Holts Tyreweld

I've had a 17 inch can in my van for a few months. Yesterday a family in a car pulled up by Loch Ness (where I was parked) with a puncture. They were from abroad and in a SIXT hire car with no blummin spare! I said they are more than welcome to my can. It should work, as it's 17 and the car had 15s.

The can did absolutely nothing.

Do not purchase such junk.

Rushed to get a can of this crud and paid $25 for the privilege of it not opening properly and emptying most of the contents on my hands as I tried to hold the switch in the on position. After reading several reviews I agree with anyone else who says that it is useless. I will walk 50 kilometres before buying this crud and will be telling everyone on social media to avoid it. Maybe another can will be purchased just to make a YouTube video on why to never buy this product.

Had a puncture 3 miles from home yesterday evening. I bought Holts tyreweld and followed the instructions on the can. It let me down big time. Before I got home the tyre was shredded and off the rim. I won't be using this stuff again. I will call out my roadside assistance company. My vehicle does not come with a spare.

Many years ago I bought another Holts product called piston seal which destroyed my engine. I'll be wary of Holts products in future.

Use this, prepare for £££ costs to replace the TPMS sensors on any wheel you use this on AND a new tire afterwards. This is a nightmare product whcih should be banned!

TPMS sensors operate by measuring the Tyre pressure. If you clog the small hole to the TPMS it will be useless. The job of this goop is to plug holes.

A OE TPMS for a BMW or Merc is around £100 + fitting.

Next, this goop is a form of glue. It can wreck the alloy from the inside. You cannot remove this without tremendous effort and damage. The beed will never seal properly until it is fully removed and no average garage will want to bother so you will be driving around at risk of death as they dont care. Also, you cannot repair a tire that has been exposed to the goop. No repair glue / kit will stick to the residue it leaves. Means a new tire is needed.

Better to use the orange (or black) strips you insert from the outside with a tool into the hole if you can, it is a bit more effort but much better and can be later repaired properly at the garage.

Use this only in the most extreme emergency, i..e your stranded and are prepared for a new wheel sensor and tire cost and the extra labour to clean up the nightmare mess.

I bought a new Lexmoto Milano 125 scooter. In the first week I gotta puncture. Having pushed my scooter home, around a mile and a half.

I put the repair kit and injected the foam into my tyre. After spinning the wheel a couple of times I pumped the tyre to specified pressure.

I then took my scooter out running it for about a mile or so then returned home.

Leaving my scooter for a few hours, I went out and checked my tyre.

That was two and a half years ago.

Haven't had to pump up again since.

Having read some other reviews where it did not work. Sorry, you just didn't do it Right.

Had a flat. Didn't work at all. Had to buy a new tyre. Save your money and use your spare.

On my way to Scotland when discovered a rear flat. Followed the instructions and the puncture was fixed. As it is only meant as a temporary measure I was nervous at continuing all the way to Scotland. Because it was Saturday and I might not be able to get the tyre changed until Monday I decided to continue with my holiday and just kept going for the whole trip (1,646 miles). The tyre did flick the solution over my bike and make a bit of a mess, however this was easy to clean off when I got home. This product will not work if the puncture is too big and I would advise to read the instructions well. I have always carried this product or similar and will continue to do so as its impractical to carry a spare wheel on a bike. Well worth the money.

Got a puncture in my wee van (combo) so, got the tyre weld out. Inflated the tyre, topped up air at next garage and procedded to run around for the next 6 months with the tyre weld doing fine. Only changed the tyre when it was at its limit. Next time I got a puncture, same process with the can but it didn't work at all.

I had a slow puncture on my rear tyre on a Sunday afternoon after going over a large pothole on the A4. I couldn't get in to a garage anywhere and this product was a great stop-gap; the tyre inflated and I was able to drive over 100 miles without issue afterwards until I had time to schedule a permanent repair. It was simple to use and the excess foam simply came out of the air valve.

Please be aware this is a temporary solution and you'll need a permanent, professional repair - this is just to tide you over until you're able to get to a garage and it beats the cost that the RAC was going to charge to come out (£141 as a non-member, plus £31.99 membership!)

I now keep one of these in my vehicle at all times as I was so impressed with it :)

I've used this product a few times now. It works just fine and I got the tyre permanently repaired afterwards every time.

You just have to read the instructions, NOT jack the car up and drive for a few miles ASAP. The friction of the tyre and the road warms the stuff up and gives you more pressure aswell.

Some repairers (e.g. Kwik Fit) tell people that this product ruins tyres and that they have to buy a new one.

According to Holts, this is not true and Tyreweld is just water based "liquid rubber" so can't damage anything.

It's just a lot easier and more profitable for them to sell you a new tyre rather than having to remove the white stuff and repair the old one.