{"id":721,"date":"2005-05-04T05:00:12","date_gmt":"2005-05-03T23:00:12","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-01-01T19:43:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-02T02:43:48","slug":"fixaflat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/fixaflat\/","title":{"rendered":"Fix-A-Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, this little thing really will fix your flat. Even huge pick-up and SUV tires. No need to jack up. Just press the nozzle &#8212; whizzzz &#8212; and it repairs and re-inflates your tire. You definitely should carry one in your car or truck. At $5 it is cheaper than getting your tire repaired at a shop.<\/p>\n<p>But that&#8217;s not the best thing it offers. This amazing can of stuff will also PREVENT flats and slow leaks. Fix-A-Flat inserts a complex liquid into your tire. Leaking air instantly polymerizes it to plug up any hole. This magic material is similar to the stuff which keeps bicycle tires intact &#8212; see the amazing video in this <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/notubes\/\">review<\/a>. Although I have not used the industrial version of this invention, farmers and the army use a similar compound to keep their gigantic tires going.<\/p>\n<p>This consumer version works great as a flat cure. I need to pump up my treated tires far less often, even the tires with chronic leaks in them, and have had no flats on well-worn tires.<\/p>\n<p>For non-emergency prevention you can buy the sealant in a non-aerosol squeeze bottle, but I found this hard to find in stores. They make a bicycle version which I have not tried yet&#8230;*<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; KK<\/p>\n<p>In my medical scooter&#8217;s on board tool kit I keep a bottle of the Fix-A-Flat for bikes. I like to be prepared for the inevitable, and on the way home from shopping, I used the Fix-A-Flat because I can&#8217;t call a tow truck or AAA if I get a flat. I pulled into a store to get out of the snow, rummaged around in my kit, and found the stuff. I attached it according to the directions and voila &#8212; I had a working tire. I rode on that tire another few weeks before my new tire came in (my scooter was an older model so they had to order the tire). I&#8217;ve kept the fixed flat as a spare and it&#8217;s still holding air! Fix-A-Flat in any size is a bargain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212; Sue Johnson<\/p>\n<p>Fix-A-Flat<br \/>\n$8 (16 oz.)<br \/>\nAvailable from most hardware stores and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0002JMEEE\/ref=nosim\/?tag=cooltools-20\">Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<form><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/archives\/sealant_flat.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"187\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/><\/form>\n<p>Fix-A-Flat Tire Sealant and Preventative<br \/>\n$14 \/ 20 oz.<br \/>\nAvailable from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0002JMEEY\/ref=nosim\/?tag=cooltools-20\">Amazon<\/a> (no longer available)<\/p>\n<p>Fix-A-Flat for Bikes<br \/>\n$17 \/ 3 oz.<br \/>\nPreviously available from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B000EA5WOU\/ref=nosim\/?tag=cooltools-20\">Amazon<\/a> (no longer available)<\/p>\n<p>NOTE: According to Fix-A-Flat, the bike version has been discontinued. If anyone has any suggestions for a comparable solution, please <a href=\"http:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/subscribe-to-email-list\/\">let us know<\/a>.<\/p>\n<form><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/wp-content\/archiveimages\/archives\/jeep_flat.jpg\" width=\"125\" height=\"93\" class=\"mt-image-none\" \/><\/form>\n<p>Shown here is bullet proofing for jeeps; the liquid rubber inside a tire will instantly heal a bullet hole. It hardly notices nail and screw pokes.<br \/>\n$70<br \/>\nAvailable from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gemplers.com\/a\/shop\/product.asp?T1=G65511&amp;UID=200604131536159684912638\">Gempler&#8217;s<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flat prevention and repair<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[83],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=721"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28036,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/721\/revisions\/28036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tkdev.kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}