Originally Posted by
Mallagante
Can anyone tell me where I can get a tire tube patch kit that comes with a clamp,and patches which are attached on the reverse of metal cups or small plates with a rim and they have a type of gunpowder or fire burning material powder and a patch on the other side of this metal cup which after you clamp it on a tube, then you set it aflame and it burns across the cup and it effects a repair to the tube with a very well sealed patch.I used to buy these at a waangsgaards grocery store/ace hardware and now they dont have these kits anymore.They called this type of kit a rubber vulcanizing patch kit.They do a far better patching of the tube than any other patch kit I have ever used anywhere else.After the patch is fired on you remove the clamp and you have a permanent repair of your bicycle tube.Where can I buy this kit?Does anyone else know where I can find this kit?I dont want to go back to messy glue patch kits that hardly work anyway.
Please advise,
Paul
Thank you.
Sorry, I cannot help you find that type. I've never used one but I'll take your word that they work great.
I'm just curious as to why you say the glue patches "hardly work anyway" ? It's been my
experience that they work fine when applied correctly. Much to my dismay, I've applied a lot
of glue patches over the years. Sure, once in a while a patch just does not want to act right but
to say they hardly work is exaggerating.
