Originally Posted by
phoebeisis
Hey, in the old days lighting the glue on fire was (for car and bike tubes) standard operating procedure.I don't know if any instructions actually suggested doing that, but the 50's-60's were a bit more rough and ready.You didn't find instruction on bikes like- braking distance increased when wet(no shoot, really??),
Lighting the glue on fire may have been standard operating procedure but there may be several reasons for doing it.
1. The glue formulation in the 50's and 60's was different.
2. 'My Daddy did it that way.'
3. 'Joe down at the station does it that way and he's an expert.'
4. People are in a hurry.
5. People don't know **** about chemistry
The previous 4 explanations...and many, many others...are nicely summarized by #5 in the above list
