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Tube patch - rubber cement question and warning.
Each of my bikes has a little patch kit, containing a few patches,
scraper, and a little container of rubber cement. One bike had a slow leak so I take out the tube, find the hole, scrape it, and prepare to apply the rubber cement, but the little container of cement is empty. I used it once, closed it, and it looks like there is cement in it but, no there isn't. I pull the patch kit out from another bike, and the rubber cement is also empty. Very weird. Both little containers look full, but each has been used once and there is no rubber cement left. Apparently rubber cement evaporates after you open the containe even if you close it tightly. And indeed, here is a comment from Amazon on using something called Bestine: http://www.amazon.com/Best-Test-Best.../dp/B000HF6UR0 5.0 out of 5 stars SOLVENT FOR RUBBER CEMENT November 10, 2011 By Victor J. Tennery Amazon Verified PurchaseIN MY WORK I USE A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF RUBBER CEMENT - CONSTANT PROBLEM IS EVAPORATION OF THE CARRIER IN THE LITTLE BOTTLES - RATHER THAN DISCARD, YOU CAN SALVAGE USING THIS THINNER - CAN NOT BUY THIS ITEM LOCALLY - THIS SHIPMENT ARRIVED PROMPLY AND WAS IN PERFECT CONDITION. My neighbor had some rubber cement and I borrowed it and the patch worked fine, but now I need to get more patch kits. I think they do have some that don't use rubber cement but I don't know if those are as good. At least now I'm warned - I've been riding with patch kits that would be useless if needed. |
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