Fixing Punctures / Puncture Repair / Exploding Tubes

ian

its not glue, its vulcanising solution, as it melts the patch to the tube

glued patches are ok as a temporary fix on roadside but they do not melt onto the tube

so you can pull off a glued patch, but not a proper vulcanised patch

sorry to be such a bore, but vulcanisation is a process using heat and sulphur to turn natural rubber into the more elastic stuff we all know and love. The "glue" I refer to is actually "rubber solution" which acts as a type of glue by fusing the surfaces of the rubber together.