Originally Posted by
Dilberto
Don't waste patches, on Latex tubes. Each mend tightens and distorts the tube surface, stretching it further when inflated. A stretched tube leads to blister bubbles that can and WILL catastrophically explode.
Has not happend to me over the past 10 years or so I have been using latex tubes. Obviously i dont repair big tears however pinhole leaks with a standsard small patch no problem.