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I am still new to tubeless. If I want to change my tyres for preference reasons (as it's starting to dry up). The current tyres will still have plenty of liquid sealant. So what do you do with it? Try and pour it in the new tyre? Pour it away (I hear it isn't suitable to go down a drain?)?
Putting in fresh sealant each time would mean swapping tyres costs like £10 a time…
by Targettio
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You can suck it up with a syringe and reuse it if you like
Get a syringe and suck it up.
I just pour it into a cup and reuse with new tire.
As mentioned, a syringe. Look for one with a small tube attachment. With the valve core removed, you can suck the sealant out before removing the tire.
Use TPU tubes and never have this problem again
What I do is just crack the bead and suck it up with a 50 ml syringe and squirt it in a holding container
Costs £10 each time? You know you only need 2-3 oz, not a full bottle, or half bottle, of sealant per tire.
I carefully remove the old tire, keeping the sealant puddled at the bottom of the tire, then mount the new tire except for one side, then pour the old sealant into the new tire.
-get a syringe you can screw onto the valve stem
-first put on the tyre without sealant
-make it “pop” (seated) and then take out the valve core
-screw on the syringe, pump the sealant in through the valve stem
-reattach the vavle core and inflate the tyre
-rotate/ride for a bit
-enjoy!