tube patches

[ben(tn)]

does any one know where i can get a really good tube patch? all i can find around here is the slime brand ,but they wont hold on my tractor tube,used to get the camel brand and monkey patch brand,thanks

 

[old]

I shop around and have found that many good farm and home places have a good number of types and sizes and some times even brand of them. Also most auto parts stores like O'Reilly's has them on hand or can get them with in 24 hours

 

[Dalex]

Look for REMA- Tip Top brand . that's the kind that has the orange edge around the patch. Use their glue and it really melts together. Myers Tire supply has branches in most major cities , they have 'em , prolly bigger auto parts and Napa too...

 

[AG in IN]

(quoted from post at 17:00:12 10/10/11) Look for REMA- Tip Top brand . that's the kind that has the orange edge around the patch. Use their glue and it really melts together. ...

Ditto on REMA Tip-Top's and using their glue. They have a great line of patches, sealants, and prep. products.

I like Camels, too. With a bit of rubber cement the edge got good and gooey and seemed to seal well. I haven't seen them in a couple of years.

Does anyone still make the "sizzle" patches that you clamp down and light the sulfur on the back? I had good luck with those, too, on old tubes, and just used my last one the other day.

AG

 

[JMOR]

(quoted from post at 15:04:34 10/10/11)

(quoted from post at 17:00:12 10/10/11) Look for REMA- Tip Top brand . that's the kind that has the orange edge around the patch. Use their glue and it really melts together. ...

Ditto on REMA and using their glue. They have a great line of patches, sealants, and prep. products.

I like Camels, too. The edge got good and gooey and seemed to seal well. I haven't seen them in a couple of years.

Does anyone still make the "sizzle" patches that you clamp down and light the sulfur on the back? I had good luck with those, too on old tubes, and just used my last one the other day.

AG

unny. Just used my last one recently, too. It was probably 50 years old & looked it & surprisingly it still worked!

 

[LenND]

According to local farm store Monkey patches are no longer available. I sure liked them, simple and worked good.

 

[ssgshelton]

I tell you guys around here I am the king of patch jobs on tubes. It seems like every other week I have a flat. Nails, thorns and wire are the worst things around here but I have been having more problems with the tubes getting cut around the opening in the rim on the nozzle. I have sanded down most of my rims and repainting them to smooth them out but have been still having the problem I guess from the pinch. What have you guys did to solve this problem? Maybe an improvised boot or something? Thanks

 

[MikeinKy]

I use tech brand.

 

[504]

I like Tech brand too. Your local tire store will sell you a box of patches and a can of glue, at least that is where mine comes from.

 

[old]

2 ways to fix that problem. #1 they make a plastic boot sort of thing to put in the stem so as to protect it. Or #2 cut a circle out of an old inner tube and then in the center cut an X and slip that over the stem area. You can also paint the rim real good or use duct tape and then cut a hole in it sort of like I said with the inner tube

 

[AG in IN]

Funny. Just used my last one recently, too. It was probably 50 years old & looked it & surprisingly it still worked!

The last time I saw these on a store's shelves was at least 10 years ago. I didn't think much of it, probably bought a dozen or so (should have bought 500), and I haven't seen them since. I found a box at a farm auction a few years back and they looked awful, but worked fine. I used to patch overboots with them, too.

Tire man did tell me not to waste them on newer tubes. He claimed they wouldn't adhere properly to whatever is in these stiff newer inner tubes. I listened to him, so I can't say if he was right or not.

I won't even get into the "red" tubes I pulled out of some rotten wagon tires this spring.

AG

 

[RayP(MI)]

Was talking with the young fellow who does the tube patching at my local tire store. He never heard of the "sizzle" patches. I have a clamp for them somewhere in the barn... Guess they"ve gone the way of a lot of other things we took for granted.

 

[JDseller]

I get Camel brand patches at the local NAPA store. The new glue will not burn so instead of old style hot patching I use an electric heat gun. I first clean the tube with a chemical buffing fluid. I then heat the tube up until it is hot to the touch. I then apply the glue. I then use the heat gun on that until it is dry/tacky. I then apply the patch. Roll it out just like always. I then heat the patch up a little.

Before I started doing this some of the patches would just roll or slide back off after you put them on. Now with using the heat gun I even have patched the new rubber boots and the patches hold.

 

[oldtanker]

I don't fool with patches on tractor tires! With the amount of labor involved with pulling a 18.4 38 apart I just put in a new tube, Ain't worth my time and trouble to break that tire down a 2nd time to try to save a few bucks. Just did that last week on my 1206 IH!

Rick

 

[tjiniowa]

I get Western Weld patches at Farm Fleet, they also carry the glue, and it is flammable so I can do hot patches. When I was in my tire shop I also used to get Safety Seal patches and boots. They are good and they also have flammable glue. Rema tip tops are good, but expensive. Trust me I have patch 1000"s of tires and tubes in the last 10 years, and still going. I would not have any problem with using a patched tube in a tractor tire as long as the tube was not old or wrinkled.