Tube patch glue -- the V thing
 

I'm thinking of buying a box of 100 Rema tire patches, because I am tired of running out or having to go to the shop to buy a half-dozen in a little kit.

If so, can I use plain ol' rubber cement to glue them down, or do I need some special "vulcanizing" glue?

I've got a jar of rubber cement I bought at Office Depot -- it is for gluing paper. Will that work?

Doesn't say "vulcanize" anywhere on the bottle, just "Rubber Cement."

I tried a patch job using rubber cement and then contact cement and neither held...I could peel the patch right off with my fingers. I went to the auto parts store and bought some vucanizing cement in a can for about the same money that plain rubber cement cost. I keep it in my tool box and save the tiny tubes for my carry along bike kit.

Get the vulcaizing cement and be done with it.

Mikey

Where can one buy "vulcanizing cement" at?

As was mentioned, check at an auto parts store. Monkey grip is a brand I have used. Buy the smallest can they have....it will loose solvent every time you take the lid off, and you won't be able to use the last half of the can anyway.

Or you can buy a whole can (a lifetime supply) for $8 here

Too bad that stuff can't be bought anywhere in bulk w/o having to pay high shipping costs.

A real auto parts store -- one where the repair shops buy their parts -- can get you a quart or gallon bottle of the stuff. I used to work in a tire shop, and a quart would last us a month or more, hundreds of auto tire repairs, and you use a lot of the stuff inserting plugs.

Buy more stuff;) Who can't use more bike stuff? Make up an order that is big enough to justify the shipping cost (about $6 on the order from BikeToolsEtc)