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Instead of messing with those small tubes of glue at home, buy a 4 ounce bottle of Elmer's rubber cement. It's universally available at local stores for a couple of bucks. I just clean the area where the patch goes with a little solvent on a Q-tip and then apply the glue with the applicator in the bottle. Let it dry a bit and apply the patch. It bonds just a tightly as the glue that comes in the tubes and the solvent smell is a lot less obnoxious. If the rubber cement gets a little thick, just add some solvent to re-thin it. I use Coleman stove fuel that I use for camping to thin mine.