Bicycles Asked by Dugong on May 19, 2021
I had two new tires put on my bike and the LBS used Finish Line sealant.
I have managed to puncture after 5 rides. The tire doesn’t lose much air, but air still bubbles out. My experience with Stans sealant on the previous tires is it did a good job.
I was going to syringe it out the Finish Line and replace with Stans, will this compromise the Stans?
Yes - mixing sealants will either make no difference, or both will interfere and neither will work.
Start by checking the SDS (aka the MSDS)
Stans: https://www.notubes.com/pub/media/wysiwyg/GIS-004_R3_Stans_Tire_Sealant_SDS_GHS.pdf
Finish Line: http://www.finishlineusa.com/files/Tubeless%20Tire%20Sealant_EU%20SDS_UK%20English_6%20November%202017.pdf
Both are based on Propylene Glycol with Latex embedded as the solid. So there's similarity in their basic makeup - its not like one is oil and the other is water based. However I still would not mix them; Similar in this case means you don't need to dispose of the new tyres.
And consider doing this yourself - no need to pay a bike shop for a simple tyre swap.
Based on that, you may choose to try a couple more months on the original sealant, and go through this process after ~5 months because by then it would need a topup anyway.
Answered by Criggie on May 19, 2021
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