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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 06:59 AM
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Question Puncher repair - foam in a can

Has anybody used the foam stuff to repair a puncher (well more like get you home)?

I'm thinking about buying a can bu I'm not sure if its any good.
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 05:23 PM
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punc·ture Listen: [ pngkchr ]
v. punc·tured, punc·tur·ing, punc·tures
v. tr.
  1. To pierce with a pointed object.
  2. To make (a hole) by piercing.
  3. To cause to collapse by piercing.
  4. To depreciate or deflate: cutting remarks that punctured my ego.
v. intr.
To be pierced or punctured. n.
  1. The act or an instance of puncturing.
  2. A hole or depression made by a sharp object, especially a hole in an automotive tire.
[From Middle English, a pricking, from Late Latin pnctra, from pnctus, past participle of pungere, to *****; see peuk- in Indo-European roots.] punctur·a·ble adj.
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Ray_li
Has anybody used the foam stuff to repair a puncher (well more like get you home)?

I'm thinking about buying a can bu I'm not sure if its any good.
don't use it unless the tyre is almost certainly buggered,as the foam often contaminates the inside of the tyre and then won't be repairable afterwards.
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Old Aug 6, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by mark6
don't use it unless the tyre is almost certainly buggered,as the foam often contaminates the inside of the tyre and then won't be repairable afterwards.
Thanks mark.

not like back street boy
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Old Aug 7, 2005 | 12:00 AM
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Tyre fitters swear at the suff and some will not repair a tyre if it's been used.
It's nasty stuff.

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