Tube Patches???!!!

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A serious question....

Does anybody know if the "self-vulcanizing" style tube patches are still sold anywhere?


The kind where you put the tube and patch in the c-clamp looking thingy and stuck a match to it...............just like John Wayne and Granville King intended.


If not, who makes a good economical patch? I can't seen to make them stick worth a darn anymore..

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 WE STILL USE THEM HERE AT MY SHOP....I BUY THEM FROM THE LOCAL CARQUEST DEALER , PATCHES AND GOOD GLUE IN THE CAN STILL ..ONLY ONES AROUND THAT HAVE THEM IN  MY NECK OF THE WOODS

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Before you use the good glue in a can, you buff the rubber up with sand paper or the original wheel on a die grinder with the small grit embedded on it. Then you use the rubber cleaner to get rid of any impurities on the rubber. Put the glue on and let it flash off. Some guys blow on it, others did the match thing. Then put on the patch. Then you roll it with the serated roller until the plastic cover comes off the patch. Once cured, they also have a lube that kills the rest of the sticky so the tube won't stick to the tire casing. Tire talc or baby powder slicks the tube up so it lays out nice in the tire casing. There you go! Signed Tire Talc Leaker

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Well shoot. I don't know where you can still get the patches that involve FIRE. That seems way more fun than the stick on one's I've always used.

I just patched a tube with the harbor fright (sic) patch kit. It has some self vulcanizing patches wrapped in foil included. So far so good. The glue even seems OK and it comes with 2 tubes. Fresh glue is key to a good patch in my book. I was happy to see Hexane on the ingredient list. Not because I like to sniff glue, but because all that "dangerous" stuff seems to work better.

Find hole, buff with the included rasp. I buff any seams right down until they are gone. Clean and dry. Apply a skim of glue a good 1/2" past the edge of the patch, let it flash, peal and stick. Mash the patch down. I use a hammer to press down hard especially over the hole and on the edges of the patch. Let it sit as long as you have time. At least 5 minutes I suppose. TEST! (or just powder it (so the extra glue doesn't stick to the tire and to reduce the chance of a wrinkled tube in the tire.) and put the tube back in the tire and blow it all back up.)

I miss the "monkey grip" patch kit cans of my youth!


Link:
www.harborfreight.com/60-piece-radial-tire-patch-kit-97215.html

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Thanks for the info flatfender brethren! It just here lately I can't get a patch to stick very well, I just happened to remembered the "sizzle" style patches I used on my bicycle as a youngun', and noticed they are not in the stores anymore!
Grandad showed me the trick of lighting the glue when your in a hurry, but the last glue I bought evidently is nonflammable, nanny state strikes again


I reckon I need to find me a Monkey Grip can with a real buffer on the lid also..