Originally Posted by
bluenote157
So I'm sure many of you rema patch kit users have experienced this. The last time you used the glue to patch a tube was last season. Now you have a flat and go to reach for that next-to-new tube but it is all dried up. Is there a technique to keeping it from drying up. This is going to sound like a cheapo move, but does anyone know if I bought a large jar of this stuff and put it in a small glass jar and threw it in my kit..if it would dry up as well?
On a similar note, I pierced a new tube of the stuff and i felt like it was more air than actual fluid. I'm talking enough to do 2 flats max.
You are laying on the vulcanizing fluid way too thick if you only have enough to do 2 flats. Even the smallest tube (1/2 oz, I think) should be enough for the 4 or 5 patches in the kit. You don't need to glop the stuff on. You want a thin layer.
I've had a few tubes that have had the solvent evaporate but that usually takes a while...around a year. Close the fluid tube tightly and don't pierce the tube unless you have to. I've even gone so far as to replace a fairly fresh pierced tube with a sealed tube on the bike and then use the pierced for home repairs.