Tire vapors -- harmful?

[dparm]

For the past few days I've stored a set of winter tires and wheels in my apartment, which means it now smells like a tire shop. Are the vapors given off by tires harmful? Bear in mind that it's quite hot here so I've got AC running a lot and minimal fresh air coming in.

(for the record, I've since moved them out to the patio)

 

[SwampSurvivor]

I had 3-4 sets of tires in my Studio. It smelled like a tire shop too.

 

[Falken]

Just throw them in heavy industrial garbage bags, and tape them shut with transparent box tape.

 

[expat]

I once worked in a truck tire retread shop.
To this day, I cannot smell rubber or even burning rubber.
All Health and Safety cared about was that we had steel capped boots!

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: expat
I once worked in a truck tire retread shop.
To this day, I cannot smell rubber or even burning rubber.
All Health and Safety cared about was that we had steel capped boots!


Interesting. Some chemicals can be sensitizers or desensitizers. Ill bet it was something like that in the tire solvents/rubber compounds/vulcanization/etc.

I personally wouldnt want to be breating something that outgasses that much.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Every Sears I go into smells like tires throughout the whole store haha.

 

[morepwr]

I like that smell. However I bet it would cause quite a problem here at home if I decide to stack tires in the living room!

 

[bvance554]

Have you ever seen an old guy working at a tire shop? I haven't... Just saying.

 

[hardcore302]

You guys got me worried about all the burnout smoke I've been inhaling for the past ten years. I'm growing treads on the bottom of my feet. I think it's a drag radial pattern. What should I do?

 

[zloveraz]

Carbon black (used to make all tires black) is really bad stuff to inhale, not sure how much if any of this would be inhaled in a fully cured tire but I would definitely move the tires outside.

 

[Trav]

It cant be any worse than Harbor Freight with that awful Chinese rubber stench that fills the stores.
We don't hear of OSHA getting involved for them gassing the workers.

 

[SubLGT]

If there was a real hazard, tire shop employees in California would be wearing full hazmat gear when installing new tires.

 

[kschachn]

None, zero, zippo, nada. I worked on the chemistry of carbon black complexes for many years, there is none that is floating out of those tires.

Originally Posted By: zloveraz
Carbon black (used to make all tires black) is really bad stuff to inhale, not sure how much if any of this would be inhaled in a fully cured tire but I would definitely move the tires outside.

 

[kschachn]

And it's not "used to make tires black" BTW. It ends up making tires black but that isn't the purpose it is used.

Originally Posted By: zloveraz
Carbon black (used to make all tires black) is really bad stuff to inhale, not sure how much if any of this would be inhaled in a fully cured tire but I would definitely move the tires outside.

 

[WMSmotorhead]

Originally Posted By: bvance554
Have you ever seen an old guy working at a tire shop? I haven't... Just saying.


Actually, yeah. I prefer the veteran experience. Here's my experiences...

Conrads--Not sealed right, leaked....
Costco-- Bumped and leaked in no time
Firestone (auto shop)--A total debacle.
Almira Tire (Regional shop with vets running the place) 4 sets with no leaks, and no fails... (wore out normally)

Granted, the older gents were the supervisors and trainers..

I vote for the Old dudes. I like the old dudes getting the auto parts for my car too... Experience is the key my friends.

 

[Rand]

best thing to do is get a box of those "contractor clean up bags"
the ones with the mini steel girder hanging out on the box picture


then tape them shut. you can even label the bags to make rotation easy next time you put them on.

one set of bags is usually good for 3-4 years as long as you are somewhat careful.