Testing 75 year old tire patches to see if they’ll still vulcanize rubber!

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Testing 75 year old tire patches to see if they’ll still vulcanize rubber!

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Chemteacherphil

Күн бұрын

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@madflyer1093 5 ай бұрын

Vulcanizing patches are still used today. Farmers use them alot to repair tractor tires.

@reviewchan9806 5 ай бұрын

John Deere is going to figure out some way to prevent that and monetize it.

@tjmarx 5 ай бұрын

Why can't I buy that for my car tyre?

@thomasrussell4674 5 ай бұрын

Cool! Fire and tractors mix, they've got hot bulbs, vulcanisation patches, I'm sure there's more.

@thomasrussell4674 5 ай бұрын

@@reviewchan9806 that's why we need "right to rub-air" laws

@Nodnarb69 5 ай бұрын

@@tjmarx you can, but why would you?

@ericgleixner4074 5 ай бұрын

75 years and still perfectly functional. That's a quality product.

@unbearifiedbear1885 5 ай бұрын

No wonder they stopped selling them

@cameraboy07 5 ай бұрын

@@unbearifiedbear1885 nope I bought some vulcanized patches the other day, way better then those plugs

@wolfsworkshop9095 5 ай бұрын

@@unbearifiedbear1885 they still make stuff like this tho

@kajtus5510 5 ай бұрын

@@wolfsworkshop9095 they don't make shit to last no more

@Moloch-zh8uc 5 ай бұрын

No it's a shelf stable product

@swaloyoshi1086 3 ай бұрын

''it worked!'' vulcanized the universe

@vishwarao6064 20 күн бұрын

💀💀💀💀

@michaelwaters8879 4 күн бұрын

My dad ran a small service station ima rural farming community. As a young lad in the early 50’s, it was always a treat to watch patch tire tubes with this method. I’m 71 nowadays and if I dig deep thru his old shop icould probably fin a few of these tucked away. Something to put on my action list.

@shikamarunara9804 4 ай бұрын

“it worked!!” *reality crumbles around him*

@Eta_Hoyimi 4 ай бұрын

The fact there's a render error literally as he says "it worked" is pretty excellent timing

@basedgoku4915 4 ай бұрын

Ubik... safe when taken as directed.

@chicagotom1643 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, but he couldn't figure out how to make the match work 🤦

@discozdisco3566 3 ай бұрын

hey, the tire patch worked on the tire, not the reality around the tire it's not a Reality Patch

@joshynyan5081 3 ай бұрын

when did comments start being good

@ninjatoast638 5 ай бұрын

i wish all products were as reliable and quality as they were back then, everyone is so focused on cutting costs and raising prices

@dime.overmatter 5 ай бұрын

_thanks_ Late Capitalism!

@TomFlach 5 ай бұрын

Absolutely, my collection of old tools from garage sales are the best ones in my collection. One thing we should all take away from older generations is their ability to DIY their way through anything, it may help curb the reliance on these throw-away products

@sirweebs2914 5 ай бұрын

*cough* eugenics *cough* *cough*

@BiohazardSr 5 ай бұрын

#bringbackleadtoys

@EGK20 5 ай бұрын

its call planned obsolescence my friend. you can google it

@Britshit 4 ай бұрын

"It worked!" *breaks the multiverse*

@visho8979 6 күн бұрын

This is the first time ive heard a simple explanation for vulcanization. Thanks

@ChesterManfred 5 ай бұрын

Vulcanization is freaking cool

@kevinmccusker1866 5 ай бұрын

No hot.

@digitalphood 5 ай бұрын

@@kevinmccusker1866 vulcanization on hand

@edstructor666 5 ай бұрын

That's how we call tire repair shops in Chile

@strange5253 5 ай бұрын

We had an old bar heater in the workshop we’d use to heat up the glue in order to vulcanise certain parts. Funnily enough the brand of heater was Vulcan and for years I thought vulcanising was some word the boss had made up until realising how old the origin of the word is.

@paradisebreeze1705 5 ай бұрын

Spock has entered the chat

@tamriales 5 ай бұрын

I used to work at an auto parts store, vulcanizing patches are still sold today for anyone wondering! They're quite a bit different though-- instead of burning them, you adhere them with vulcanizing rubber cement. I believe that they use aromatic hydrocarbons like acetone or something similar, and when they come into contact with the solvent, which contains sulfur, it superheats and essentially melts the two surfaces together with incredible strength. Also, PSA, despite what some forums or online mechanics say, don't drive long-term on a patched tire unless you're desperate or aren't going above 45mph or so. Depending on where the crack is, it can extend into the sidewall or across the tread, either wearing out the tread prematurely or causing constant air leakage. Used car/tire salesmen and shoddy mechanics will say otherwise, but unless you drive like a turtle, you'll save yourself more money in the long run.

@negotiator96 5 ай бұрын

Oh! Ok. So are those patches just for inner tubes?? What do you know about those trailer tire patch kits?? Because I've used them dozens and dozens of times(at least 50) to patch car and truck tires of all sizes! Once I remove the nail/screw etc, I remember the angle the nail was on... Then I ream the tire on that same angle! Then I push a patch into the hole. They never would leak after that, but I ALWAYS ALWAYS put in at least one more patch into the hole! Sometimes up to 3 for truck tires that are huge! But usually 2 is plenty... The second patch I leave sticking out a bit more than the first! That way the patch will get smashed while driving and kind of covers the area and protects the patches spot while simultaneously acting as tire rubber that is worn off by driving action! I take a rubber mallet and pound the spot a bit to flatten in all down and into the low spots or troughs of the tire... I know the packaging says there patches are for trailer tires only.... But I've literally done this method at least 40 or 50 times over there past 20 years or so and not once did they patch ever fail whatsoever! Matter off fact, I've many many times driving over of these patched tires so long that they started going bald s bit and no leaks! Just these one time a girl I know that I patched up her tire driver her little car in that true into it was seriously balding lol!!! And that time the psych itself actually wrote down with the tire and they patch was the area that started to slow leak the air!!! But no more than any other store leak situation I've ever seen with a tire! Obviously she should of changed that you're looking better that moment! But it was a good test of my patching method! If trust it's always! Now I liver in Florida where it's hot mostly and moist so I can't say if up north this method would be just the same quality of hold but I inside it would be pretty good up there to! V maybe I wouldn't trust it to where the tire down like that but it certainly would get you out of a jam and you could ride around for quite a while on it before you had to change it just saying 👍🏼✌🏼✌🏼✌🏼😮

@QueenZoltra 5 ай бұрын

I drove for over a year on a patched tire lol desperate

@user-mc6dg6qe8l 5 ай бұрын

When we patch tires we don't repair ones where the puncture is 1.5in near the side wall or is larger than 3/8in + we use 2 piece patches if the injury angle is greater deviant than 25-30%

@aaronsmith7143 5 ай бұрын

Most patches that are used by dealerships pr tire shops and are required by most tire warranties are plug patches. The same idea with the cement and the criteria for patching is what the above user stated. They are meant to be long-term repairs and are applied on the inside of the tire because tire warranties don't replace tires unless the damage is too large or too close to the sidewall. If the tire leaks from the repair, then the warranty will replace the tire. More than one patch is a big no-no in the industry, but people will do it themselves all the time.

@eastdakota6954 5 ай бұрын

so basically: keep patches on hand in case of emergency, but get the damaged tired replaced immediately

@stroky3130 2 ай бұрын

Really cool, in Mexico we have Places where they fix tires, we call them Vulcanizadoras

@DoctorSkillz Ай бұрын

What does that mean in English?

@stroky3130 Ай бұрын

@@DoctorSkillz i guess the translation Is "Vulcanizers"

@mcgriddlefor20dollar 8 күн бұрын

@@stroky3130 Fascinating

@anthonywestjr1063 4 күн бұрын

Mr. Spock said live long and keep Vulcanizing! LMAO 🤣

@DoraTheRoasta 3 күн бұрын

VulcanizaDORA-DORA-DORA THE EXPLORA DORAAAA 🤗

@nick.100 4 ай бұрын

That seems so much better than the patches we use today with rubber cement

@koramdeo7351 20 күн бұрын

There are pros and cons. Cold patch repairs are quick work, while hot patching involves a dangerous process involving fire, but the bond to rubber is strong. The reinforcing rubber in the Camel Patch is weaker than the rubber in patches sold today and is not recommended for repairing large holes.

@jake6699 5 ай бұрын

judging by the thumbnail and the word “patch” i thought these were ancient nicotine patches

@nightshadehelis9821 5 ай бұрын

Lmao, me too.

@michaelpineiro533 5 ай бұрын

back in the day, you had to set your arms on fire, to quit.

@Justin-fl1nv 5 ай бұрын

Judging by that picture I would have put money on it being the same company.

@aryanbaviskar1186 5 ай бұрын

75 years old is not ancient. I would say it is vintage. It is not antique either.

@jake6699 5 ай бұрын

@@aryanbaviskar1186 I was using an over exaggeration for shock value, thank you very much sir.

@phulcrum1984 5 ай бұрын

Blast from the past. I remember helping my grandfather use these on his tractor tires in the late 90's.

@Ceramic_disc 2 ай бұрын

Old and Gold🥇

@seanbrennan3885 Күн бұрын

I remember the same, my Father repaired inner tubes in the early 50s.

@CayoBuay Ай бұрын

I remember these as a kid. My dad was a mechanic and always had these around, we always got the job to light them up.

@machopicchu 9 күн бұрын

When I was a kid,in the 60's, hot patches were the preferred type of patch.

@SteveAdlard 7 күн бұрын

Used to buy Monkey grip

@chuckfowler8875 5 ай бұрын

Those were the best damn patches I've ever used when I was a kid they worked everytime never ever had a problem with them but I haven't seen them since the 80s!!

@darrellcook8253 4 ай бұрын

Tractor supply shops carry them still although it's a different brand.

@chuckfowler8875 4 ай бұрын

@darrellcook8253 Yea but aren't they all glue on now!!!

@rossbrumby1957 4 ай бұрын

Modern tubes arent made from the same rubber anymore- those burn on patches just peel off so use normal glue patches to be safe. Cars are all tubeless since the 70's and 80's so not many patches used at all.

@chuckfowler8875 4 ай бұрын

@rossbrumby1957 Never used them for car tires anyway. I always used them for my dirt bike tires.

@billywayne902 4 ай бұрын

⁠I used them on my old huffy bike back in the early 1970’s

@sheldonaubut 5 ай бұрын

My father owned a service station from 1958 until 1986, and we used them quite often. Love getting these old memories a nudge and bring me back to my youth for a minute.

@superresistant0 5 ай бұрын

How was life back then? What were young people worried about?

@LaSombraa 5 ай бұрын

@@superresistant0The Cold War lol.

@unbearifiedbear1885 5 ай бұрын

@@superresistant0 Nuclear war, AIDS and quicksand 😂

@sheldonaubut 5 ай бұрын

@@superresistant0-- Getting drafted to Vietnam, potential nuclear war, but really it was a pretty good time, unless you were black and living in the south.

@Snay1998 5 ай бұрын

@@unbearifiedbear1885don’t forget the gays lmao

@bajaborracho9139 4 ай бұрын

Haven't seen one of those boxes in a lifetime but when i was a kid every single shop had that box!

@kenhutch7727 11 күн бұрын

Best patches "ever" made.

@LeiSinXzuma 4 ай бұрын

I saw Camel and expected something tobacco related. I had no idea they ever made tire patches. Such a unique thing to learn today. Thank you for your interesting video!

@therocker3024 4 ай бұрын

no, you gay

@clem_M3 4 ай бұрын

@@therocker3024aucun rapport😂

@therocker3024 4 ай бұрын

@@clem_M3 you gay.

@kubino148 4 ай бұрын

Well you expected right because the Camel company that makes cigarettes and the Camel company that made these patches are two different companies. There is a slight difference in the logo - if you look closely the Camel is facing the other way.

@angelcolony 4 ай бұрын

Anyone also should know Mitsubishi. That brand name produced many things from pencils to airplanes. Edit: Yes, Mitsubishi pencils and airplanes are unrelated. But I always remembered as a student I often saw Mitsubishi Boxy pens that somehow had the same three diamonds logo like Mitsubishi vehicles. And eventhough they are unrelated, the one Mitsubishi of them is still impressive, that produced many things. From air conditioners, mobile phones, cars, trucks, escalators, LCDs, printers, elevators, aircrafts, missiles, tanks, and many others; under the same company called Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

@candacel3305 5 ай бұрын

That's so cool. It's always interesting to see older products and how well so many of them were made.

@nightfall1249 5 ай бұрын

Granted newer ones probably have more safety regulations when being made than back then

@candacel3305 5 ай бұрын

@@nightfall1249 that's true. So many things were made with dangerous materials.

@AcerTheRaccoon 5 ай бұрын

Vulcanising patches still exist and work just as well

@iamhereblossom1588 5 ай бұрын

Likely American made.

@nbookworm 5 ай бұрын

I have a 34 year old dishwasher. A handyman who repaired it warmed me to replace it only as a last resort, because current dishwashers only made to last 5 or so years.

@xaviert.123 Ай бұрын

I thought he said "Balkanisation" for a second, and immediately "Oj Alja Aljo" started playing in my head

@JupiterFerrari 4 ай бұрын

I remember those. They used to come in old tire repair kits. I used to buy them in the 80s.

@randallsmerna384 5 ай бұрын

I use these as a kid as my preferred method of patching. Not only was it a superior patch but I got to play with fire! 😜

@jjohnson2553 5 ай бұрын

The ones we had were diamond shaped patches instead of round. And they worked extremely well.

@davidallen5535 4 ай бұрын

Yep - had the diamond shaped ones from Western Auto. A staple for bicycle tires. @@jjohnson2553

@volvo09 4 ай бұрын

When I use modern inner tube patches I've always lit the glue on fire for about 5 - 7 seconds before I apply the patch rubber. Doesn't take forever to dry, and the patches have always held on... It s the way my dad showed me as a kid and I've never done it any way since!

@peterruiz6117 4 ай бұрын

😅

@girthbrooks39 3 ай бұрын

@@volvo09 other*

@Brian-bp5pe 5 ай бұрын

Phil, you have solved an old, forgotten mystery. When I was a kid, an older friend showed me his method for repairing bicycle tube punctures. Nowhere in the tube repair kit instructions was there any mention of lighting the patch on fire, yet he insisted that this was the better method. I simply concluded that including the use of fire was a bit of showmanship, on his part. Now, I realize that he must have gotten the idea from his dad, or an uncle, because they learned the process "back in the day" using the method that you demonstrated. We were simply lighting the glue on fire.

@dhy5342 5 ай бұрын

The word Vulcanization implies fire. It is the correct method to apply the patches.

@GlutenEruption 5 ай бұрын

@@dhy5342 for these yes, not for the pre-vulcanized patches that use rubber cement like the OP was referring to

@strange5253 5 ай бұрын

@@GlutenEruption the rubber cement would be causing a chemical reaction similar to a flame/heat so yes it’d be unnecessary and probably detrimental to apply fire to modern patches or anything involving rubber cement.

@tommymakem2611 5 ай бұрын

@strange5253 No one I know in the industry, myself included, still hot patch. It's mostly because osha and owners said nah. Definitely works, but so does just paying attention with modern stuff.

@normang3668 5 ай бұрын

You've reached the same conclusion as me... I've seen some people light the end of a tire plug to burn off the excess rather than cutting it off, which as far as I could tell just ended up damaging the tread... Left me wondering why people started doing that. Now I think I know.

@lukedewoody801 10 күн бұрын

Why is old stuff so much better these are one of the best patches ever made

@voornaam3191 3 ай бұрын

Hey, this is fun, for a couple of weeks I worked in a workshop giving truck tires a second life. We removed stones and things that got into the tire surface. The rubber must be clean, of course. And later I worked in a chemical factory, we produced some chemical meant for tire producers, it was stuff to get rubber more flexible.

@williesnyder2899 5 ай бұрын

I used those, or had an auto repair guy use them, to patch my bicycle inner tubes as a kid. That mechanic said, “Two bits,” when I asked him what I owed him for the job. I had to then ask him what “two bits” meant. (It’s 25 cents…). The good old days!

@mannys9130 5 ай бұрын

Shave and a haircut, two bits!

@behems007 5 ай бұрын

Hmm I do wonder the origin of the term. 8 bits = 1 byte = $1? Or does this have nothing to do with binary? 😂

@Turbo_96 5 ай бұрын

@@behems007 bro 8 bits would be 2$ I don't think it has anything to do with binary hahaha

@senorchivo90 5 ай бұрын

@@behems007 Bits in computers are a portmanteau of "binary digits." A "byte" is a play on multiple bits (ie. bite). 8 bits is a byte. Taking this further, 4 bits, or half a byte, is called a "nibble".

@goosenotmaverick1156 5 ай бұрын

@@senorchivo90hahahaha a nibble. Thanks for that today 😎

@rollinrat4850 5 ай бұрын

In the '60s I used these sort of patches the first time as an 8 year old to patch my bicycle tire tubes. My dad said "I see you have a flat tire. You'd better learn to fix that or youre going to be walking." I loved my new found freedom and was motivated, So Dad taught me how. As a boy, I looked forward to flats so I could burn the patch! Now Im a retired machinist, but wrench part time in a bike shop for fun! I love bicycles! Im a life long bike geek and still ride everywhere I can.

@Manu_____. 4 ай бұрын

Loved the story, greetings 🌅

@Lucas_11_ 4 ай бұрын

That's beautiful

@liviloo87 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the story.

@clynton1 4 ай бұрын

brilliant story mate

@peterruiz6117 4 ай бұрын

❤

@jeffreybeaudet6922 Ай бұрын

75yrs old and still better than what we have today.

@Daniel_Antonio_Arellano782 3 ай бұрын

I remember those patches. They were better than any other patch in today's world.

@kentkent2108 4 ай бұрын

It just shows us, how long ago, things were made to last, to be of better quality than today!!!

@iamnothale 4 ай бұрын

God damned you, Ronald W. Regan!

@LegoBuilder3429 4 ай бұрын

Back in the day, lasting long was a major feature for a product, but nowadays, things are advancing so quickly that many people don't want a lasting product when they're just going to get the better versions as they come out

@mememasteryoda7699 4 ай бұрын

Yeah but that's just a chemical, some last longer and some don´t. this chemical seems to work after a long time. But you're still right

@A-small-amount-of-peas 4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately capitalism can't stomach that. It requires all of us to buy inferior products regularly

@JamaalDaGreatest 3 ай бұрын

Thats not true at all but okay. Keep thinking that b

@stboombasloth9424 5 ай бұрын

They're still used on certain applications. In the shop we use vulcanized cement and then roll the patch on with what's called a stitcher. It just rolls over the patch forcing the air out.

@Aquila98 5 ай бұрын

Discount Tire Moment

@joshsinglefooter 5 ай бұрын

Do yall give to..... you know? Snitches? 😅😅😅😂

@gorillachronicles 5 ай бұрын

Not a discount tire moment, this is how every patch is done at the largest chain tire shops down to the discount shops

@BIG_MOPPER 5 ай бұрын

Yea I've seen them do massive tires for giant equipment for mines and quarries. It's really interesting how much tire they remove then pretty much do what u said and the tires are bigger than a tall man. It must be cheaper to do that than buying a new giant tire? Probably expensive.@@gorillachronicles

@AccelSternritter 16 сағат бұрын

Vulcanization, one of the coolest words ever.

@TheGovIsTryingToTakeOurSouls42 4 күн бұрын

That's amazing. If only things worked like they used to. If that was made today, it wouldn't have worked straight out of the box, even if it was brand new.

@2paulstacey 5 ай бұрын

I used them to fix my bicycle when I was young. More exciting than modern repairs.

@Donnie64inPa 5 ай бұрын

I'm 59 and did same after dad showed me.

@donaldfuck 5 ай бұрын

Modern patches are trash!

@rob6996war 5 ай бұрын

I can't belive they sold something like this at a gas station and let you use them right there

@kennethparker2168 5 ай бұрын

I have not had any luck patching modern tubes with the old glue and Patch method tried several different tubes on motorcycles and different patches they just won't stick anymore

@cececox6399 5 ай бұрын

@@kennethparker2168❤❤❤

@EvrenMercan 4 ай бұрын

In 1990, in a village in Turkey, we had repaired my uncle's tractor tire with something like this. Watching the process as a child was very entertaining.

@hayro252 4 ай бұрын

Nasıl?

@kaitlanparks8061 4 ай бұрын

You set an entire scene with your first sentence.

@Tseudoryx 12 күн бұрын

One of the best channels thank you Phil

@hansgrueber8169 25 күн бұрын

Back on the days where rural roads were wagon trails, having a supply of patches on board was essential.

@dablakh0l193 5 ай бұрын

The missing can top was probably metal and had an abrading surface. You would use it to scratch the surface of the innertube at the hole location. This was done to give additional surface area to the location so the patch could flow into the scratches and create an even stronger bond when it cooled.

@NotUrProfile 5 ай бұрын

interesting

@starsixtyseven195 5 ай бұрын

Yeah whenever you adhere something you scratch and clean and dry the surface so it instead of slick flat surface it has something to grab

@adelechicken6356 5 ай бұрын

Yes, that's exactly how it worked. We had a round can of patches. Back in the 50's when so many were cash poor, but raised much of their own food, so tired had to last as long as you could make them. Watched my dad and older brothers do this. There was a different kind of kit to patch small holes in aluminum cookware, kind of thin bendable washers and rivets that went through them. Cheap post war cook ware. Hard to clean, also. We loved it when we got a set of stainless steel around 58 that's still being used today. 😊

@Formerlywarmer 5 ай бұрын

Like th old monkey grip patch kit it had the serrated top to scuff up the area around the hole. Worked great

@gilwood7530 5 ай бұрын

YES IT DID

@BorisDamir 5 ай бұрын

Wow. I'm sincerely happy I lived long enough to see this. 75 years old stuff. The more you know.

@hunterwilliams3981 5 ай бұрын

Hopefully you live a full and happy life

@PileOfStones 5 ай бұрын

What do you mean "lived long enough" when the subject matter is a 75 year old product? Even if you were born 10 years ago this product was around then. If you lived 85 years ago this product was around between now and then. This is baffling... Are you a bot?

@aholegunner 5 ай бұрын

@@PileOfStonesagreed. People are odd

@brolikesmonkeys6535 5 ай бұрын

@@PileOfStonesnot to mention the profile picture is from a mobile game that is primarily played by children lol

@Raging-Lion 5 ай бұрын

That's how things USED to be made.

@zdme4864 4 сағат бұрын

love the 75 year old packaging graphics

@the_original_Bilb_Ono 2 ай бұрын

I love the datamosh that you totally added intentionally at the end.

@AlexPlayzGamesYT 5 ай бұрын

Bros camera is having an Aneurysm

@popcorn9818 4 ай бұрын

Lol i was thinking that too

@RealUncleRico 4 ай бұрын

Bros camera is geekin fr

@AtomicBl453 4 ай бұрын

popped an aneurysm*

@injunjo 4 ай бұрын

Nasty fumes! Prob nicotine...😂

@annalarson3005 4 ай бұрын

Man I honestly thought it was me not the camera for a minute

@AngryIrishMan 5 ай бұрын

This is way cooler than all the patches ive install on tires in the shop over the years!

@acmefixer1 2 күн бұрын

I used those, too, on the inner tubes back in the 1960s. They worked great. The stuff that burns has saltpeter in it, so it's like rocket fuel.

@truth3899 14 күн бұрын

The ingenuity of people back in the day still surprises me.

@Pkstp1 5 ай бұрын

Ridiculously simple, yet probably waaaay more durable than modern patch kits. God i love how good and well made these old gadgets are.

@PunakiviAddikti 5 ай бұрын

Modern kits still use the same vulkanization reaction but use chemicals to heat the patch instead of fire.

@eliyarrows2456 5 ай бұрын

I’m sure these patches caused like 20 different forms of cancer lol

@eh6971 5 ай бұрын

@@eliyarrows2456 That's less cancer than walking in Amsterdam.

@gottagrind2shine607 5 ай бұрын

@@eliyarrows2456still less cancers than walking through San Francisco

@ent1311 5 ай бұрын

Modern kits are way more effective and cheaper.

@IRONMAN-zz7iz Ай бұрын

I've used those patches so many times. What a kool memory 😊

@nowheelspin 3 күн бұрын

I liked the scent that was given off, when it starts to burn.

@user-he7ep7mw6y 5 ай бұрын

Kinda nice to see the 1/1000 video that actually teaches something

@catalaya3530 5 ай бұрын

Damn, better than any tire patch kit you could buy today!!!

@ctdieselnut 5 ай бұрын

Now most tires are tubeless. They get punctured too, just takes a different style repair kit to fix (plugs), or a heavier duty patch on the inside of the tire. You can still find quality tools out there, they're more expensive and most people will buy the cheaper option if available, even if they know it's inferior. We have crappy products because that's what people have voted with their wallets for. It's a depressing trend, I wonder how many modern tools will last as long as the old stuff did, being passed down to children. Crap from Walmart, Harbor Freight, and Amazon will be in a dump long before that. Cheaper stuff sells, and eventually the quality option is no longer available. Even some brands that used to be great have gone downhill. Craftsman used to make good stuff, their old tools from when they were still made in the USA are still worth something used. Now, it's a zombie company, still using the brand's good reputation from the old days to sell Chinese crap today. So many others are the same deal, cant automatically trust what was always regarded as a 'good' brand nowadays.

@Laz7481 5 ай бұрын

@@ctdieselnutIt's a trend across industries, and the worst thing is that a lot of them aren't even cheap. You pay a premium and still get a cheap product. You have to really do some research to find good stuff nowadays.

@ctdieselnut 5 ай бұрын

@@Laz7481 totally agree. Was going to say something similar but last comment was long enough. If you don't care about quality or want to go cheap, go really cheap then. The big selling point for places like harbor freight (bargain tool store) is usually the price, and while they have 'cheap' stuff, you can almost always find the same thing online for way less. Example: made in USA 3/8" ratchet $40, harbor freight $20, Amazon $10, alibaba .99c probably lol. The thing is, the alibaba ratchet is probably comparable to the hf one. If you're going to go the cheap route, then pay the actual cheap prices. I always buy the best i can afford, and cheap stuff has it's place (one time use, spares, loaners, etc.) but some crap isn't even good enough for that. China has gotten great at disguising crap as decently built. Fit/finish, ergonomics, etc is ok. It's all the stuff you cant see that's the problem. Machining, fitment, strength, metallurgy, plastic/rubber that degrades quickly or melts in contact with oil/grease/UV. You look at something in the store and say "what could be wrong with this?", but then it wears out or breaks prematurely. Ugh. I'm too poor to buy cheap tools. With quality tools, in a pinch, I can always sell them used. Who tf would buy used crap stuff?

@edsmachine93 3 ай бұрын

I remember my Dad teaching me to use these when I was a kid. Good patches for sure! Thanks for sharing. 👍 👍

@barbarabeagley6650 7 күн бұрын

I remember helping my grandfather patch hay trailer tires with those in the early 70's!!

@heatrotom197 5 ай бұрын

I'm a tire renovator, i have to say that this process is not only on the little scale, this is sometimes used on the industrial scale

@sebigrell 5 ай бұрын

Some say camel cigarette filters are made from the same material to this day

@YummyFoodzZzZ 5 ай бұрын

Yum

@fromthebackseat4865 5 ай бұрын

They’re definitely not, lol.

@peterdefrankrijker 5 ай бұрын

@@fromthebackseat4865Woooosh

@ThePrufessa 5 ай бұрын

Well it wouldn't matter because you don't smoke the filters. However, I wouldn't be surprised if this was in their actual tobacco.

@fromthebackseat4865 5 ай бұрын

@@ThePrufessa it’s not. You’d be able to taste this stuff lol. You ever smelled vulcanized rubber? If that was in a cigarette I’d know instantly.

@charlesrocks 3 ай бұрын

Those vulcanizing patches come in super handy when patching up my dirt bike tires

@Ltmoore88079 2 ай бұрын

He is your typical high science teacher

@bret9741 5 ай бұрын

I grew up ranching on about 10,000 acres. Back in the 70’s and 80’s, tires often had tubes on pickups. We used these to patch the tubes. On tub-less tires we would grind the area damaged lightly and then put a plug in the tire then clean and prime the spot to use the vulcanization patch. It always worked.

@xxafthabxx9346 4 ай бұрын

Old products and their packaging is just perfect. So much love put into it

@mistersunny3636 4 ай бұрын

"Love" or rather just marketing - selling a brand that will harm the health of millions?

@xxafthabxx9346 4 ай бұрын

@@mistersunny3636 I'M not talking about ciggeretes but all produts in general

@user-fe2gz7tu8u 3 ай бұрын

На пустыни дороге : можна самостаятельна паченить .. оличная заплата ..😢🎉

@garreth629 5 ай бұрын

Dang, this brings back memories. I thought I remembered my dad using a flammable tire patch for my bicycle tire in the 90s. It was probably an old kit, then but worked.

@MegaFonebone 5 ай бұрын

My dad collects all kinds of those antique rubber tire patch kits. The Camel ones were pretty prevalent. Some of them still have the patches in it like the one you have there, but for a lot of them it's just the tin. It reminds him of growing up on the farm and when my grandpa used to use them to patch the tractor tires. I never knew you lit them like that to vulcanize the rubber and seal it though, pretty cool!

@bubblingbubztheklown5902 5 ай бұрын

Did camel make these from like production waste? 😅

@fireballsoutherner 7 күн бұрын

Used them to patch trail bike tubes. Best patch going imo.

@trudilm3864 13 күн бұрын

The surprise isn't that they work, it's that the tires are still made from pure rubber.

@hjeffwallace 5 ай бұрын

I used these when I was a kid. I had no idea that my dad’s junky appliance shop was such a great laboratory for a kid. My first job out of grad school, our business got 2 commercial gas ranges. I simply connected them & leak tested them. They had a huge boiler/chiller heat and ac. One of the first people I met was the custodian, who showed me all the systems. He was so much like my dad, & we had lunch every week. I got to use his acetylene torch & woodworking shop.

@unbearifiedbear1885 5 ай бұрын

And (depending what you do today), that Torch was probably one of the most dangerous objects you ever touched!

@jamesdawson3963 5 ай бұрын

Those patch kits were still around in 1959. I remember my dad patching his car tire inner tubes with those type of patches and it also had a clamp after you burnt the patch you placed the patch on the hole and then you clamped it down, so it adhered to the rubber.

@budc6246 5 күн бұрын

Those are the first style of patch I learned to use. My dad taught me how to do it and away I went.

@Vares65 5 ай бұрын

My dad has some of these things for my bicycle tires back in the mid 70's. Loved watching him use them.

@iamdjsluggo 4 ай бұрын

Those were the best patches!!! They actually worked because the Vulcanization bonded the rubber. 👍🏾

@girthbrooks39 3 ай бұрын

Change your name to DJ echo. -DJ no shit

@SuperM190 Күн бұрын

Back when stuff was made to work unlike now where everything is made to brake or fall to bits

@BradenTaflinger 4 ай бұрын

Those work better than modern tire patches!

@spooky9030 3 ай бұрын

I worked in tire shops before. These look better quality and more effective.

@jaacobpeevy9869 5 ай бұрын

These are so much more convenient than those new rubber patches we get

@MircomFan 5 ай бұрын

and better, the new patches hardly stick

@LairdKenneth 9 күн бұрын

That's how I learned to patch my bike tires when I was a kid. It took me a while to get used to the new patches, always being suspicious that they wouldn't work without lighting them up.

@danielg2946 3 ай бұрын

I used to use them on off road motorbike tyres all the time as a kid, they worked well, and were super quick for a speedy patchup then go out riding again.

@QdMaster 5 ай бұрын

Wish they still made things that lasted that long!

@asmrcteryx 4 ай бұрын

This is why vulcanized shoes are so cool

@jimbaldwin6554 7 күн бұрын

These things work great and smell even better.

@AsheAve 5 ай бұрын

I’m ran a tire shop for ten years. Very awesome video.

@NiffirgkcaJ 5 ай бұрын

Camel is such an underrated company.

@user-fs4iy6ht4b Ай бұрын

Camel patches were the best patches Some years back I was looking for them not around any more.

@dondakota920 2 күн бұрын

I used these to patch the tubes on my bike as a child. My father taught me how to use them. Some time in the 70s they stopped selling them and we had to use cold patches instead, but that was a sad day in history because a good hot patch never failed, the cold patches weren't as reliable.

@dondakota920 2 күн бұрын

BTW, he didn't properly prepare the tube. The tube must be scuffed with a metal tool usually integrated into the package, or sand paper works better. His patch won't last.

@Shmity1962 5 ай бұрын

My friend in the 70’s had a box of these, we fixed out bicycle tubes, they worked great and fun to use

@chrishultgren777 5 ай бұрын

ive been looking for new ones for 30 years....damn EPA

@mind-of-neo 2 күн бұрын

Camel was making a truly quality product here.

@DDdjm 4 ай бұрын

Wow. They sure made quality stuff back then.

@Mithum52 5 ай бұрын

My dad had a full service- service station garage for almost 50 years. Rarely did we plug a tire, only by request, not guaranteed, towards the end of his career, we used cold vulcanizing patches, never came back. But early on, there was the "hot patches", which were retired for the cold patch era. In 30+ years of my time there, I must have repaired thousands of tires.

@LeaksRepairswhenurplumbe-bn6xk 5 ай бұрын

Tire stores wouldn't be on every corner if we still did things like this. Our modern convenience was set up to last a long long life time, in the 70s things started changing..... U can literally still use a mixer from the 60s it actually works, people used to repair all appliances mostly at home or called a repair man . U used to only but things once and it was passed down after u passed away . Fridge from the 50s still in the garage running, a deep freeze from 62' still holding our meats ...... imagine buying a hair dryer you'll pass down to your granddaughter! I remember a toaster my grandmother had and my cousin still has it 45 yrs later! What!!? A pressure cooker from 70s still has its handle and cleanable. Things were made to last and land fills didn't grow so fast

@kuzadupa185 2 ай бұрын

Such a cool (hot) idea! I wonder if the inner tube were put in the freezer, if the patch would be brittle or truly just a new part of the rubber

@JayWilkins-zh7fx 2 ай бұрын

Thats actually really darn cool

@debbiejennings9040 5 ай бұрын

They used to come in various sizes. I remember these very well!

@scottward7813 5 ай бұрын

Debbie, I remember ,"Monkey Grip" brand. Worked great!

@robertcastaneda5294 5 ай бұрын

Did they come in menthol?

@gregorymaupin6388 4 ай бұрын

I used so many of those patches growing up in a tire shop. It was sometime in the late 70s early 80s when OSHA made the tire industry figure another way.

@Blutrache 4 ай бұрын

This patch is incredible. I didn't know this system existed.

@user-ld7lp5oy1i 11 күн бұрын

Clerks the animated series lore

@googoogaagaayt 5 ай бұрын

The stability of the entire universe depended on him not leaning into the tire

@ironhell813 4 күн бұрын

Industrial strength nicotine patches: brought to you early by camel!

@djboris351 3 ай бұрын

My grandfather had those patches for the tires on his 1950 Studebarker...I always looked for them in his Garage.

@LMBee00 5 ай бұрын

My grandfather sold those. I remember playing with them as a kid!

@wadewilson524 5 ай бұрын

Being 75 years old and God knows what was used to get it to burn, I trust you had the fume hood on high? 😀

@Chemteacherphil 5 ай бұрын

Yes, as I could find no information on the combustible composition. And they smelled awful when burning!

@tvviewer4500 5 ай бұрын

@@Chemteacherphilit always smells awful when you vulcanize rubber

@jordans7271 5 ай бұрын

@Chemteacherphil it's probably sulfur, most common material and very flammable as you already know.

@Sam-ob4of 5 ай бұрын

@@Chemteacherphil To me it looked like the mixture could be iron powder and sulfur. You could test it by getting some of it, putting it in hydrochloric acid, and putting a lead nitrate paper into the neck of the flask, and if it turns dark grey to black, that tells you that hydrogen sulfide is being made.

@goldfieldgary 5 ай бұрын

As I recall, the part you lit on fire looked more like a sawdust/cardboard mixture, mixed most likely with sodium nitrate (saltpeter). Actually I kinda liked the smell! 😀