Vulcanisation

Jon Schneider said:

I was just wondering about the above term. One online dictionary says something about hardening
plastics and rubber. The stuff used with patches always used to be called rubber solution.

Also when I touch the stuff my ears don't go pointy and my blood stays red.

Any thoughts ?

AFAIK Vulcanisation is the process of converting soft natural rubber to the rubber as we know it by
adding sulphur and heating as invented by Charles Goodyear.

Tony

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Schneider) said:

I was just wondering about the above term. One online dictionary says something about hardening
plastics and rubber. The stuff used with patches always used to be called rubber solution.

Also when I touch the stuff my ears don't go pointy and my blood stays red.

My tube of adhesive says "Vulcanising Rubber Solution".

I wonder what type of adhesive is used on self-adhesive patches such as Leeches.

Somebody in a club I used to cycle with swore by using good old superglue for fixing pathces onto
inner tubes. I tried it and hated the idea. I cannot remember whether he used high or low pressure
tyres (I guess superglue could work at around 40psi but perhaps not at 100psi).

The same chap used rubber solution to glue up the rubber seal on his LED lights to make them both
extra water proof and to prevent theft of batteries. It couldn't be removed easily by hand or lever,
but when needing to replace the batteries a small blade would be suitable to slice all the way
around the seal.

He also had a patch stuck over the on/off button to make it extra waterproof, which I thought was a
clever idea. Now I'm not sure if rubber solution or superglue was used for this!

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Jon Schneider said:

I was just wondering about the above term. One online dictionary says something about hardening
plastics and rubber. The stuff used with patches always used to be called rubber solution.

Also when I touch the stuff my ears don't go pointy and my blood stays red.

Any thoughts ?

Jon

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Jon Schneider said:

I was just wondering about the above term. One online dictionary says something about hardening
plastics and rubber. The stuff used with patches always used to be called rubber solution.

Also when I touch the stuff my ears don't go pointy and my blood stays red.

Vulcanisation is the process of forming sulphur bonds between rubber molecules to make the rubber
harder and tougher. According to Jobst Brandt, "vulcanising rubber solution" doesn't actually
vulcanise at all.

Richard Bates said:

Quoted message said:

I was just wondering about the above term. One online dictionary says something about hardening
plastics and rubber. The stuff used with patches always used to be called rubber solution.

Also when I touch the stuff my ears don't go pointy and my blood stays red.

My tube of adhesive says "Vulcanising Rubber Solution".

Yes and I thought it really was until I learned that it or patch doesn't vulcanise or amalgamate at
all. Heat a patch of a patched tube by pressing against a heated nonstick frying pan and it can be
peeled off.

Normal patches use a dry cement, like the rubber solution after it's dried. The dry contact adhesive
on the two surfaces then bonds.

"Glueless patches" use a more tacky adhesive that only needs one surface glued.

~PB

Pete Biggs said:

Yes and I thought it really was until I learned that it or patch doesn't vulcanise or amalgamate
at all. Heat a patch of a patched tube by pressing against a heated nonstick frying pan and it can
be peeled off.

Remind me never to accept a invitation to lunch at Pete's house ;-)

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In article <[email hidden]>, ptangerine [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

"Glueless patches" use a more tacky adhesive that only needs one surface glued.

~PB

Ah, glueless patches, they know all about them over on .tech Pete if your interested :-)

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Dave Larrington said:

Pete Biggs said:

Yes and I thought it really was until I learned that it or patch doesn't vulcanise or amalgamate
at all. Heat a patch of a patched tube by pressing against a heated nonstick frying pan and it
can be peeled off.

Remind me never to accept a invitation to lunch at Pete's house ;-)

You don't want to know what I do with my wok! :-)

~PB

MSA <[email hidden]>typed

Quoted message said:

In article <[email hidden]>, ptangerine
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

"Glueless patches" use a more tacky adhesive that only needs one surface glued.

~PB

Quoted message said:

Ah, glueless patches, they know all about them over on .tech Pete if your interested :-)

He sent me some once...

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Pete Biggs said:

Dave Larrington said:

Pete Biggs said:

Yes and I thought it really was until I learned that it or patch doesn't vulcanise or
amalgamate at all. Heat a patch of a patched tube by pressing against a heated nonstick frying
pan and it can be peeled off.

Remind me never to accept a invitation to lunch at Pete's house ;-)

You don't want to know what I do with my wok! :-)

Oo-er, matron! :-)

(I now have this mental image of someone using a wok to soak their chain in...)

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In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Pete Biggs <[email hidden]> wrote:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

You don't want to know what I do with my wok! :-)

Oo-er, matron! :-)

(I now have this mental image of someone using a wok to soak their chain in...)

Oh, my image was a lot worse than that!
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 10:37:12 -0000, "Pete Biggs"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

🙂Normal patches use a dry cement, like the rubber solution after it's )dried. The dry contact
:adhesive on the two surfaces then bonds.

?

🙂 )"Glueless patches" use a more tacky adhesive that only needs one surface )glued.

Must be clever to get glue on only one surface ! (unless the parts never come together !)
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On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:13:49 -0000, "Dave Larrington"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

🙂Pete Biggs wrote: )> Yes and I thought it really was until I learned that it or patch )> doesn't
:vulcanise or amalgamate at all. Heat a patch of a patched )> tube by pressing against a heated
:nonstick frying pan and it can be )> peeled off. ) )Remind me never to accept a invitation to lunch
:at Pete's house ;-) )

Wot, just cos he uses oxy-acetylene burners instead of a microwave ?
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pmailkeey said:

Wot, just cos he uses oxy-acetylene burners instead of a microwave ?

What's a "microwave"?

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On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 10:25:39 -0000, "Dave Larrington"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

🙂pmailkeey wrote: ) )> Wot, just cos he uses oxy-acetylene burners instead of a microwave ? )
🙂What's a "microwave"? )

a 1/1000,000th of a wave.
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