Originally Posted by
mdilthey
Thanks for the advice, everyone. Can someone explain what the "Vulcanizing" stuff in my parkTool flat kit is, exactly? Is it just glue?
If you really want to know all the gory details you can read the
MSDS for Park vulcanizing fluid. Mind you, you may never want to spread the goo around a puncture with your fingers again.
Cyccommute make a good point that many of the patch kits use different formulas for what are essentially rubber cements. Most can be mixed and matched but not all. I have had almost imperceptible leaks form over time when mixing Park and Rema Tip/Top patches and cements. The first few times it occurred I though it was poor patching procedures on my part, but as I was putting patches on top of patches I realized there was a compatibility problem.