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

[@madflyer1093]

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

[@reviewchan9806]

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

[@tjmarx]

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

[@thomasrussell4674]

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

[@thomasrussell4674]

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

[@Nodnarb69]

@@tjmarx you can, but why would you?

[@ericgleixner4074]

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

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

No wonder they stopped selling them

[@cameraboy07]

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

[@wolfsworkshop9095]

​@@unbearifiedbear1885 they still make stuff like this tho

[@kajtus5510]

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

[@Moloch-zh8uc]

No it's a shelf stable product

[@ninjatoast638]

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]

_thanks_ Late Capitalism!

[@TomFlach]

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]

*cough* eugenics *cough* *cough*

[@BiohazardSr]

#bringbackleadtoys

[@EGK20]

its call planned obsolescence my friend. you can google it

[@michaelwaters8879]

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.

[@robny]

Has the shop been sitting for years without being touched?

[@Louis-kk3to]

Doggone right ❤

[@DeebraRogers82]

Keep us posted

[@Somerandomturkie]

As a 14 year old, man it must have been amazing to grow up in a era where brain rotting content did not exist and people would watch actual TELEVISION CARTOONS.

[@expertgaming]

how havent you found them by now how big is bros shop

[@shikamarunara9804]

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

[@Eta_Hoyimi]

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

[@basedgoku4915]

Ubik... safe when taken as directed.

[@chicagotom1643]

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

[@discozdisco3566]

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

[@joshynyan5081]

when did comments start being good

[@ChesterManfred]

Vulcanization is freaking cool

[@kevinmccusker1866]

No hot.

[@digitalphood]

@@kevinmccusker1866 vulcanization on hand

[@edstructor666]

That's how we call tire repair shops in Chile

[@strange5253]

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]

Spock has entered the chat

[@tamriales]

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]

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]

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

[@Neoprenesiren]

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]

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]

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

[@visho8979]

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

[@TakehisaYuji]

might be too simple. "the single huge rubber molecule" is not a very good explanation

[@candacel3305]

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

[@nightfall1249]

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

[@candacel3305]

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

[@DodgeRaccoon]

Vulcanising patches still exist and work just as well

[@iamhereblossom1588]

Likely American made.

[@nbookworm]

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.

[@LeiSinXzuma]

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]

no, you gay

[@clem_M3]

​@@therocker3024aucun rapport😂

[@therocker3024]

@@clem_M3 you gay.

[@kubino148]

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]

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.

[@swaloyoshi1086]

''it worked!'' vulcanized the universe

[@vishwarao6064]

💀💀💀💀

[@watermelon_cat_sussy]

🟩🟥🟦⬜🟪⬜🟧🟫⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩🟥⬜⬜🟨🟪🟪⬛🟥⬛🟨🟫⬜🟦🟦🟧🟪🟥⬜🟩🟦⬜🟪🟧⬛🟩⬛⬜🟥🟩

[@jaredf6205]

🖖

[@SmortSomin]

​@@jaredf6205🖖

[@chez-yd9gg]

boy do i love compression artifacts

[@phulcrum1984]

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

[@Ceramic_disc]

Old and Gold🥇

[@seanbrennan3885]

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

[@kentkent2108]

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

[@iamnothale]

God damned you, Ronald W. Regan!

[@LegoBuilder3429]

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]

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]

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

[@JamaalDaGreatest]

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

[@chuckfowler8875]

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]

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

[@chuckfowler8875]

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

[@rossbrumby1957]

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]

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

[@billywayne902]

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

[@RobertFothergill-u1z]

That style patch were amazing and I wish I could find them today. There was also a kit that repaired cracks in ag tires for tractors. But now they want us to replace them even if we use it once a year 😢

[@diannaloveshenry]

What happened to our standards? How is it that we import so much from China? And the products are such crap!?

[@TheRealKalEll]

I'm WAY too young to know what those are yet I remember seeing one being installed a long time ago. The matrix is broken.

[@melaninmonroe007]

They have them in smaller countries. I lived in the West Indies for a bit and they’d use something similar to patch up tires. The roads were so garbage, it felt obligatory to have one lol

[@RobertFothergill-u1z]

@melaninmonroe007 same in Bulgaria but it's impossible to find in the states 😕

[@amypanddirtytoo1926]

​@RobertFothergill-u1z forgot. Also Napa has them.......

[@jake6699]

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

[@nightshadehelis9821]

Lmao, me too.

[@BiggestBigBoy]

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

[@Justin-fl1nv]

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

[@aryanbaviskar1186]

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

[@jake6699]

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

[@Brian-bp5pe]

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]

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

[@GlutenEruption]

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

[@strange5253]

@@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]

​@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]

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.

[@randallsmerna384]

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]

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

[@davidallen5535]

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

[@volvo09]

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]

😅

[@girthbrooks39]

​@@volvo09 other*

[@Roya-LevelPebble]

No one talking about camel having so much excess tar to make these? 😂

[@MeganBoomershine-pf7iz]

In what world is "tar" and rubber the same thing. Just wondering? You do realize you make yourself sound dumber than a actual box of rocks and everyone who liked this is just as uneducated and lacking critical thinking skills. America is doomer if this is the level of intelligence weve got when the 2027 war with china pops off. I bet you dont even follow the state of affirs were in globally that war has been declared and its already been set in STONE BY BOTH GOVERNMENTS. meanwhile people in america confusing tar for rubber. We are doomed. Rubber comes from a tree. Tar doesnt come from the rubber tree.

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

Likely government contract. Camel making cigarettes and patch kits for war time.

[@sheldonaubut]

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]

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

[@LaSombraa]

@@superresistant0The Cold War lol.

[@unbearifiedbear1885]

​@@superresistant0 Nuclear war, AIDS and quicksand 😂

[@sheldonaubut]

@@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]

@@unbearifiedbear1885don’t forget the gays lmao

[@stboombasloth9424]

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]

Discount Tire Moment

[@joshsinglefooter]

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

[@gorillachronicles]

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]

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

[@williesnyder2899]

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]

Shave and a haircut, two bits!

[@behems007]

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]

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

[@senorchivo90]

@@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]

​@@senorchivo90hahahaha a nibble. Thanks for that today 😎

[@MCH400]

This is so cool! Who knew camel made anything useful

[@AppalachianMountaineer1863]

War time production. Making cigarettes and tire patches. Like Chrysler making trucks, tanks and ballistic missiles Or a cutlery company building machine guns

[@2paulstacey]

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

[@Donnie64inPa]

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

[@donaldfuck]

Modern patches are trash!

[@rob6996war]

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

[@kennethparker2168]

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]

​@@kennethparker2168❤❤❤

[@dablakh0l193]

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]

interesting

[@starsixtyseven195]

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]

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]

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

[@gilwood7530]

YES IT DID

[@EvrenMercan]

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]

Nasıl?

[@kaitlanparks8061]

You set an entire scene with your first sentence.

[@randallreddy982]

They are the best tube patches I wish they still made them. My buddy and I found a can in his paps shed when we were kids.

[@AngryIrishMan]

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

[@BorisDamir]

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

[@hunterwilliams3981]

Hopefully you live a full and happy life

[@PileOfStones]

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]

​@@PileOfStonesagreed. People are odd

[@brolikesmonkeys6535]

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

[@Raging-Lion]

That's how things USED to be made.

[@Pkstp1]

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

[@PunakiviAddikti]

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

[@eliyarrows2456]

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

[@eh6971]

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

[@gottagrind2shine607]

​@@eliyarrows2456still less cancers than walking through San Francisco

[@ent1311]

Modern kits are way more effective and cheaper.

[@humanoide4459]

That's very useful, some old stuff are unbeatable

[@user-he7ep7mw6y]

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

[@LogicalNiko]

These patches also have a much smoother, mild, and naturally sweet flavor when compared to the leading Vulcan rubber patches. They also make you look cool while using them. Fun fact, these probably cause less cancer than camels other products.

[@lastotallyawesomebleach204]

These are nicotine patches, not tire patches😂

[@ROGER2095]

9 out of 10 doctors prefer Camel Vulcanizing Patches for their patients who use Vulcanizing Patches. (They're easier on the "T-Zone.")

[@albertgaines9944]

Tire patches to coffin nails?

[@daviddowns7552]

Lol

[@AlexPlayzGamesYT]

Bros camera is having an Aneurysm

[@popcorn9818]

Lol i was thinking that too

[@RealUncleRico]

Bros camera is geekin fr

[@AtomicBl453]

popped an aneurysm*

[@injunjo]

Nasty fumes! Prob nicotine...😂

[@annalarson3005]

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

[@aurorafina]

I have used a newer variant on farm equipment… I was a young teenager then, it was cool to see something like that work so effectively. Way cheaper than a whole new tube on a JD I promise you. The larger caterpillars use the technique to anneal the patches, but it’s still best handled by professionals. Those big machines are worth more than my home.

[@heatrotom197]

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

[@bret9741]

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]

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

[@mistersunny3636]

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

[@xxafthabxx9346]

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

[@Сергей-х8в7ч]

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

[@BenjaminHall-w8i]

This is so cool. That fact they still function as advertised 75 years later shows that these are excellent quality!

[@Britshit]

"It worked!" *breaks the multiverse*

[@stroky3130]

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

[@DoctorSkillz]

What does that mean in English?

[@stroky3130]

@@DoctorSkillz i guess the translation Is "Vulcanizers"

[@mcgriddlefor20dollar]

​@@stroky3130 Fascinating

[@anthonywestjr1063]

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

[@CouchPotatoCrusader]

VulcanizaDORA-DORA-DORA THE EXPLORA DORAAAA 🤗

[@MegaFonebone]

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]

Did camel make these from like production waste? 😅

[@christophercross4325]

i grew up around those. it was fun to patch my bicycle tires.. camel patches. ours came in a smaller can than those

[@jamesdawson3963]

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.

[@hjeffwallace]

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]

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

[@catalaya3530]

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

[@ctdieselnut]

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]

​@@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]

​@@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?

[@kenhutch7727]

Best patches "ever" made.

[@iamdjsluggo]

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

[@girthbrooks39]

Change your name to DJ echo. -DJ no shit

[@garreth629]

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.

[@BradenTaflinger]

Those work better than modern tire patches!

[@spooky9030]

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

[@todd727300]

Used these type patches on bicycle tires in the 80's. Not sure were Dad got them, but they were the best and quickest way to patch a tube. No messy glues and no waiting.

[@sebigrell]

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

[@YummyFoodzZzZ]

Yum

[@fromthebackseat4865]

They’re definitely not, lol.

[@peterdefrankrijker]

@@fromthebackseat4865Woooosh

[@ThePrufessa]

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]

@@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.

[@Vares65]

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

[@NiffirgkcaJ]

Camel is such an underrated company.

[@fuzzythoughts8020]

Tbh, that looks a lot more effective than most of the patch kits you get today.

[@QdMaster]

Wish they still made things that lasted that long!

[@jaacobpeevy9869]

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

[@MircomFan]

and better, the new patches hardly stick

[@nick.100]

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

[@koramdeo7351]

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.

[@Tseudoryx]

One of the best channels thank you Phil

[@Shmity1962]

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

[@chrishultgren777]

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

[@LeaksRepairswhenurplumbe-bn6xk]

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

[@pparado]

this is still the most common process used today in the Philippines. You can find 'vulcanizing shops', dime a dozen in highly urbanized areas. No fire used anymore though, a makeshift used iron/clamp does the trick.

[@markarca6360]

Yes, they are now electrically heated.

[@jimbaldwin6554]

These things work great and smell even better.

[@debbiejennings9040]

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

[@scottward7813]

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

[@robertcastaneda5294]

Did they come in menthol?

[@gregorymaupin6388]

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.

[@dougkonopack4693]

I worked in a gas station in the 70's. Pumped gas, changed oil, and fixed tires. Used a lot of these. Fixed car tires using a Coats 10 10. All the way up to split rim truck tires. Swinging that wedge shaped sledge hammer.

[@larryknopp7576]

Used them before....worked great👍

[@LMBee00]

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

[@jeffreybeaudet6922]

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

[@MsMoople]

This seems so much better than the modern versions. No messing around with glue and sandpaper and nothing can dry out

[@wadewilson524]

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]

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

[@tvviewer4500]

@@Chemteacherphilit always smells awful when you vulcanize rubber

[@jordans7271]

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

[@Sam-ob4of]

​@@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]

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! 😀

[@CHAOSHASSTARTED]

Yes I remember growing up I’d see my pops and grandpa use them we had a little back yard tire shop , now we own tire shops 🙏🏽🙌🏼

[@TeylaDex]

i've actually come across this video ages ago and now again... and my one question is still: WHY CAMEL???????

[@sarvin4471]

I'm so mad they don't make things good quality anymore. This is so practical and is STILL WORKING.

[@thewatchersofthewood3530]

NiCe! Bet they would never sell something like this anymore as people can barely be trusted with scissors. 😂.

[@JarrodButali]

Yea thered be dumb lawsuits.

[@Your-Least-Favorite-Stranger]

lawsuits and also money lost on replacing damaged tires. Why fix when you can buy buy buy?

[@Sniperboy5551]

Yeah, people are dumb as hell these days

[@MrHarleynut]

EPA probably put a stop to them.

[@keithw846]

I used these to patch my bicycle and motorcycle tubes back in the 60's, they worked great and permanently...

[@mamawvondak]

I remember my dad using those to fix my bike tires. Worked great. Thanks for bringing back some good memories for me. 😊

[@kasino7132]

My grandfather had tractors and he would use those to repair tractor tires dope!

[@TheZombieSaints]

You can still buy these to patch bikes and tyres. I've used em many times. The most fun way to patch rubber

[@machopicchu]

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

[@stetson-ross]

Used to buy Monkey grip

[@truth3899]

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

[@Snuzzled]

I wish modern bike tire patches worked like this. The crappy glue-on patches are abysmal and carrying around a tube of rubber cement only to find out it's hardened to uselessness just when you need it most is the worst. Imagine if all I had to do was carry a match and the patch would be chemically bonded to the tube, no glue tubes, no worrying about it peeling off. Amazing.

[@Used420]

Old tech that so many forgot or just never knew about we need to make sure things like this aren't forgotten and used

[@stick9078]

Best patches ever, had them as a kid to repair my bike tubes... I miss those

[@acmefixer1]

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.

[@erayg.2470]

I had them 25-30 years ago. They Worked perfectly

[@ricktoles2322]

I used these often when I was younger. Perfect for the inner tubes I'd get free from the local gas station. I'd patch the tube and float down the canal in the summer. Bringing back great memories.😊

[@jamesshawjr5299]

The last tire repair shop i worked in, the salesman for the patches came in and told me NOT to heat up the glue for the patch! So I did as instructed, and it failed! I asked if i could do it as I learned 30+ years ago, and he said ok. So I applied the glue, hit it with flame, and when it stopped burning, I slapped the patch on it, used the roller on it, and what do you know, as far as I know its still working! That salesman just about had a coronary watching me! I told him if it failed again, I would personally buy the customer a new tire! About a month later the salesman brought his boss in to see me!

[@marydauby5229]

My late FIL had a tire shop that recaps tires. Basically puts new treads on your present tires. It used Vulcanization process. This was popular during the ‘60’s and ‘70’s. They went to just selling tires after that.

[@RonRay]

I'm 75 years old and can personally attest that those were the BEST tube patched ever made!

[@lukedewoody801]

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

[@MovableNu]

Thanks for that explanation of vulcanization. I’ve always wondered what that was!

[@Ikigai1776]

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.

[@bash060656]

I remember well when cars and pick-ups had tires with inner-tubes. My Grandfather owned a full service gas station. I used to work there with him as a child. I pumped gas and fixed flats. I started at age 6 and continued until tires went tubeless, then I learned how to fix those. The last time I fixed an inner-tube was around 1980 I fixed a few of them so my family could go tubing down the river. Fun weekend.

[@matthewackermanaski9687]

Vulcanization is also used for putting together sneaker soles, if they're not stitched, they get vulcanized.

[@HisMajestyKingPantoniusDSecond]

An easy trick to test that there are no leaks. Dip the patched portion in a basin of water or just drip some water on the tire, if there are bubbles coming out, there is a hole.

[@thatdudemike2531]

I bought a case of these at a flea market and I use them regularly . They make great roof patches for small holes in steel roofs .

[@jayyoutube8790]

Those may be old, but they made ones similar into the 90’s. They were the best patches you could get

[@theodoranorton4779]

Watching my father use these was a big treat in my childhood. He would rough up the tube surface and also apply rubber cement of some kind.