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Originally Posted by gkamieneski
I purchased some Continental Revo sealant recently, thinking it would be the best formulation to use in some Conti Sprinter sewups and maybe also in some Conti tubes for my clinchers (Conti tubes seem to always have replaceable valve stems). The plan is to use it for prevention, 1 or 2 ounces.

Wondering what others are using, Stans, Vittoria, MuckOff, Caffelatex, Orange Seal, even Slime for bicycles (readily and cheaply available at Walmart) and whether they are using it for clincher tubes and/or sewups. Not running tubeless, so not interested in how sealant is being used for those.

thanks.
I use caffelatex in tubulars. It works well enough for me up to maybe 80 psi. Over that, I don't know - I don't pump anything over that. I wait for first puncture before putting any in, after which it seems to work pretty well for prevention. My experience has been if the tire will hold air long enough to ride on it for a bit, sealant will do the job. If the tire won't hold air, the sealant will make a mess and only make patching or tube replacement more difficult. I bought a 1L container and probably still have about a third of that after 2+ years and ~20,000 tire miles. I'll buy more when I need it.

A little over 2 years ago when I first started riding tubulars, a young racer employee at LBS told me not to use Stans in latex tubes. He said it has ammonia which will eventually dissolve latex. I have no idea if this is true, have not heard it from any other source but, as he lost a sale as a result (not having anything but Stans), I decided to heed his advice. I think I have read in BF of others using Stans without reporting dissolved tubes.
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