usable life expectancy

[PEDRO.VALDES@COULTER.COM]

Attachments :Here is some information I acquired from the Slime mfg. Hope it is useful. Peter A-14 ---------------------- Forwarded by Pedro Valdes/MFG/CoulterUS on 09/20/2000 01:00 PM --------------------------- Corinne Harrison Corinne@slime.com> on 09/15/2000 07:46:40 PM To: Pedro Valdes/MFG/CoulterUS@CoulterUS cc: Subject: RE: USABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY Because both of our sealants contain fibers and other sealing agents, such as rubber particles, they require a liquid "delivery system." That is basically what the green goo is. All the fibers and particles are suspended within the liquid, and over time the liquid portion will slowly evaporate changing the viscosity of the product and its ability to deliver the sealing agents to the puncture. After two years there really isn't too much of a change in the quality of the sealant. However, if the user notices the product is not sealing as effectively, we recommend simply adding additional product to the tube or tire. Hopefully this information is helpful. Please let me know if you have further questions. Corinne Harrison Customer Service Manager SLiME Tire Sealant 888-45-SLiME -----Original Message----- From: Pedro.Valdes@coulter.com [mailto:Pedro.Valdes@coulter.com] Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 8:58 AM To: techsupport@slime.com Subject: USABLE LIFE EXPECTANCY What are the limitations of slime that set the usable life expectancy to (2) years once it is applied to the tire? Is it an engineering safety margin? If so what is the factor 50%, 80%? In other words what is the reason(s) for the product to last two years? What test protocols were invoked in deriving the life expectancy? Did failure occur at two years?