Originally Posted by
cudak888
Good stuff.
Curious, does this have a better track record of holding up than the usual contact cement patch? I get a failure rate of about 2 out of 3, even though I do my diligence to buff the area, give the cement time to dry, etc. - never had much luck.
-Kurt
Originally Posted by
merziac
So the tubes are coated to some degree with talc like powder and/or lube/preservative that is the opposite of glue and stops it from doing it's job by creating a barrier that is not eliminated by scuffing.
You can clean with glass cleaner or light solvent used very sparingly, just scrubbing the area at all before scuffing can help, the residue is the plague.
FWIW I haven't had a patch failure when 1) Use a Rema patch kit 2) really really really scuff the tire 3) let the glue really dry 4) don't lose where the puncture was
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