesafe will cover the crown area in the first few miles but it will take another 1500+ miles for the FlexxaGel to activate giving more coverage of the sidewall. Unlike conventional tyre sealants, PunctureSafe has been developed to prevent migration from the sidewalls and the tread area at high speeds. Once the initial driving/usage period has been attained; Puncturesafe cover more of the inner surface of the tyre.

PunctureSafe is a proprietary liquid coating that never deteriorates within the tyre and will continuously stand on guard to protect tyres against air loss for the legal tread life of the tyre.

Will not cure or harden inside the tyre

People often ask, "If PunctureSafe cures from exposure to outside air, then why doesn't it cure by the air inside of the tyre?" PunctureSafe transforms the tyre and rim into a sealed air chamber. As the vehicle is driven and the temperature of the tyre increases, a portion of the liquid base vaporises within the tyre assembly's inner air cavity, as the tyre cools, the moisture condensates back into the formula. The inside air actually becomes part of the system. The sealed air chamber prevents outside air from entering or inside air from escaping. Constant air pressure maintenance is not required.

Positive secure seal

When a tyre is punctured, PunctureSafe is forced against and around the puncturing object by the inner air pressure, thereby preventing air from escaping. If the puncturing object is thrown out of the tyre by centrifugal force or is pulled out, the inside air forces PunctureSafe into the puncture and immediately stops air loss. Special fibres entwine, forming a seal, then as the rubber recovers, aided by the tyre flexing as it rotates, the inner air pressure forces the seal well into and through the puncture. Once PunctureSafe is exposed to the outside air, a curing process begins. The cured seal extends well into the puncture, thus providing a seal that is impervious to water (rain, snow, mud, etc.). As this seal cures, it is transposed into a permanent rubberised seal, protecting the inner casing and steel belts against contaminants entering the puncture.

The 80/20 syndrome

The seal is permanent because of two very important attributes of PunctureSafe:-

A/...there is no shrinkage of the drying polymer in the puncture because the gel is 80% polymer and only 20% liquid because we do not use cheap ingredients that bind huge amounts of water. It is common for similar products to be the other way round with 20% polymer and 80% liquid.

B/...The gel dries and cures to a firm, flexible and rubber consistency which means the seal will flex with the puncture causing no air loss over time.

It is a fact that any viscous wet compound containing fillers such as fibres and rubber particles will initially seal a puncture whilst in the wet state because wet compounds will flex with the tyre in the puncture, but the problems arise in many of these "so called" similar products when the liquid escapes out of the puncture into the atmosphere causing the compound in the puncture to dry back to the original ingredients. When dried out these "so called" similar products will vary in looks and texture because of the vast difference with ingredients used in these tyre sealants to such as:- Biscuit, Plasticine, Putty, Paper, Crystalline, Flour, Sticky pritstick, Bluetack, cement, clay etc. The descriptions and looks of many of these dried out products are neverending, but it is a fact that in the wet state these gloopy tyre sealants all look very similar, except in colour, but that is where the similarity ends. Many of these compounds that have usually been formulated by people without any knowledge of chemistry whatsoever, once dried out in the puncture will eventually fail, resulting in a flat tyre, sometimes within days or just weeks after the initial puncture.

The eight images directly below are of PunctureSafe and six "so called" similar products that have been allowed to dry out in a laboratory oven at 50 degrees C for 24 hours. When fully dry PunctureSafe has very little shrinkage and is flexible and firm which is the attributes required of a dried out tyre sealant in the puncture to permanently seal the puncture, and especially in the low speed market were punctures can be caused by puncturing objects up to 30 mm in diameter. It is our trademarked secret ingredient "FlexxaGel™" that gives PunctureSafe so many of its quality attributes.


The Difference

At a Glance

  • Will seal punctures permanently and for the life of the tyre.
  • Will give you a controlled deflation if the integrity of the tyre has been compromised.
  • Will cover more of the inner tyre “at high speeds” to prevent porosity in the tyre and stop bead leaks - Requires advanced chemistry.
  • Will not pile up in a narrow band down the centre of the crown area owing to centrifugal forces - This is a common problem with many sealants and the advanced chemistry required to prevent this is our closely guarded secret.
  • Will seal punctures over more of the crown area” owing to PunctureSafe’s “better inner tyre coverage.”
  • Will not seal punctures in the thin & flexing sidewall, but will give a tell-tale sign with a controlled and slow deflation.
  • Will help extend tyre life because of a much cooler inner tyre. Heat build-up is removed by conduction away from the inner tread area to the rim, because of better inner tyre coverage. Plus, cold tyres are less susceptible to punctures. (Rubber is a poor conductor of heat).
  • Will help extend tyre life as better coverage over the “inner tyre” eliminates porosity giving optimised tyre pressures,with the added benefit of improved fuel economy and safer vehicle handling.
  • Will be manufactured using heat” in an intricate process with over 15 polymers to give a solids content of 80% but only 20% liquid, rather than 80% liquid and only 20% solids which is common with sealants mixed cold with as little as one or two polymers - You cannot achieve the attributes you find in PunctureSafe with only one or two polymers or without applying heat and the principles of chemistry during the manufacturing process.
  • Will cure in the puncture to a firm and flexible rubbery plug, as opposed to something resembling sticky modeling clay or hard and common with tyre sealants formulated with just one or two polymers. These simple sealants initially seal punctures, but then fail as the plug dries and shrinks because of heat. This is because simple tyre sealants with a high water content that can bind fibre and rubber particles whilst still in their liquid state, initially seals a puncture in a tyre but fail as the tyre sealant plug dries and shrinks.
  • Will be water based for quick and easy clean out from the tyre.
  • Will definitely not vapourise or steam in a warm tyre causing the tyre pressure to increase to a dangerous level - Requires advanced chemistry to achieve a complex azeotropic liquid base that increases the boiling point of liquids to prevent steaming. Similarly, when water binds the polymer chains via hydrogen bonding it increases the surface area, which causes the water to evaporate out of a polymer at the slightest increase in temperature. Our unique chemistry prevents this from happening.
  • Will not over any length of time, break down or dry up inside a high speed tyre - Requires advanced chemistry applied with heat to achieve this.
  • Will not over time lose any viscosity in the tyre.
  • When heat and stress is applied to water based polymers inside a high speed tyre, the polymers rapidly thin within a few thousand miles in a process called hydrolysis (decomposition of the polymer chains owing to a chemical reaction with water, during which molecules of water are split into hydrogen cations) Our unique chemistry prevents this from happening.
  • Will not ball up inside the tyre. Owing to the large difference in specific density between the heavy liquid polymer and the significantly lighter fibre and rubber particle solids, centrifugal force normally cause these lighter particles to be forced in a reverse direction and collect on the inner surface of the polymer in clumps. Our unique chemistry prevents this from happening.
  • Will not run to the bottom of the tyre in a stationary vehicle.
  • Will be thermally stable at speeds of up to 250kph - Very rare.
  • Will not rust or corrode rims.
  • Will condition the inner tyre.
  • Will not void tyre manufacturers’ warranties.
  • Will not contain Ethylene Glycol, an extremely toxic anti-freeze.
  • Will be non toxic - A result of years of Research & Development.
  • Will always comply with Health and Safety regulations in Europe and the UK.

Why Does

PunctureSafe Not Cause a Balance Problem?

The law of physics are quite precise, especially when it comes to liquids in a centrifuge, they will be forced in the direction of the forces, which in a moving tyre is in the opposite direction from the wheel rim. A tyre on a moving vehicle is a centrifuge and tyre sealants inside a tyre will obey these laws and be forced outwards to the highest point which is the centre of the crown area as shown in diagram A below. As a vehicle gathers speed, tyre sealants form a narrow band in the centre of the crown area of the tyre and the width of this band is dependant on the vehicles speed. At only 2 miles per hour that band will be narrow covering approximately only 70% of the crown area, but as the vehicles speed increases to normal driving speeds of 20 to 60 mph that band narrows significantly as the centrifugal forces increase. With these higher speeds a tyre sealant will begin to pile up in a bulky mass as extreme forces come into effect as shown by the arrows in diagram A. At these high speeds and with these conditions balance problems are prevalent. Sideways movement of the vehicle will temporarily cause a little sealant to creep across the shoulder area, but forward movement will immediately bring it back again. Also because of the low crown coverage, even at speeds of only 2 mph, there is no protection against punctures in the shoulder region of the tyre as shown in the grey shaded area marked S in diagram A.

PunctureSafe covers more of the the inner tyre "at all speeds", yes from 2 kph to 250 kph - better coverage, as shown in diagram B below and that gets better the more miles the vehicle covers. As the vehicles speed increases, PunctureSafe's thixotropic polymer gel stretches over the inner tyre giving good coverage with a very thin layer no thicker than 2 or 3mm, and that is the reason balance problems do not occur with PunctureSafe. (The PunctureSafe gel will relax in a stationary vehicle covering less of the inner tyre) We at PunctureSafe UK have managed to achieve this in a process using very advanced chemistry not normally found in any other tyre sealant. Our proprietary process which gives PunctureSafe these attributes and other beneficial properties is our most closely guarded secret which no other manufacturer has yet managed to duplicate. You need very sophisticated equipment to achieve this level of chemistry which we have had built entirely to our specification. Large rubber particles of 1 mm in size normally found in tyre sealants are also a big cause of balance problems. We granulate our own rubber particles right down to between .2mm and .4mm for inclusion in our high speed grades .


Safety Features

The Main Safety Features of PunctureSafe HighPerformance, High Speed Grade
Outstanding at sealing punctures

PunctureSafe’s makeup is 80% polymer and 20% liquid which means it is a very high solids content and dries to a flexible rubbery plug in the puncture without any shrinkage. The polymer gel suspends a special mix of highly fibrillated fibres and granulated rubber fillers which contribute to Puncturesafe’s sealing abilities, so once the seal is in place it is permanent and will not fail at a later date.

Seals only the smaller, less harmful punctures

PunctureSafe does not have any of the failings that are inherent in many previous and most of the current products available on the market today. Traditional tyre sealants contain large chunks of rubber particles that are incapable of sealing small holes in a tyre, yet they will readily seal a large and dangerous hole or gash. Conversely, Puncturesafe contains only small rubber granules and synthetic fibres that when interlocked in a puncture are extremely strong. PunctureSafe will only seal punctures in the tread area that are safe to seal and which have been caused by puncturing objects no larger than 6mm in diameter and only if the hole is shrinking in size because neither excessive tyre rubber has been lost or cord damage has occurred. These small punctures account for 95% of today’s punctures in high speed vehicles. Any larger puncture, either with or without cord damage and PunctureSafe will just slowly bleed through the hole giving a controlled deflation. In these circumstances air pressure loss in the tyre will either stop or slow down at the lower pressures of 10 to 15 PSI, dependent on the severity of the puncture. This slower loss of air pressure prevents damaged rims and enables the driver/rider to maintain control and possible continuation of the journey, thereby removing the vehicle from a potentially dangerous location. PunctureSafe will not seal a puncture in the sidewall because the sidewall is much thinner and more flexible, therefore in the event of sidewall punctures a controlled deflation will usually occur.

Gives better coverage throughout the inner tyre

Traditional tyre sealants do not cover 100% of the crown area in a high-speed tyre - at best they usually only cover 60% which becomes less as the vehicle increases in speed, because more of the tyre sealant is driven to the centre area creating a mound that can cause vibration at the higher speeds. One of the components of PunctureSafe is a polymer gel (FlexxaGel™) which has an affinity to adhere to rubber even in a vehicle moving at very high speed. Although "FlexxaGel™" behaves like a glue and has properties similar to glue, it is not a glue. When the lateral movement of a vehicle throws the excess PunctureSafe over the crown area and sideways up the inner sidewalls of the tyre, the adhesive properties of "FlexxaGel™" allows PunctureSafe to cling evenly over more of the inner tyre surface at all speeds. Although the gel will immediately cover the whole of the crown and shoulder areas, a settling in period of 1500+ miles is required to activate the FlexxaGel™ for sidewall coverage. This maintained inner tyre coverage at speed gives added heat dispersion to the rim via sidewall coverage due to conduction. Heat dispersion to the rim allows a cooler inner tyre and cool tyres are less susceptible to punctures. The gel’s ability to seal porosity leaks over the inner tyre helps maintain tyre pressure, the tyre becomes safer with the added bonus of extended tyre life. Incorporation of "FlexxaGel™" into the process also gave the finished sealant incredible elastic properties enabling it to stretch and flex, covering more of the inner tyre with increasing speed. (The PunctureSafe gel will relax in a stationary vehicle covering less of the inner tyre) "FlexxaGel™" is exclusively manufactured at our Devon facility and is one of our most closely guarded trade secrets.

Withstands the heat and stress in a high speed tyre

Unlike traditional tyre sealants, PunctureSafe's concentrated polymer gel formulation containing over a dozen technically advanced polymers, rubber and fibre fillers, will not separate, ball up, or dry up - thereby withstanding the extreme heat and centrifugal forces that can be created in the hostile environment of a very high speed tyre. In a closely guarded proprietary process, PunctureSafe is manufactured to stay liquid in a high speed tyre for the entire lifetime of the tyre, irrespective of its use. Compared with traditional tyre sealants, the Thixotropic qualities of the PunctureSafe polymers allows change from a very viscous gel to a thin liquid when the vehicle is at speed, yet returning immediately to a viscous gel when the vehicle comes to rest, and it is this feature that helps stabilise the polymers from eventual breakdown. Many traditional tyre sealants pool on the bottom of a tyre in a stationary vehicle causing vibration with each forward movement, but PunctureSafe stays firmly coated over the inner tyre. PunctureSafe's ability and performance is not diminished with speed, distance or time.

These qualities alone put PunctureSafe in aleague of its own

Why Does

PunctureSafe Outperform Other Sealants?

PunctureSafe is not like a tyre sealant, it is "arevolutionary new product"
Why PunctureSafe performs, whilst others fail

Traditional tyre sealants are simple inexpensive products, formulated with as little as 4 ingredients, very similar to wallpaper paste, and containing particles of shredded tyres, that "temporarily" clog up a hole in a tyre. When they are applied in a high speed tyre, because of heat, and centrifugal forces, they break down, and dry up, thus rendering them ineffective. This may be detrimental to the tyre in the long term, and they may also rust or corrode rims, and steel belts. Whereas, PunctureSafe, is a "concentrated viscous gel", consisting of many polymer gel ingredients in a comprehensive and secret formulation, plus our specially manufactured “coarse surface” synthetic fibres, interlock together in the puncture, that cures, and "permanently" seals punctures in a tyre, with the help of the heat that is generated through contact with the road. PunctureSafe is a proprietary formulation having unique properties which means it goes from a gel to a liquid with centrifugal forces, and then immediately snaps back to a gel, just before coming to rest. That's why PunctureSafe always stays dispersed on the inner tyre instead of pooling on the bottom, which is one of the many reasons it works at high speed. Once PunctureSafe has been installed, it conditions the tyre making the rubber supple, thereby reducing cracking, deterioration, and porosity, and any hole caused by puncturing objects up to 6 mm - high speed grade, 15 mm medium speed grade and 20 mm low speed grade, will be permanently sealed by Puncturesafe.

PunctureSafe does not have any of the failings that previous and many present day products have. Apart from drying and balling up in the tyre, the biggest failings of traditional tyre sealants in a high speed tyre, is the inability to seal small holes, but the ability to seal a large dangerous hole or cut, because they contain large chunks of chopped up old rubber tyres. The sealing capabilities of PunctureSafe are unparalleled by any tyre sealant worldwide. PunctureSafe seals are positive and secure, thereby transforming any tyre into a self-sealing tyre. PunctureSafe is capable of sealing punctures as long as the puncturing object has not severely damaged and/or weakened the tyre's structural integrity. PunctureSafe cannot create a secure seal in any tyre that has major internal damage, regardless of the puncturing object's diameter. If the casing becomes damaged or weakened to the point of being unsafe, the PunctureSafe formulation has been designed to slowly bleed regardless of how small the wound may be, giving a controlled deflation. Cords are instrumental in rubber recovery, and without cords a tyre will inflate like a balloon. When cords are severely cut, the hole in the tyre will enlarge with increased air pressure, so in a moving vehicle, Puncturesafe will assist to give this controlled deflation as the hole shrinks with increasing air loss and reducing air pressure.


Understanding

PunctureSafe

Understanding PunctureSafe, and a basic guide to tyre sealants by the PunctureSafe UK Technical officer

(This article was published in the BMW Club Magazine after a request from the editor)

With the recent popularity of PunctureSafe, and with so much lack of knowledge about our product, I have been asked to write an article about how PunctureSafe functions inside a high speed tyre. I will also give a little guidance as to what to look for when choosing a puncture prevention treatment, whether for high or low speed use. Sealants in general have been around since the early sixties. Whilst they were primarily manufactured for the low speed markets such as construction, and agricultural use, many people attempted to inject them into their car and motorcycle tyres resulting in problems that were costly and sometimes dangerous. This was fueled by unscrupulous manufacturers who saw a quick profit. You can still see these companies today advertising their products suitable for high speed. Inexpensive sealants manufactured for low speed use have a very basic carrier liquid, very similar to wallpaper paste that contain large chunks of rubber that will bridge a large punctured hole. They are intended to create a temporary plug in an off road tyre, to enable the operator to continue with the use of the vehicle/machine until a tyre fitter is able to make a repair at the end of the day. They cost pennies to manufacture and are sold to farmers and builders, who put them into their tractor and JCB tyres in huge quantities. These sealants contain a high amount of water and slop around at the bottom of the tyre, so when they are installed in a high speed tyre (over 20mph) they are extremely hazardous, and many rust wheel rims and corrode alloys. The worst that can happen is that large rubber chunks can log jam in a large punctured hole that has secondary damage, and because rubber will stay slippery when wet, the seal can fail with high speed. Even the many sealants that also contain fibres are useless because they usually contain the wrong type of fibre that ball up in a high speed tyre. The inexpensive and inferior polymers in these products will also separate and dry up due to heat after 500 to 2,000 miles. With these sealants, once separation begins, there is no recovery. Another problem that is inherent in many sealants is their inability to disperse throughout the inner tyre. They readily flow to the bottom of the tyre, almost like water. The fast rotating tyre forces the sealant into a narrow band against the outermost portion of the tyre's inner surface, causing the sealant to remain in the centre portion of the tread area, allowing no protection elsewhere. Consequently, porosity and bead leaks continue to exist giving rise to under-inflation. Because under inflation makes tyres run hotter and wear faster, they become subject to punctures and road hazard damage. Hot rubber simply has less resistance to cuts and punctures. Although an uneven road surface will cause this type of sealant to splash around, the outwards centrifugal forces will always pull the product back to the centre of the tread area. Any punctures that these products seal in a high speed tyre is usually short lived with failure of the seal inevitable within a month or two due to extreme heat and polymer shrinkage in the puncture.

So, what type of product do you need that will work effectively in a high speed tyre, and will be 100% safe? We at PunctureSafe endeavoured to formulate a polymer gel that would stay liquid up to speeds of 150 mph, and that would only seal a hole that was safe to seal because it was recovering in size from a puncture because secondary damage had not occurred to the cords, or rubber had not been lost as a result of that puncturing object, which is usual with objects like glass and screws. We managed to formulate a thixotropic liquid gel of over 12 polymers, all working together to withstand extremes of heat and stress forces. Most importantly we developed a combination of special fibres and very small, low density rubber particles that work with the polymer gel to create a safety product of outstanding abilities. An effective sealant for high speed will be thixotropic and in a gel form. Thixotropic describes a compound of a framework of one kind of particle, which supports other particles within the substance, and is semi solid or gel like. When a force is applied, the bonds between the particles in the suspension become weaker, and the substance loses some of its structure. It then behaves more like a liquid and the viscosity decreases as the sheer force increases, returning to the gel state upon standing. PunctureSafe's thixotropic sealant gel is manufactured by a secret proprietary process, not mixed like a cake recipe. Good sealants should not be ethylene glycol based and contain a combination of fibres, particulates, pigments, adhesion agents, rust/corrosion inhibitors, thixotropes, viscosity control agents and PH retainers, which all come together to form an air-impervious plug in the event of a puncture. The plug should maintain flexibility because of plasticising additives, so it flexes with the tyre and positively remains in place sealing the puncture. Though thixotropic, such formulas regain their fluidity due to kinetic energy from tyre revolution. Adhesion agents should be added to hold the sealant in place after the vehicle has stopped. An effective sealing compound remains in a thixotropic gel state and will resist flowing to the bottom of the tyre by actually clinging to the entire inner surface, stretching as the centrifugal forces increase, acting as a thermal conductor, transferring heat from areas of higher temperature, to areas of lower temperature. This thixotropic state allows the compound to stretch as sheer forces increase and revert back to its original viscosity as the sheer forces diminish, and also prevents the centrifugal force from separating the various polymers. Also this thixotropic state is what protects the polymer gel, allowing the sealant to last beyond the life of the tyre. In the event of a puncture the sealant is squeezed into the hole assisted by air pressure and capillary action, and as the puncture rolls off the load point, leaves the fibres, particulates and polymers in the hole to cure. Repeated rotation of the tyre under normal load deposits more fibres etc, until the seal becomes extremely tight. Fibres, unlike rubber are very coarse surface, and once they have keyed and intertwined together in a hole that is shrinking and has recovered in size, they become very strong and are permanent. Our combination blend of small rubber particles and special fibre is extremely safe, compared with chunky rubber when they seal a hole, as they will not bridge a large gap. If cords are cut or rubber has been lost in a puncture, then fibres will slowly bleed out of the hole giving a controlled deflation. Our fibre blend will only stay in place where there is a good thickness of rubber, which is why you will get a controlled deflation with a puncture to the much thinner sidewall. It is the ability of our special blend of fibres, to distinguish what is safe to seal, and what is not, that gave rise to our marketing slogan “PunctureSafe is a clever thinking product”. Any legitimate sealant manufacturer shouldn't make the claim that a high speed tyre will never go flat with its sealant installed, otherwise this raises the question of safety.

95% of punctures are straightforward with nails cleanly penetrating between the cords causing little damage. If a good sealant is present, then the lubrication from the sealant will usually help expel the nail sooner rather than later, helping to avoid secondary damage. When the nail is expelled; the puncture recovers to a tiny hole, and if a good sealant is present within the tyre, it will positively seal the hole safely. If the puncturing object is at a bad angle and left in for any length of time, secondary damage may occur, so when the object is removed you should get a controlled and slow deflation. Glass and screws are notorious for causing this type of damage by cutting the cords and gouging tyre rubber away leaving a cavity, which is not usually seen by the naked eye. In this instance a good reputable sealant will slowly and safely let the tyre down in a controlled manner, and sometimes halt the air loss at about 10 to 15psi, which could allow the driver/rider remove the vehicle from a possible dangerous location. With the correct amount of sealant installed, tyre balance will not be upset in a well balanced wheel. With a bad sealant fitted to an unbalanced or out of round tyre you will get an effect of hydronomics (motion of fluids). An out of balance wheel rotates eccentrically, causing a dislocation of mass toward the centre of gravity, but away from the geometric centre of the wheel, producing vibration. In a well balanced tyre, thixotropic sealant gels containing adhesion agents can dampen the occasional shudder or vibration because they are distributed by centrifugal force to the centre of gravity, causing the geometric centre and the centre of gravity to become aligned.


Why is

PunctureSafe Beneficial in a Tyre?

The majority of flats and blow-outs are a result of driver negligence. The number one cause being excessive heat generated from under inflation. The overheated, under inflated tyre becomes soft and can be penetrated very easily. However, under inflation creates additional problems such as tread and ply separation, all of which is primarily caused by porosity (natural air migration) which exists in all tyres to some degree. PunctureSafe eliminates air migration and prevents the majority of damage created by under inflation, thereby preventing most related blow-outs. Once Puncturesafe has been installed, it conditions the tyre making the rubber supple, thereby helping to reduce sidewall cracking, deterioration, and porosity.

Heat in a tyre is critical, because it helps with traction (helps the tyre stick to the road) but excessive heat is a major problem. Heat on the outside of the tyre caused by contact with the road eventually makes its way to the inside causing hotspots, but because rubber is a poor conductor, very little of this heat makes its way to the rim, which is a wheels natural heat sink. Eventually, this heat inside, builds up, causing punctures, blowouts, excessive tyre wear, and eventual failure. This is where PunctureSafe can help. The PunctureSafe treatment deals with this heat in two ways, it disperses then conducts the heat to the rim, via Puncturesafe's liquid inner tyre coverage, and also due to the fact a little of the secret liquid polymer formulation within the product vapourises whilst the vehicle is in motion, and the heat from this vapour is transferred by condensation to the rim with contact, where it is then passed to the outside environment. What you have now, is a perfectly performing tyre, which has the correct temperature on the outside to maintain traction, and cool on the inside, which will help stop tyre failure and help extend tyre life considerably.

Puncturesafe's proprietary process does not use any glue to make a seal, so PunctureSafe is the answer to the problem of the patch that fails due to excessive heat. On the contrary heat is very beneficial to this process, therefore the seal cannot fail due to heat. If the casing becomes damaged or weakened to the point of being unsafe, the PunctureSafe formulation has been designed to slowly bleed regardless of how small the puncture may be, giving a controlled deflation. Cords are instrumental in rubber recovery, and without cords a tyre will blow up like a balloon. When cords are severely cut, the hole in the tyre will enlarge with increased air pressure, so in a moving vehicle, PunctureSafe will assist to give this controlled deflation as the hole shrinks with increasing air loss and reducing air pressure. With Puncturesafe, and a controlled deflation, a tyre will deflate at a rate depending on the extent of the damage, then as the tyre reaches the lower pressures of 10 to 15 psi, a severe slow down or halt in air loss will be experienced as PunctureSafe's unique formulation and synthetic fibres are now log jamming in a puncture that is now shrinking in size because of these much lower air pressures. You could now be running on a soft tyre instead of the wheel rim, which could mean the difference between keeping control or losing control. This is possible because we do not use chopped up rubber tyres in our formulation, we use small particle size soft rubber and 5 different sizes of specially manufactured “course surface” synthetic fibres which interlock tightly together in the puncture.

PunctureSafe's abilities and performance is not diminished by speed, distance or time
No excessive heat, no punctures,no excessive tyre wear.

Key Attributes

Extends tyre life

PunctureSafe maintains air pressure, retards aging within the casing, reduces heat build-up and increase tyre life.

Protects against under-inflation

PunctureSafe has the ability to eliminate porosity, air migration and seepage, thereby allowing the tyre to maintain proper air pressure, which in turn will prevent rolling resistance and heat build-up, the biggest cause of high fuel consumption and tyre failure. For retreaders this also prevents the inception of most tread separations & ruptures.

Heat reduction

PunctureSafe assists in protecting tyres from devastating heat build-up, which is associated with friction caused by under inflation, and/or overloading. PunctureSafe contains specific ingredients that aid in conducting heat away from the tyre, by transmitting additional heat to the rim (which is the tyre's natural heat sink), resulting in a cooler running tyre for any type of equipment or vehicle, regardless of use.

Safety Factor

PunctureSafe provides safety factors that are not found in any tyre. PunctureSafe will not mask or hide damage that has breached the integrity of the tyre. PunctureSafe is specially formulated to allow any serious puncture (potentially dangerous) to slowly deflate in a controlled manner. This attribute provides safety and aids in alleviating the hazards associated with blowouts. PunctureSafe cannot create a secure seal in any tyre that has major internal damage, regardless of the puncturing object's diameter. This is because PunctureSafe needs rubber recovery in order to work effectively. Cords play a vital part in rubber recovery, but in a puncture that has damaged cords puncturesafe and air will slowly bleed out of the tyre giving the driver a controlled deflation.

Lasts the life of the tyre

PunctureSafe's proprietary process protects the sealant against heat and provides the ability to overcome the centrifugal force of a rotating tyre. PunctureSafe's abilities & performance does not diminish with speed, distance or time.

Protects the entire inner surface of the tyre

PunctureSafe provides a coating that clings to more of the inner tyre, thereby providing protection for the tyre at all times.

Positive sealing capabilities

PunctureSafe seals are positive and secure, thereby transforming any tyre into a self-sealing tyre. PunctureSafe is capable of sealing tread area punctures caused by puncturing objects up to 6 mm in diameter, as long as the puncturing object has not severely damaged and/or weakened the tyre's structural integrity. PunctureSafe cannot create a secure seal in any tyre that has major internal damage, regardless of the puncturing object's diameter.

Water-soluble (for easy clean out)

PunctureSafe is completely water-soluble in its liquid state, and leaves no residue when rinsed with plain water. Yet it will not dissolve within a puncture after it has cured. Standard repairing procedures can be utilised without additional effort.

Protection against rust and corrosion

PunctureSafe contains a complete rust and corrosion inhibiting system that not only protects steel and alloy wheels, but in a puncture, PunctureSafe's proprietary process will also protect steel belts. Outside contaminants are prevented from leaching back into the puncture, which would cause the steel belts to rust and the ply’s to separate. Without PunctureSafe's protection, the contaminants would quickly destroy valuable casings.

Cannot create a balance problem

Treating a tyre with the recommended amount of PunctureSafe does not provide for an excessive amount of product to accumulate in the tread area, therefore the tyre is not subjected to a mass of substance (common with many tyre sealants) that would create an imbalance. PunctureSafe cannot create an imbalance due to the ability to evenly coat the inner surfaces of the tyre subjected to normal centrifugal force.

If the suspension is worn beyond specified tolerance, or a tyre/rim assembly is not balanced and/or trued, the abnormal centrifugal force generated will have enough gravitational force to pull PunctureSafe off the vertical surfaces and collect in the problem area thereby increasing the "existing" imbalance problem. If the problem is severe enough the driver will feel a vibration. The vibration indicates that a problem pre-existed in the tyre assembly or suspension prior to installing Puncturesafe.

Eliminates most flats and blowouts

The majority of flats and blowouts are a result of driver negligence. The number one cause being excessive heat generated from under inflation. The overheated, under inflated tyre becomes soft and can be penetrated very easily. However, under inflation creates additional problems such as tread separations, ply separations and tread ruptures. All of the above is primarily caused by porosity (natural air migration) which exists in all tyres to some degree.

PunctureSafe eliminates air migration and prevents the majority of damage created by under inflation, thereby preventing most related blowouts. The sealing capabilities of PunctureSafe are unparalleled by any tyre sealant, worldwide.

Will not void tyre warranty

Tyre manufacturers state that tyre sealants do not void their warranties unless it can be proved that the additive caused a problem to the tyre structure. PunctureSafe's polymer composition is completely compatible with all tyre components.

Compatible with all retread methods

PunctureSafe conditions the casing and retards aging. Plus, the ability to be thoroughly cleaned out of the tyre assures no hindrance for inspection. The product is non-toxic, non-hazardous, non-flammable, does not present a disposal problem and has no compatibility problems.


How Does

PunctureSafe Function Inside a Tyre?

It is very important that you understand two aspects regarding the performance characteristics of a tyre, in order to fully comprehend how PunctureSafe Tyre Life Extender/Conditioner actually functions, along with and as part of the tyre

What is rubber recovery?

Rubber recovery within a tyre, is very important in conjunction with PunctureSafe. When a tyre is punctured, the rubber is forced open by the penetrating object. The puncture is actually much smaller than the puncturing object.

Rubber has memory and it will recover to its original shape after being subjected to adverse conditions or stress factors. When the penetrating object is removed, the rubber recovers and the puncture closes (a tyre that is old, worn out and/or dry rotted will have little or no rubber recovery).

A penetrating object left in a tyre for any extended period of time causes the rubber to temporarily lose its ability to recover. After removing the puncturing object, it is recommended to immediately flex the tyre to reactivate the rubber's memory. As the puncture closes, PunctureSafe is held in place by the strength and integrity of the tyre and will then create a positive secure seal.

What is tyre flexing?

Tyres are constantly flexing when a vehicle is driven. The weight of the vehicle, the irregular surface of the road, and the turning of the tyres create a substantial amount of flexing.

Once the puncturing object is removed, it is important for the PunctureSafe seal to be forced into and through a puncture. Once this is accomplished the seal cures and becomes a positive secure seal.

Manual tyre flexing (off the vehicle) can be accomplished by removing the puncturing object and then striking the tyre several times with a mallet around the puncture area and/or bouncing the tyre against the ground. This method creates a temporary seal that will become positive once the tyre is installed onto the vehicle and driven approximately 3 to 5 miles.

Is it necessary for you to understand tyre construction?

NO! There are many variables in tyre construction. In order for a tyre sealant to function properly the tyre sealant manufacturer must have knowledge of the sealant and tyre compatibility, plus have the knowledge and ability to perform exhaustive testing that will assure that the sealant new or used is compatible.

Compatibility and chemical composition is important when a sealant is new in order to meet Health and Safety requirements, but most importantly is what happens to the tyre sealant formulation after it has been run a few thousand miles, and exposed to the normal heat in a tyre and the shear and stress that results from the centrifugal force generated in a rolling tyre.

Most generic tyre sealants can become toxic and/or an environmental hazard. Heat build-up is an important factor and the primary reason average generic tyre sealants fail to perform as claimed.

How does PunctureSafe produce a positive/secure seal?

Once the initial driving/usage period has been attained (3 to 5 miles), Puncturesafe will be distributed over the crown area and after 1500+ miles throughout more of the inner surface of the tyre. PunctureSafe makes a very thin coating which has the ability to remain suspended on to the tyre.

It's PunctureSafe's proprietary process that prevents the formulation from separating and/or migrating to the tread area.

PunctureSafe is a liquid coating that conditions the inner surface and eliminates porosity and bead leaks as minute amounts of air attempt to escape. PunctureSafe continuously stands on guard to protect tyres against air loss from punctures for the tyre's legal tread life.

When a tyre is punctured, PunctureSafe is forced against and around the puncturing object by the inner air pressure, thereby preventing air from escaping.

If the puncturing object is thrown out of the tyre by centrifugal force or is pulled out, the inside air forces PunctureSafe into the puncture and immediately stops air loss. Special fibres entwine, forming a seal, then as the rubber recovers (see rubber recovery), aided by the flexing of the rotating tyre, the inner air pressure forces the seal well into and through the puncture.

Once PunctureSafe is exposed to outside air, a unique curing process begins. The seal extends well into and through the puncture and once cured provides a seal that is impervious to water.

The cured seal, is then transposed into a positive rubberised seal, thereby protecting the inner casing and steel belts by preventing outside contaminants from leaching into the wound.

Will PunctureSafe cure or harden inside of the tyre?

People often ask "If PunctureSafe cures from exposure to outside air, then why does it not cure by the air inside of the tyre?"

As the vehicle is driven and the temperature of the tyre increases, a portion of PunctureSafe's liquid base evaporates within the tyre's inner air cavity, as the tyre cools, the vaporised liquid condensates back into the formula. The inside air actually becomes part of the PunctureSafe system. The sealed air chamber prevents outside air from entering or inside air from escaping. Constant air pressure resetting is not required. Tyres and air pressure should be inspected during routine maintenance.

Why does PunctureSafe not cause a balance problem?

It is extremely important to understand how PunctureSafe's proprietary process, not found in any other tyre sealant, prevents any balance issues prevalent in the majority of other sealants.

PunctureSafe clings to the inner surface of a properly balanced and true (round) tyre. The centrifugal force that is created within a high-speed tyre actually stretches PunctureSafe much like a rubber band; however, it will not pull PunctureSafe off the inner surface of a properly balanced tyre.

A sufficiently out of round and/or out of balance tyre can create enough adverse force that could pull the coating of PunctureSafe from the tyre's inner sidewalls. If a tyre requires an excessive amount of weights to be installed to achieve a good reading on the balancer, the tyre should be inspected for defects and corrected prior to installing PunctureSafe. PunctureSafe cannot correct an existing problem and may aggravate an adverse situation.

The proper amount of PunctureSafe for high speed vehicles has been scientifically calculated to provide the proper coating to the inner surface of the tyre, allowing for absorption into the casing, yet still maintain a reserve.

The reserve (approximately 20% of the installed amount) is extra PunctureSafe that will shift/move. Only the reserve will settle to the bottom of the tyre when the vehicle stops. The reserve constantly redistributes as the tyre rotates, thereby continually providing an even coating. Each time a puncture occurs, a small amount of reserve is used.


Tyre pressure monitoring systems

Caution - when fitting Puncturesafe you may cause the sensor to be coated and thus affect its performance. We recommend that once the installation is complete you inflate the tyre to the correct pressure (with the valve core not in situ) then remove the airline to get a powerful blast of air that will clean any sealant left in the valve.

We supply a tyre sealant for sealing punctures in the tyre of a vehicle, and because Tyre pressure monitoring systems can be fickle and prone to failure with or without a sealant present, we advise that you take a cautious approach when fitting our puncture prevention treatment, we advise that the installation is done with the utmost of knowledge. Problems with tyre pressure monitoring systems in conjunction with the installation of a tyre sealant/puncture prevention treatment is extremely small compared with the millions of tyre sealant installations carried out all over the world yearly.

Some ‘Direct’ TPMS have small-bore valves that will not allow regular sealant to enter. Puncturesafe UK recommends that you consult your vehicle manufacturer to check whether their internal TPMS system is sealant-friendly before fitting a puncture prevention treatment.

External ‘Indirect’ TPMS, that measure the speed of each wheel/tyre and use regular valves, are of course always puncture prevention treatment compatible.

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