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10-16-24 | 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by robow

Hopefully not many but I know how those little tubes of glue dry up and become unusable over a short period of time. So as an example if you said that Gorilla Polyurethane glue was just as effective then I would love to have a nice bottle that will be usable for quite some time.

I would not suggest Gorilla glue for tube patching. It’s water activated and it foams as it cures. Not exactly what you want when fixing a flat.

I recently purchased this glue to repair a dry bag that I wore a hole through while on my tour. It worked fine for the repair and, I suspect it would work on TPU tubes but I can’t say it will with certainty. Considering that I’m done with TPU for various reasons, I doubt I’ll find out.

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