I should add that I have no idea if the seepage is happening at the rim...I guess it could be coming through the membrane of the sidewall.. Jeremy's suggestion that the tape is letting sealant flow out through the spoke holes could be the culprit. A big part of my query is , Is the weather something that could cause this?
On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 4:15:17 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: > > Weird. It's not unusual for a tire to have pinholes that are slow to seal > up. I've never heard or rims that are full of pinholes that consistently > leak sealant. And I can't explain why it would both leak out and then > flatten like a splotch, or stretch out long and thin like a splatter. I've > never heard of rims being perforated like that. It sound metallurgically > impossible. If I was convinced that my rims were full of holes, I'd try to > get them warrantied. It's definitely bizarre in my experience. > > On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 12:57:51 PM UTC-7, jandrews wrote: >> >> Thanks Bill >> But it's the third time..I did wipe them down and it re-appeared. It all >> just started happening. We have had a solid week of rain and then every >> day not raining has been brutally humid and very hot. >> >> Jason >> >> >> >> >> >> On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 3:50:57 PM UTC-4, Bill Lindsay wrote: >>> >>> To me, those photographs do not look like sealant seepage to me. That >>> does not look like something leaking out from the tires and rim. That >>> looks like something splattered on to the tires and rims from some other >>> place. Wipe 'em off and keep an eye on them. See if the splatter pattern >>> comes back. >>> >>> Bill Lindsay >>> El Cerrito, CA >>> >>> On Friday, August 3, 2018 at 12:30:43 PM UTC-7, jandrews wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi >>>> I recently dipped my toe into the tubeless phenomenon and had some >>>> wheels built by a reputable builder using tubeless Velocity Quill rims and >>>> GravelKing SK's in 700x43. >>>> Over the past week, some sealant has been seeping out of the rim and is >>>> showing up in a dried pattern on the rim and tire. >>>> I did a little research online and others have said that high heat and >>>> humidity can cause seepage...and we've had plenty of both the past 10 days >>>> in New York. >>>> Assuming everything has been set up correctly, does anyone have >>>> experience with seepage that looks like this (pics attached) >>>> *Note, no pressure (or negligible pressure) has been lost. >>>> Pics were take while my bike was on hitch mounted car rack. I cleaned >>>> the wheels and it happened again today ..While bike was out of the rack >>>> Also it's both front and rear wheels. >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bTtrFRABk0M/W2Ss7NGjJ4I/AAAAAAAABOo/enIXrYOXLjcH1CZjL4RqbLfD74RbunJxwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_9749.JPG> >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_LnBCtoo3zU/W2Ss-i5-NxI/AAAAAAAABOs/b7npp49Lzlo5gCypvRzjjpUovgobAGoVACLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_9750.JPG> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
