Correction: Will Paraffin WAX Harm Rubber?

Joe wrote:
If I put a thin coating of paraffin WAX on some tire mounting tools, or on
a clincher rim to help slip the tire onto the rim, can the paraffin WAX
react with the rubber and cause it to rot, like oil does to rubber?

Won't hurt. Probably won't help much either as it will
abrade away in use, much as the waxy 'mold release' flakes
away from a new tire.

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Parrafin wax is as inert as petrolatum (Vaseline) There's damn little it
will react with, if anything! It will leave spots on paper, but that's
about it.

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If I put a thin coating of paraffin WAX on some tire mounting tools, or on
a clincher rim to help slip the tire onto the rim, can the paraffin WAX
react with the rubber and cause it to rot, like oil does to rubber?

Thanks.

--- Joe

Joe wrote:
If I put a thin coating of paraffin WAX on some tire mounting tools, or on
a clincher rim to help slip the tire onto the rim, can the paraffin WAX
react with the rubber and cause it to rot, like oil does to rubber?

Thanks.

--- Joe

I doubt that paraffin will do any harm except helping the tire also slip
off the rim, perhaps when you don't want it to.

On Oct 25, 8:04 pm, Peter Cole wrote:
Joe wrote:
If I put a thin coating of paraffin WAX on some tire mounting tools, or on
a clincher rim to help slip the tire onto the rim, can the paraffin WAX
react with the rubber and cause it to rot, like oil does to rubber?

Thanks.

--- Joe

I doubt that paraffin will do any harm except helping the tire also slip
off the rim, perhaps when you don't want it to.

Don't put Armor All on your saddle, either :-)

Joe wrote:

If I put a thin coating of paraffin WAX on some tire mounting tools, or on
a clincher rim to help slip the tire onto the rim, can the paraffin WAX
react with the rubber and cause it to rot, like oil does to rubber?

No.

Date: Sun, Oct 25, 2009, 11:04pm
From: (Peter*Cole)

I doubt that paraffin will do any harm
except helping the tire also slip off the
rim, perhaps when you don't want it to.

Somehow I doubt that, unless you try to make a hard turn when it's flat
or nearly so. Almost all rims made in the past ten years (on good bikes,
at least) are of the hook bead variety, and todays tires fit so tightly
that you have to use tools to get them ON, let alone getting them off
again. (despite the books and directions saying you shouldn't do this).

This is why I stubbornly stick with the older box-channel design: It
lets me mount and dismount my tires without tools as I can squeeze the
beads together and shove them down into the channel.

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It's Chris wrote:
Date: Sun, Oct 25, 2009, 11:04pm
From: (Peter Cole)

I doubt that paraffin will do any harm
except helping the tire also slip off the
rim, perhaps when you don't want it to.

Somehow I doubt that, unless you try to make a hard turn when it's flat
or nearly so. Almost all rims made in the past ten years (on good bikes,
at least) are of the hook bead variety, and todays tires fit so tightly
that you have to use tools to get them ON, let alone getting them off
again. (despite the books and directions saying you shouldn't do this).

This is why I stubbornly stick with the older box-channel design: It
lets me mount and dismount my tires without tools as I can squeeze the
beads together and shove them down into the channel.

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I have 15 or so (family) bikes of varying vintages, wheel sizes, and a
big collection of tires. While I don't doubt that some rim/tire combos
can be a fight, it's rare enough that I question the need to lubricate
the bead. I wouldn't ride with a tire like that as I'd be afraid that
fixing a flat roadside would be a problem. I've never had to use a tool
to get a tire on that I can recall. The only thing keeping a tire on is
bead friction, I wouldn't lower that intentionally, blowoffs happen.

On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 10:49:08 -0400,
(It's Chris) wrote:

This is why I stubbornly stick with the older box-channel design: It
lets me mount and dismount my tires without tools as I can squeeze the
beads together and shove them down into the channel.

I can remember when hook-bead was the old, outmoded design.

Which is probably why I have to push my ankle over the top tube with
my hand when I'm mounting and dismounting. I think I could still
train up to a Century -- if I could take my afternoon nap beside the
road.

Joy Beeson
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The above message is a Usenet post.
I don't recall having given anyone permission to use it on a Web site.

On Oct 25, 9:07*pm, AMuzi wrote:
Joe wrote:
If I put a thin coating of paraffin WAX on some tire mounting tools, or on
a clincher rim to help slip the tire onto the rim, can the paraffin WAX
react with the rubber and cause it to rot, like oil does to rubber?

Won't hurt. Probably won't help much either as it will
abrade away in use, much as the waxy 'mold release' flakes
away from a new tire.


Ear-wax doesn't exploit coals (like coal-tar derivatives) nor does
it deplete the West Virginer bee mines like beeswax. & cats like
the flavour, too.