Will Paraffin Harm Rubber?

[Joe]

If I put a thin coating of paraffin on some tire mounting tools, or on a
clincher rim to help slip the tire onto the rim, can the paraffin react
with the tire or tube rubber and cause it to rot, like oil does to rubber?

Thanks.

--- Joe

[Nate Nagel]

If by "paraffin" you're using it to mean what I would call "kerosene" or
"Diesel fuel" then probably. I'd try something silicone based first,
that has no effect on rubber.

nate

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[Joe]

In article <hc2q4...@news7.newsguy.com>, Nate Nagel
<njn...@roosters.net> wrote:

> Joe wrote:
> > If I put a thin coating of paraffin on some tire mounting tools, or on a
> > clincher rim to help slip the tire onto the rim, can the paraffin react
> > with the tire or tube rubber and cause it to rot, like oil does to rubber?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > --- Joe
>
> If by "paraffin" you're using it to mean what I would call "kerosene" or
> "Diesel fuel" then probably. I'd try something silicone based first,
> that has no effect on rubber.
>
> nate

My bad. It is really paraffin wax.

The container in which it came says that it is "For canning, candlemaking,
and many other uses".

--- Joe

[Nate Nagel]

ah... I dunno.

If I could have heard whether or not you'd had an English accent, I
would have known which product you meant :)

[Clive George]

"Nate Nagel" <njn...@roosters.net> wrote in message
news:hc2re...@news7.newsguy.com...

> If I could have heard whether or not you'd had an English accent, I would
> have known which product you meant :)

Should have asked him what his rims were made of :-) (and not accepted
"Ally" as an answer...)

[thirty-six]

No, paraffin wax wont rot the rubber, it will however assist in the
tyre's untimely removal. Find other solutions to easing a tyre onto a
rim which do not include lubricants which hang around.