[CR]tub repairs/how to cut + rejoin a new tube?

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From: "dan polito" <thepandle@hotmail.com>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 13:27:28 -0500
Subject: [CR]tub repairs/how to cut + rejoin a new tube?

all-

i tried my hand at putting a new tube in an old tire. i cut the new tube, taped the end shut, and then used brake housing as a "snake" to guide the new tube through the tire. worked wonderfully.

now the question becomes, how do i "put the tube back together?" i seem to remember an old messenger pal saying that you could basically burn a split tube back together with a lighter somehow. would that work here? i tried a few basic patching ideas, but none of them held air.

thanks
dan polito
bloomington, indiana