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When you remove the inner tube a few hours later (fingers crossed) a layer of butyl will be left
Interesting. So you don't cut the tube at all, a layer melts into the superglue?
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Interesting. Well done.
I would appreciate if you could give us a small report after a while about the durability of your restoration method. -
This is super cool.
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I love this and will eventually use it on mine, thanks for the great tips. I'd never have thought about sugru for a saddle
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Can confirm the immediate effect of the superglue and tightly wrapped inner tube method - it looks like it's patched up smoothly. Will be interesting to see how it lasts. Thanks for the tip!
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Couple of bodges I’ve been using to ‘restore’ my old Flite saddles (with cuts, tears abrasion etc)
1st which is pretty effective, is dab superglue into the hole or whatever gap in the cover, then wrap really tight with an inner tube. When you remove the inner tube a few hours later (fingers crossed) a layer of butyl will be left where the tube was pressing down on with the glue, kind of sealing the hole.
The other method I’ve just started trying out, (sometimes used after the inner tube tekkers) is filling the hole / damaged area of the saddle with sugru and smoothing it flat. No idea of longevity but it feels pretty good.
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