I had a front wheel flat on my BSA 650 in the middle of nowhere, coming back from Iran to Europe in 1962, and a truck driver stopped to help. He rummaged in the truck's toolbox, and came back with a hot patch, but no clamp. He put the tube on a flat rock, placed a patch over the puncture, lit it, and stuck his boot firmly on top of it. Thick smoke spurted out from under his boot, while he grinned at me in a "This is how it's done" sort of way. Suddenly the smoke turned to flames, he gave a loud scream, pulled off the now flaming boot, hurled it away into the sand, and jumped up and down holding his foot while trying to pull off a partly melted sock. I didn't dare laugh. Eventually, he gathered up his sock and boot, turned abruptly, walked back to his truck, got in and drove off without saying a single word. Luckily, eventually someone came along with patches and glue and helped me fix it.
We did the same thing fixing our bicycle tires early 70's at the local Amoco station. Owned by a guy we called "Hacksaw" . His was a vise-type thing that when you pulled down the handle, it locked the tube and patch between a metal grate and rubber pad. Great memories indeed.
Samd here brother....my dad taught me how to use them back in the late 80s....dont remember when the last time I use it..but good old memories...wish they still had them.
I was trying to explain to my younger wife how we patched our tires in the 80s Thank god you posted this bro Well done I see a bullseye paddle there no doubt hooked to some 80s classic ??? I’ve got a nice OG GT pro And I’m a hard out marble collector !!! Cheers mate !!
Very informative, but you silly clod - you left the cap off the (inflammable) spirits tin...if that had been knocked over when the patch was burning... Bad OHS. Grateful for it though.
I was gonna say the same thing and maybe something about the sandals in the work shop, oh and maybe a little WD-40 on the screw but then it's only mineral spirits, not as volitol as gasoline or laqu1qqqqqq1... oh shit there's hot glue on my q, I just cleaned this thing!
Nice.. used these when I was a kid in the 70's on the farm. use scotch brite to buff for best results, and baby powder on final install results.(helps stop tube from kinking during inflation ). blast from the past ..great video !!.. pool pump repair guy Fl aprovied !!!
I like your style. I was sold by your comment about kids these days and about the parents. So true - kids nowadays have no common sense or desire to go hands-on, namely because of today's social standards and technology - damn video games and cell phones! I, too, used to patch my bicycle tires using this method. Ah, the good old days....
Blake Berry, AGREED! Before watching this gentleman's video, I was kinda in a sour mood 'cause I couldn't fix an annoying little spring on an earlier project today? But when this fellow opened up with the F-BOMB towards the end of his third sentence..... definitely caught me by surprise & I laughed my butt off so hard that now I gotta stomach ache! Most definitely put me back into a much better mood afterwards.
Love the vid. Always wanted to see one of them in action. Im 50 and still too young to ever use one. My dad used them when he was a kid. Love the fire near the spirits, epic stuff. Suprised all the squares have not given you shit for having a “naked flame near white spirits” 🤙
Stephen Wright I used hot patches on tubes for Toyota Land Cruisers in the 80’s, early 90’s in Papua New Guinea. Even had rims with the split bead... dangerous stuff in hindsight but these patches never failed.
Ol' school vulcanizer patches were an irrefutable excuse to carry matches as a kid. That's what got me into cycling. It also got me into firebug aversion therapy. Still, mustn't blub.
Thank God for this video. I found one of these in a horse barn on my property a back and I was completely stumped, partly being because it's unbranded and looks as if it is meant to attach on the end of a pipe? But mostly because I'm 24 and didn't know such existed until now. Either way, my bike days are over as far as I'm concerned but what a neat contraption, would've loved to have had this knowledge over a decade ago!
Grew up fixing tubes in the 60s with these patches. The best and fun to do. Too many lazy people nowadays. Too many in US Military after serving almost 3 decades in SpecOps. Need to go back to old school tough training and tools. Like your language too . Hooah!
Good to see someone still knows how to really patch a tire. Where can I get a supply of that kind of patch? I search with the word "vulcanize" and while they throw that word around a lot, everything I find is for a cold patch that only works if you get lucky.
This cool, when my dad got me and my brother our first brand new Huffy's from Montgomery Wards back in the 80's he bought us one of these kits!!!! I just finished explaining how we did patches back in the day on this guy's channel that was talking about patching tubes instead of buying them, I also said you got a tubed patched and a fire work at the same time!!!!! Hey what bike is that in this video? I see you got some Bear Trap looking pedals, my son has my old 80's Odyssey Shark Bites on his mountain bike now!
Oh man, Montgomery Ward is a blast from the past. The bike is an S&M Dirt Bike that I built back in high school. Got a lot of the parts from Dan's Competition. Kind of a hybrid dirt-jumping and racing bike. Those are Crupi round pedals...hard on the shins.
i shortened a damaged 29 tube .....and buffed and cleaned both ends.....slid one end inside other and vulcanised with STENORIZER and it worked....fitted on 26 wheel and holds pressure......TODAY.
Not all of us kids are that lame. I'm a millennial and I was patching tubes when I was a kid. And I've got a motorcycle tube outside with a patch curing as we speak.
Dude, that is down Memory Lane! I recall lighting the glue. Monkey Grip? But whoa, bro! You lit that shit with a jug of FLAMMABLE liquid sitting open. We almost saw Vulcanized Bro instead of a tire.
I used these in 1966 and wondered if they still exist? I had two kids who lived behind me and their bikes had flats and the dad had no clue. The tubes were bad and I replaced the tubes and it took me three months to get the $20 back.
I remember using these like yourself, every week or two. Seems we had a never ending supply of them as a kid. Too bad they aren't available these days. Definitely more effective than rubber cement patches. I recall all my patches came out smooth and clean on top once removing the metal plate. The one you demonstrated must've been sitting on a shelf for a long while. Cool video. I came across it searching for hot patches for my kids' bikes, as I've grown frustrated of glue patches.
These were great... as long as kept dry they would last for until you needed one again... The problem I have with the new cold patches is tge glue.. Use it once, then next time the glue has gone rubbery...
Fine if you live in town, but if you live 20+ miles from town it's a problem.. If I have to drive to town just for the glue, I might as well take the tube along and have it fixed at a tires shop. ..lol
Paul Stuart you don’t use cement on these patched. The “flammable” material is some sort of fiber laced with an accelerant, probably a mix of magnesium and 365 other things that could cause you to grow a third eye. You bent a corner up to create a wick then light it. Nothing else needed.
Yes! I was right there with you with those, my dad still had the clamp in his shop, well at least until I go home to visit lol. The lame kids all grew up to whine about an open can of mineral spirits, just saying.
Larry Shead (Assuming you're in the USA) You'll have to travel to Mexico. They're illegal here now, just like functional gas cans. Thank your federal government.
Open flame with an open can of mineral spirits + alcohol use = a really good time!! Ha ha....I really miss those hot patches. Where the hell can you buy the patches? The clamps can be had on ebay but the patches are non-existent!
Safety first! I haven't seen these patches for sale in years and I can't find them on the Internet. I'm guessing they were regulated out of existence, like the good gas cans.
Like the comments. Trouble with kids these days is how can you use an ipad to fix a flat. Where do you get the patches. I googled them and all I got was your video.
These things fixed a tire the right way......I have used the other patch system and let me say one thing......it sucks! Granny state government knowing what is best for its peeps again!
You can't buy the pre-made patches in the us however there listed on manufacturing only company web sites but you can find the rubber that was used on the back of the metal its called vulcanization gum or Cushion Gum for tire vulcanizing www.ebay.com/itm/162045651344?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT with a method of heating it a heat gun or propane torch and a little ingenuity you can get the same effect
My dad talked about heating a little iron with a match but I never imagined something like this. Also please close and move the spirits can away. No offence and thanks for the interesting demonstration.
lol...line of the day goes to: if ur parents don't have mineral spirits or....they suck :-) btw...not gonna deny, I knew it was a how to VID, but the open can of mineral spirits wafting fumes was a fail video in its raw stages...but unlikely. I grew weary of bicycle flats and purchased schwlbe tires and eventually gator skins. A font puncture flat at 40mph is not always forgiving...
The reason the vulcanizing patches were taken off the market is that they were exploding and people were getting their eyes taken out. Or so my friend's dad tells me. ;) The reason no one knows how to fix a puncture nowadays is because you can't. The modern patch kits are designed only as a temporary solution and for only the smallest of punctures, so they are not suitable for about 95% of punctures. There are complicated modern solutions for punctures like tubeless tires...
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I had a front wheel flat on my BSA 650 in the middle of nowhere, coming back from Iran to Europe in 1962, and a truck driver stopped to help. He rummaged in the truck's toolbox, and came back with a hot patch, but no clamp. He put the tube on a flat rock, placed a patch over the puncture, lit it, and stuck his boot firmly on top of it. Thick smoke spurted out from under his boot, while he grinned at me in a "This is how it's done" sort of way. Suddenly the smoke turned to flames, he gave a loud scream, pulled off the now flaming boot, hurled it away into the sand, and jumped up and down holding his foot while trying to pull off a partly melted sock. I didn't dare laugh. Eventually, he gathered up his sock and boot, turned abruptly, walked back to his truck, got in and drove off without saying a single word.
Luckily, eventually someone came along with patches and glue and helped me fix it.
Great story!
FUCKING.... GRRRRRRREAT STORY MAN!!!!
wow that story was a wild ride, did not expect that twist. thanks for sharing
This video brings me back to hanging out with my dad in the garage. We had this same kit and had to do this so many, many times. Great memories!!
We did the same thing fixing our bicycle tires early 70's at the local Amoco station. Owned by a guy we called "Hacksaw" . His was a vise-type thing that when you pulled down the handle, it locked the tube and patch between a metal grate and rubber pad. Great memories indeed.
I used these many times on my dirt bikes in the 70-80s .
I am now 53 and still remember doing this in the early 80s, everyone thinks I'm crazy when I tell them we burnt out patches on.
Samd here brother....my dad taught me how to use them back in the late 80s....dont remember when the last time I use it..but good old memories...wish they still had them.
I was trying to explain to my younger wife how we patched our tires in the 80s
Thank god you posted this bro
Well done
I see a bullseye paddle there no doubt hooked to some 80s classic ???
I’ve got a nice OG GT pro
And I’m a hard out marble collector !!!
Cheers mate !!
Hell yes… this was my childhood. I am glad you posted this
I like this guys attitude. I may have to see if he's got more videos
Nothing like Leaving an open gallon of LACQUER THINNER right next to a burning Vulcanizing patch.
real man stuff right there!
It's mineral spirits, not lacquer thinner. Get your facts straight!
good memories of my brother and best friend using these patches back in the day.
the best patch ever can not find any.
Very informative, but you silly clod - you left the cap off the (inflammable) spirits tin...if that had been knocked over when the patch was burning... Bad OHS. Grateful for it though.
I don't see what Osceola High School has to do with any of this
I was gonna say the same thing and maybe something about the sandals in the work shop, oh and maybe a little WD-40 on the screw but then it's only mineral spirits, not as volitol as gasoline or laqu1qqqqqq1... oh shit there's hot glue on my q, I just cleaned this thing!
Nice.. used these when I was a kid in the 70's on the farm. use scotch brite to buff for best results, and baby powder on final install results.(helps stop tube from kinking during inflation ). blast from the past ..great video !!.. pool pump repair guy Fl aprovied !!!
Great video. Was just talking about this and people thought I was nuts. Friggin kids today, they know nothing....
I remember using those when i was seven years old, the new patches suck, wish they bring them back!
The new patches work better if you apply intense heat with a torch lighter after you're done applying the patch to the tube.
I like your style. I was sold by your comment about kids these days and about the parents. So true - kids nowadays have no common sense or desire to go hands-on, namely because of today's social standards and technology - damn video games and cell phones! I, too, used to patch my bicycle tires using this method. Ah, the good old days....
Here in India we still use this method and I'm 16 and this is the only method I know😂😂😂
Did the same at dad's gas station when a kid I recall using some patch cement as well.
Your use of profanity and sarcasm is on point!
Blake Berry, AGREED! Before watching this gentleman's video, I was kinda in a sour mood 'cause I couldn't fix an annoying little spring on an earlier project today? But when this fellow opened up with the F-BOMB towards the end of his third sentence..... definitely caught me by surprise & I laughed my butt off so hard that now I gotta stomach ache! Most definitely put me back into a much better mood afterwards.
Love the language😆👍👌
Use talcum powder on the patch to dry lube it. It will help it not stick to the rim
I just remember these today! Came here to see if there was anyone else that did too! Awesome!
Love the vid. Always wanted to see one of them in action. Im 50 and still too young to ever use one. My dad used them when he was a kid. Love the fire near the spirits, epic stuff. Suprised all the squares have not given you shit for having a “naked flame near white spirits” 🤙
I am 43 and I used them to seal my bike tires as a kid. You could buy the patches until about 20 years ago or so.
Stephen Wright I used hot patches on tubes for Toyota Land Cruisers in the 80’s, early 90’s in Papua New Guinea. Even had rims with the split bead... dangerous stuff in hindsight but these patches never failed.
Ol' school vulcanizer patches were an irrefutable excuse to carry matches as a kid. That's what got me into cycling. It also got me into firebug aversion therapy. Still, mustn't blub.
Thank God for this video. I found one of these in a horse barn on my property a back and I was completely stumped, partly being because it's unbranded and looks as if it is meant to attach on the end of a pipe? But mostly because I'm 24 and didn't know such existed until now. Either way, my bike days are over as far as I'm concerned but what a neat contraption, would've loved to have had this knowledge over a decade ago!
If anyone knows where In Canada or the US I can buy these type of patches please let me know...
Look on net
I can definitely relate to that smell childhood memories how can you get those
I still have the clamp, but I used my last patch about 10 years ago. Maybe we can petition Trump to let them be sold again!
I hope you got your petition in because it looks like it's too late now
@@davidparkins6241 He'll be back.
Grew up fixing tubes in the 60s with these patches. The best and fun to do. Too many lazy people nowadays. Too many in US Military after serving almost 3 decades in SpecOps. Need to go back to old school tough training and tools. Like your language too . Hooah!
its been a long time since i have use one of those patches, my dad probably still has the clamp.
Can you still buy those because I cant find them anywhere, i have the 50 year old clamp but no patches
Those kits were awesome! $#@! tire has a leak, SET IT ON FIRE!!!
Is there anywhere we can still buy these patches. I use to use them as well and like to try to get more again
Good to see someone still knows how to really patch a tire. Where can I get a supply of that kind of patch? I search with the word "vulcanize" and while they throw that word around a lot, everything I find is for a cold patch that only works if you get lucky.
glad the mineral spirits aren't flammable LOL
where can I get some of those patches I ran out of them
Don't mind the bottle of flammable mineral spirits right next to the flame lmao
I used to use these kind of patches when I was a kid to fix my bicycle. Dont see them around anymore.
This cool, when my dad got me and my brother our first brand new Huffy's from Montgomery Wards back in the 80's he bought us one of these kits!!!! I just finished explaining how we did patches back in the day on this guy's channel that was talking about patching tubes instead of buying them, I also said you got a tubed patched and a fire work at the same time!!!!! Hey what bike is that in this video? I see you got some Bear Trap looking pedals, my son has my old 80's Odyssey Shark Bites on his mountain bike now!
1thess523 montgomerys!!! simpler days
Oh man, Montgomery Ward is a blast from the past. The bike is an S&M Dirt Bike that I built back in high school. Got a lot of the parts from Dan's Competition. Kind of a hybrid dirt-jumping and racing bike. Those are Crupi round pedals...hard on the shins.
hahaha, 3 seconds into the video you earned a thumbs up. "kids these days are fucking lame" hahaha
i shortened a damaged 29 tube .....and buffed and cleaned both ends.....slid one end inside other and vulcanised with STENORIZER and it worked....fitted on 26 wheel and holds pressure......TODAY.
I had Camel version of it, love it.
Ok well if you figure out somewhere to buy them please let me know, I need some really bad lol!!!!!
Not all of us kids are that lame. I'm a millennial and I was patching tubes when I was a kid. And I've got a motorcycle tube outside with a patch curing as we speak.
Dude, that is down Memory Lane! I recall lighting the glue. Monkey Grip? But whoa, bro! You lit that shit with a jug of FLAMMABLE liquid sitting open. We almost saw Vulcanized Bro instead of a tire.
I used these in 1966 and wondered if they still exist? I had two kids who lived behind me and their bikes had flats and the dad had no clue. The tubes were bad and I replaced the tubes and it took me three months to get the $20 back.
what kind of patch is that? i suppose it wont work with just a piece of inner tube?
LEAVE AN OPEN CAN OF SPIRITS right next to burning flame.
I used these as a kid, damn I was surprised to find you cant get them anymore. The modern world is fucking lame.
this dick
Those were the best! The crappy glue on patches sold in the US come from China while the Chinese use these to patch inner tubes and raff at us.
I remember using these like yourself, every week or two. Seems we had a never ending supply of them as a kid. Too bad they aren't available these days. Definitely more effective than rubber cement patches. I recall all my patches came out smooth and clean on top once removing the metal plate. The one you demonstrated must've been sitting on a shelf for a long while.
Cool video. I came across it searching for hot patches for my kids' bikes, as I've grown frustrated of glue patches.
Been thinking myself about ironing the cement patches so the rubber will melt onto the tube, sure miss the vulcanized ones.
These were great... as long as kept dry they would last for until you needed one again... The problem I have with the new cold patches is tge glue.. Use it once, then next time the glue has gone rubbery...
Fine if you live in town, but if you live 20+ miles from town it's a problem.. If I have to drive to town just for the glue, I might as well take the tube along and have it fixed at a tires shop. ..lol
Where do you get these patches? Used to use them as a kid and can no longer find them.
western Auto had them in the the late 50,s. I have the clamp but I would like to buy the hot patch.
Sam Shipman
Where do you buy Vulcanizing patches?
What did you use that was flammable on the patch. I used the rubber cement,but I didn't see you put any on.
Paul Stuart you don’t use cement on these patched. The “flammable” material is some sort of fiber laced with an accelerant, probably a mix of magnesium and 365 other things that could cause you to grow a third eye. You bent a corner up to create a wick then light it. Nothing else needed.
Used those on all sorts of tubes before the modern patches they have now.
Who still sells them?
Wish I could send you a picture of the gizmo we have. then you can tell me how the sob works
Yes! I was right there with you with those, my dad still had the clamp in his shop, well at least until I go home to visit lol. The lame kids all grew up to whine about an open can of mineral spirits, just saying.
Nice
Where can I purchase the patches with the metal backing. I have a clamp.
Larry Shead (Assuming you're in the USA) You'll have to travel to Mexico. They're illegal here now, just like functional gas cans. Thank your federal government.
Thanks
Is it a differential in the back ?
+Xiby_YT Hmmm...I don't see one. There is a clutch/pressure plate assembly on the workbench. Is that what you're referring to?
where can i get the patches thanks i hate does new ones
Mexico
luckly for me i live right on the border
Open flame with an open can of mineral spirits + alcohol use = a really good time!! Ha ha....I really miss those hot patches. Where the hell can you buy the patches? The clamps can be had on ebay but the patches are non-existent!
Safety first! I haven't seen these patches for sale in years and I can't find them on the Internet. I'm guessing they were regulated out of existence, like the good gas cans.
www.ebay.com.au/i/253322177281?chn=ps
Best tube patch ever.I used them in the 1960s......I didnt even know they still made them anymore ...where did you buy it ??
They're illegal in the US these days. Mine were left over from childhood.
@@benharold2512 They cause Climate Change - Greta will nuter you if you use them.
Hello, where can I buy these patches from?
I wish I knew. I can't find them anywhere. I think I bought the ones I have back in the 80s at the local bike shop that's been closed for 20 years.
Like the comments. Trouble with kids these days is how can you use an ipad to fix a flat.
Where do you get the patches. I googled them and all I got was your video.
My dad used these all the time.. Until we couldn't get them anymore....
Do kids even ride bikes anymore?
These things fixed a tire the right way......I have used the other patch system and let me say one thing......it sucks! Granny state government knowing what is best for its peeps again!
I don't get your comment
Great demo and funny as hell
cool
So, are you sure that's "a fully patched tire"?
You can't buy the pre-made patches in the us however there listed on manufacturing only company web sites but you can find the rubber that was used on the back of the metal its called vulcanization gum or Cushion Gum for tire vulcanizing www.ebay.com/itm/162045651344?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
with a method of heating it a heat gun or propane torch and a little ingenuity you can get the same effect
thank you there bud. Ive got some old Fireman rubber boots i need to repair.
GREAT....Thx
My dad talked about heating a little iron with a match but I never imagined something like this. Also please close and move the spirits can away. No offence and thanks for the interesting demonstration.
lol...line of the day goes to: if ur parents don't have mineral spirits or....they suck
:-)
btw...not gonna deny, I knew it was a how to VID, but the open can of mineral spirits wafting fumes was a fail video in its raw stages...but unlikely.
I grew weary of bicycle flats and purchased schwlbe tires and eventually gator skins. A font puncture flat at 40mph is not always forgiving...
I found 3 boxes of Camel vulcanized patches. anyone?
Yes, if you have any left, I would love to have some.
any patches left
i patch my own tires out of necessity too parents dont want to take me out to walmart to get another 5
thats why i watched this
Put lid on the can of spirits before lighting the patch or th-cam.com/video/z8rYotiiFP8/w-d-xo.html
Todays patch is a joke, they don’t work.
قديمه جدا 😃
The reason the vulcanizing patches were taken off the market is that they were exploding and people were getting their eyes taken out. Or so my friend's dad tells me. ;)
The reason no one knows how to fix a puncture nowadays is because you can't. The modern patch kits are designed only as a temporary solution and for only the smallest of punctures, so they are not suitable for about 95% of punctures. There are complicated modern solutions for punctures like tubeless tires...
what a shitty patch, all I have used came out shinny and smooth when done, some has a company logo on patch when separated..
Ok boomer
Jk i think its lame that kids dont do anything. But maybe its because our parents bought us videogames instead of dirtbikes.
Your profanity adds nothing worthwhile to your video. Lost subscription.
You should read the Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allen Poe