Posted by Ecnerwal on January 18, 2010 at 17:05:29 from (71.123.77.212):
In Reply to: Cloride in tires? posted by Kickinbull on January 18, 2010 at 14:08:33:
Standard fill is 75%. As such, you could look up the tire size in a standard fill chart, take those numbers, divide by 0.75 and then multiply by 0.4 if you want 40% fill.
Given how standard the 75% fill is, I'd be curious where you were reading that 40% is more desirable, and what the claimed benefit is.
If beet juice is distributed in your area and you want to use that, it's evidently 3-6 times the cost of Calcium Chloride. Beet Juice is aka RimGuard. Corn syrup would probably work as well, but might cost more - I wonder what it costs in bulk near a plant?
If you ignore leaks, CaCl2 solution does promote rusting. If you attend to leaks and clean up any spilled fluid when patching the tubes, it's not a problem. Painting the rims and using good tubes and new valve cores helps.
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