Caffélatex Sealant
Caffélatex is a truly innovative tire sealant: the first of its advantages over standard latex-based sealants comes from a foaming agent (Actifoam™), activated by wheel movement. It is well suited for road and off-road cycling, in tubeless, tubular and inner-tube applications.
Centrifugal force drives standard latex-based sealants against the outer circumference of the tire. Caffélatex foaming action causes it to fill the tire's entire internal cavity, making it much more effective against sidewall punctures.
Fast Sealing Action
New formula Caffelatex seals up to 5 times faster than previously due to the addition of microscopic silicate paticles. Its faster sealing action makes Caffélatex ideal for MTB and road tubeless, tubular, and standard tires: it repairs punctures up to 5mm (mtb) and 3mm (road). When dry, Caffélatex-sealed wheels are still air-tight, but Caffélatex won’t actively repair punctures.
Not corrosive:
Being completely ammonia-free, it’s 100% tire and rim friendly and also the favorite sealant for cyclocross/tubular applications, creating no harm to the sensitive latex innertubes.
EXCLUSIVE FEATURES:
- Doesn’t contain ammonia or other aggressive chemicals
- Best durability and puncture repairing ability mix
- Turns into foam when agitated, spreads easily and without unbalancing the wheel
- Used successfully in cyclocross, road and mountain bike at all levels, from leisure riding to professional racing
- one formula only: professional racers use what anyone can buy
CHARACTERISTICS:
How it works:
Thanks to the addition of microscopic silicate particles, Caffélatex moves slowly through holes, allowing the sealing ingredient more time to heal the puncture. These particles are not macroscopic (e.g., glitter 150-300 microns) but are instead microscopic, less than 2 microns in diameter. Thus, Caffélatex flow characteristics change on a microscopic level without the headaches of valve-clogging glitter.
Puncture repair speed is especially noticeable with lightweight or thin-casing tires.
Foaming action activated by wheel movement:
The first advantage of Caffélatex over classic latex-based sealants comes from a foaming behaviour, activated by wheel movement. Centrifugal force drives standard latex-based sealants against the outer circumference of the tyre. Caffélatex turns instead into foam, filling the tyre’s entire internal cavity, making our sealant much more effective against sidewall punctures. Caffélatex go back to liquid state after around 15 minutes of stillness.
Puncture-repairing action:
Its fast sealing action makes it ideal for MTB and road tubeless, tubular and standard tires. Caffélatex repairs punctures up to 5 mm (mtb tubeless) and 3 mm (road tubeless).
Stable over time:
Thanks to its unique formula, Caffélatex is a very stable and durable sealant, although its lifespan is also dependant on kind of application and external conditions.
Using the recommended quantities for tire size, the expected sealant lifespan is:
- Tubular (or inserted into latex/butyl inner tube): 1-2 years
- UST Tubeless tyre: 4-6 months
- Tubeless-ready tyre: 2-4 months
- Tube-type tyre: 2-3 months
Sizes:
Bottles (1000, 250 ml), cheer-packs (60 ml) or bundled in Caffélatex Tubeless Conversion Kits.
Usage and storage temperatures:
From very cold to very hot, exceeding by far those of first-generation latex sealants (usage: -20/+50°C ~ storage: -15/ +30°C).
Recommended quantities:
Sizes:
Part #: EM011.60 - 60ml
Part #: EM011.25 - 250 ml
Part #: EM011.10 - 1000 ml
Made in Italy.
