Sidewall repair

[benjy]

I got a pretty good sidewall gash in a trepador I still have quite a bit of tread left and replacing $3k worth of tires isn't in the cards at the moment.

I put the biggest patch I could find on it, but I have pretty low expectations of it. Tire shops are notorious for not being willing to vulcanize them unless you know a guy.

I came across a product called tire putty, wondered if it might be a viable option. Not cheap, but easily worth it to save an expensive tire. Thoughts?

http://www.millertire.com/products/tire-supplies/tire-tube-repair-products/tech-rubber-putty/

This of course for off road use only at very low speeds

 

[Jinx]

Just a thought, maybe find a tube to use in addition to the patch?

 

[jeeper]

I have tubed many tires

 

[N-Smooth]

Jake Hallenbeck does vulcanizing at comps. He's out of Reno but I'm not sure how much he charges or anything. If you got the tire up here I bet one of us that is going out to Supercrawl could get it to him to fix.