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Originally Posted by Fred S
I accidentally pinched a new tube while trying to install it. I took it to an old time tire place to get it patched. While the guy was working on it, I mentioned, as a kid I remembered patches being set on fire. He told me the EPA outlawed those.
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The real reason they no longer use those patches that you vulcanise on by lighting the backing is because they don't work on the synthetic stuff they have used in tubes for decades now. They are VERY different from a natural rubber tube so the patch must be glued on with a special glue (which has a very limited shelf life)
Dave, you are probably lucky with only 4lbs/month...Well sorta lucky.
Many Coker tubes split down the seam and all the air fell out!
There are no seams in a tube. Just look at the inside and you will see that they are uniform all over. The lines on the outside are where the mold has joins, nothing more.