Jim,
you guessed it, it's diluted liquid soap. I think it's more to help the bead
slide on the rim without damage than anything else; but then I'm often
wrong.
Andy D.
On 06/15/98 11:04 AM JAMES_S_WALLACE@HP-Canada-om1.om.hp.com
said...
>
> Greetings,
>
> I recently had a couple of my rims glass-bead-blasted, and they came
> out beautifully. I primed them and painted them with Ford Silver
> (Argent d'Henri), and they look just fine.
> I put the tires on the rims, inflated them, and they both leaked all
> around the perimeter where the tire meets the rim. Then I remembered
> that at tire shops they always slop some kind of soapy liquid on there
> before inflating.
> Does anyone know what can be used for this purpose that one may
have
> lying around the house?
>
> Thanks,
> Jim Wallace
> '60 TR3
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