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Originally Posted by howeeee (Post 16961207)

I dont have too much luck with glueless patches. So i use regular ones. I am 45 years in the tire business. My expertise is in tire repair. The chemical cement used for patches is not really glue, it interacts with the rubber on the back of a patch to form a seal. It activates the rubber in the patch.

Putting it on glueless patches shouldnt work.

Sorry so long in reply. I quit getting emails on this thread & forgot about it. I can totally buy what you're saying howeeee. I splurge on plenty of more expensive crap than a $3 patch kit so I can certainly just splurge on these & keep extras laying around.

And I wanted to mention what you said for Lone's sake. I read a few threads mentioning that it's not JUST rubber cement......it's a vulcanizing fluid and the chemical reaction between patch & tube is key!

Thanks for all the feedback, gang! :thumb:

Im sure its just rubber cement. Ive had the same results with rubber cement.

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Originally Posted by Jax Rhapsody (Post 16965610)

Im sure its just rubber cement. Ive had the same results with rubber cement.

While your results may have been the same, the stuff that comes in the patch kits is a true "vulcanizing" compound. If you look it up, it's quite the chemical reaction. Many threads here about it going back years.

Here's a good one (read posts #14 and #21 , specifically)......

http://www.bikeforums.net/bicycle-me...-out-them.html

It's still a type of rubber cement. Even the 8oz tube I had of the vulcanizing kind said rubber cement on it somewhere.