Having accumulated half a dozen inner tubes in need of patching up, I set about finding the p*******s by the bowl of water method.
Next, how to mark the spot.
In my opinion the little stump of yellow crayon that comes with repair kits is useless, even if you have dried the tyre (and lost the spot).
What do experienced tube sealers recommend?
Thank you!
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a surefire way to mark inner tubes?
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archy sturmer
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a surefire way to mark inner tubes?
That's not a recent photo, by the way
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thirdcrank
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Ball-point pen. (I am now, in old age, sufficiently affluent to throw them away unless I have to do a roadside repair but I would draw two lines, one right round the thickness of the tube and another say 6" long at right angles to the first, along the length of the tube, which crossed at the puncture rather like the cross-hairs in a rifle sight. This means the exact position of the puncture remains clear, even when the surrounding area has been rubbed down with sandpaper or whatever and smeared with glue. This enables you to centre the patch over the puncture.)
Edited to add: The traffic around here is such that except at the quietest times of the night I cannot hear with any certainty a puncture at the roadside. (That could be something to do with my waiting over two years for a hearing test
) Where gaz uses his lips, somebody taught me years ago to use the sensitivity of an eyeball. I've never tried lips but on reflection, probably a lot safer.
Edited to add: The traffic around here is such that except at the quietest times of the night I cannot hear with any certainty a puncture at the roadside. (That could be something to do with my waiting over two years for a hearing test
) Where gaz uses his lips, somebody taught me years ago to use the sensitivity of an eyeball. I've never tried lips but on reflection, probably a lot safer.
Last edited by thirdcrank on 26 Aug 2008, 9:19pm, edited 1 time in total.
Carry a paper clip!
A hole is a hole, and so long as it is smaller than the patch the size is irrelevant.
Open up one end of the clip and insert into hole, this then acts as a marker for application of the glue, and allows accurate application centred around the hole. Then remove clip and apply patch.
A hole is a hole, and so long as it is smaller than the patch the size is irrelevant.
Open up one end of the clip and insert into hole, this then acts as a marker for application of the glue, and allows accurate application centred around the hole. Then remove clip and apply patch.
If it's just a tiny hole you can pop a bit of the adhesive over the hole while the tube is blown up. This produces a little bubble and a white dot where the hole is. I find this gives me a precise mark that I can trust. Anything else I'm kind of guessing where the air is coming out and then have to go and find something to mark it with and loose th place again etc.
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thirdcrank wrote:
I'm sure I am joined by everybody else in hoping that you never get the opportunity to try but rather that all your tyres wear out first for many years to come.
Well that's a kindly thought!
I've got 3 or 4 'spares' in need of repair, so I'll have the opportunity to try them all without having suffer a deflationary incident (the word 'p******e' is not etiquette, I believe?)
That's not a recent photo, by the way