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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 01:31 PM
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Originally Posted by grbrown
I haven't asked for many years, but there was a time when we could get a patch galvanised on the inside of the tyre, to cover a puncture. That heat-fuses the patch, so it cannot come adrift. Failing that I like the idea of a patch/plug, as mentioned by HarDlife.
Around here I think we use to call the hot patches "hot vulcanized" but I haven't seen them for years,although they might still do it.

Here is the mushroom patch(patch-plug),I think this is the route I would go.It is for tubeless tires but I don't see why it wouldn't work but you might want to read up on it.
http://www.slime.com/shop/mushroom-s...ubeless-tires/
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 01:36 PM
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Originally Posted by popawcritter
Around here I think we use to call the hot patches "hot vulcanized" .....
You're quite right!
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 01:40 PM
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It drives me crazy when these "professional" web site designers misspell stuff. "Spair Tire repair Kit?" "Spair?" Isn't it "Spare?" Sorry for the rant, I was a software test engineer, it's in my blood.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 01:48 PM
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It was a roofing nail.

I was planning on patching it for piece of mind but after I pulled the nail I couldn't find any trace of the hole.

Oh well.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 01:58 PM
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Originally Posted by HarDlife
If you want to talk overkill, a patch-plug would be the best. It has a plug molded to the center of the patch. You pull the plug through, sealing the hole, and then stitch the patch down, sealing the inner liner.
I use those on our tractor tires. They work great!
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 02:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Slammed-N-Senseless
Now that you bring it up, I think I have seen those somewhere before. It's a great idea, where do you get them?
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/MYE...AZ3?Pid=search
 
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Originally Posted by bluharley
It drives me crazy when these "professional" web site designers misspell stuff. "Spair Tire repair Kit?" "Spair?" Isn't it "Spare?" Sorry for the rant, I was a software test engineer, it's in my blood.
I emailed Slime about their spelling error, and this is their reponse:
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Thank you for contacting Slime! Our marketing department misspelled spare as a branding tool. Please let me know if I can assist you further."

No wonder it big part of our society is illiterate.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by bluharley
It drives me crazy when these "professional" web site designers misspell stuff. "Spair Tire repair Kit?" "Spair?" Isn't it "Spare?" Sorry for the rant, I was a software test engineer, it's in my blood.
LOL! I had to go back and look,I just posted the first site I could find with a mushroom patch. I know what you mean though,I am a 9th grade drop-out and I constantly notice mistakes like that in the newspapers and the likes from Professional writers,I guess they no longer have editors or spell-check.I'm not a spelling **** and don't care how an individual spells something on a forum but I expect more from a pro. "Spair" tire, kind of leaves you in deSPAIR...
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by bluharley
I emailed Slime about their spelling error, and this is their reponse:
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Thank you for contacting Slime! Our marketing department misspelled spare as a branding tool. Please let me know if I can assist you further."

No wonder it big part of our society is illiterate.
that's a good one !! must be some smart guys working there
a plug and patch is the best repair you can do (the mushroom patch is the cats ***)
 
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Old Sep 16, 2013 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by grbrown
You're quite right!
I forget a lot of words that I'm not around much anymore. Just the other day the old lady was going to the store and asked if there was anything I would like to have... I said yea,I would like to have some of that stuff I used to get all the time but seldom see anymore,starts with a "P".She brought home
peanut butter but I was thinking it was something that ended with a "Y"..It sucks getting old.
 
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