Flat tyre glue..

bianchi77

Anyone know what's an emergency glues for patching my tyre when it's flat on the mountain ??
Can I use arcrilic glue ?

Thanks

redvee

Vulcanisng solution only for sticking patches to tubes. Something in the chemical breakdown of the adhesive that makes it stick to the butyl of the innertube/patch. I know this from experience as I tried glue that looked the same as vulcanising solution and wondered why it didn't work :oops:

bianchi77

did you have the name of the glue ? the material ?

ride_whenever

IIRC it is just a mild peroxide solution that oxidises the sulphur bridges in the rubber, ie de-vulcanises it, temporarily as they reform the two pieces of rubber are then bonded into a single piece. It isn't really a glue as such, if you want something quicker than traditional patches then try the park self adhesive ones, if you just need more solution then lbs.

andrewgturnbull

bianchi77 wrote:

Anyone know what's an emergency glues for patching my tyre when it's flat on the mountain ??
Can I use arcrilic glue ?

Thanks

Hi there.

Do you mean for fixing a split in the tyre rather than the tube? I'd just use something as a 'boot' to get me home. In the past I have used the following: Old train ticket (Excellent choice), Folded Energy Wrapper (Ok-ish), Five Pound Note (Worked, but could be expensive).

Cheers, Andy