Seating tire bead on my trailer tire, avoiding the use of any type of accelerants or ignition.

Summary:
-lubed up tire beads with tire shine. Avoided using soap and water as it seamed to dry up quickly. Purely preference here, soap and water will work fine.
-set bead firmly on the face of the rim (side with valve stem). I did this by putting the old used tire under the new tire with the rim in it and jumping on it like a trampoline until the bead was uniformly secured in the face. Use caution when doing this as the tire shine or lubricant can make this slick.
-took out the valve core to allow more air flow during pressurization
-lifted center of rim and allowed pressure from air regulator to complement the weight of the other side of the tire to create a seal. I did have to push on the tire tread a bit to massage the bead over the rim.
-filled to recommended PSI, then quickly replaced valve core and refilled again for lost air.

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