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Old 02-09-09, 08:33 PM
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Tubular cement, what else can be used?

I have a small tube of Hutchinson tubular cement so I probably don't need anything else, but what other type of non-cycling specific cement can be used? Is it contact cement? In the old days we used to use FasTac from the auto supply stores, a trim cement. I would guess it would have to be able to hold well both to the tape and the rim, but also be removable with a certain amount of force so you could easily swap tires out on the road if necessary, and also maintain some tackiness so that the replacement would at least stay in place. I used Clement cement one time and it made such a mess I never used it again.

I used contact cement on some veneer one time and I swore I'd never use that again either, but I didn't really know what I was doing. My next veneer job I used wood glue and that worked much better. No sign of the veneer coming off or forming bubbles or anything.
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