Tufo Tire Sealant

after the mishap with the tufo tire the other day (flat tubular), i decided that it was not a good idea to ride without the flat sealant, even though i had a spare tire.  so, tire sealant was ordered, arrived today, and i fixed the flat.

to make tufo's tire sealant work, you need to first get the goo (looks like elmer's glue) into the tire.  the sealant comes with a valve stem remover (you don't need to order the valve stem remover tool as it comes with the kit, but maybe ordering a spare valve stem is a good idea).  once the stem is removed, one simply squeezes in the sealant goo, reinstalls the valve, pumps up the tire.  this is pretty much all there is to the process.  the goo is holding back 170 psi at the moment, so i'd say it works (ten hours and holding).  

note for the process though, do not pump up immediately (like instructions say) to full road going psi.  get some air in the tubular (30 or 40 lbs) and then roll the goo around inside the tire, allowing the rubber time to vulcanize.  the first squirt of tire sealant ended up on the floor as i did as the instructions said (pumped up tire to normal pressure).  compressed air and sealant shooting halfway across the room.  made for a messy clean up.

update:  two days later.  have done about a dozen miles on the sealed tube.  holding @ 170 psi firm.  look up info on these, as they are seriously nice tires and @ world class cycles, they are fairly reasonable.