Although I believe in the advantage of using nitrogen in tires and the biggest advantage is nitrogen pressure is not affected by temperature changes don’t forget that there still is atmospheric air in the tire when it is mounted on the wheel that is impossible to remove and that air still holds moisture. Now granted it’s not a lot of air or moisture since it’s not under pressure but it is still there.
Actually I have seen them vacuum tires down then add nitrogen, you'd think the vacuum would pull the bead off the rim, but in the videos I watched, the entire tire collapsed and never pulled off the rim, or purge the tire with nitrogen after mounting before inflating with nitrogen.
With all due respect…….
the tires on my truck have Kevlar molded into the sidewall of the tire for additional strength and there would be un-repairable damage to the tire if that was done.
in fact, i have several cans of "canned air", they do great for cleaning my reloading presses, but for the guns, i have never had good luck with that.
With all due respect…….
Until I see a video of the tire collapsing down without proving that there was no damage to the integrity of the sidewall of the tire I’ll call that bull
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i'm beginning to think, toss them in the washing machine, on "delicate cycle", and throw in a Tides pod.....maybe some Ivory fabric softener as well, for those really soft hands.
I've seen people put them stripped down in the dishwasher, it does come out rather clean.
i too have read where some use an ultrasonic cleaner. i will not go as far as that. i think my analbility to clean after every range visit is as far as i want to go.
I know exactly what a sidewall on a tire is designed to do and low profile tires are stiffer then average because they need to prevent damage to the wheel and the tires bead during impact. There is no way you can prove to me that distorting the tire like that in the video doesn’t damage the integrity of the sidewall and tire in general.
Thank you for the information!
