Originally Posted by wonderboy

tried gluing pair of tubulars for the first time last week. used mastik one.

Followed the fairly well publicized procedure of

1. thin coat on rim (alu), wait 24h
2. coat on tire, cure for 24h
3. 2nd coat on rim, cure for 12+h
4. mounting coat on rim, when tacky, mount tire.
5. inflate, seat tire, roll with pressure to set, let cure 24h.

glue never got tacky for 3rd rim coat. after application, was not sticky at all! mounting tire resulted in obviously way weak bond. One tube of mastik is supposed to be good for 2 tires? It took 2 tubes to get the coverage above + and extra coat on one tire which finally worked, sort of - for that one tire i got a good sticky bond but i don't trust it because removing that tire from the first mounting took off patches of glue from the rim.

Now I've got an additional 5 tubes, ready for a second try. Any recommendations?

Thanks...