At 10:12 AM 9/8/06 +1000, geoff duke wrote:
>After speaking with the father of a friend of mine who repaired lots
>of tubulars (or as we called them ,singles) in the 70's and 80's the
>glue that was used was the same stuff that carpet layers used to join
>pieces of carpet with a backing strip.It was a white runny latex
>glue.I am not sure if it is still used for that purpose
The carpet tape cement has also been mentioned on Bike Forums, Parabond M4263 universal carpet seam sealer. I did find it on the web, but it was no longer a current product of the company. I asked at a couple of carpet places in town and nobody had heard of anything like that. Seems they don't do it that way anymore; the backing strip is coated with a pressure sensitive adhesive. Tire Life is also a white latex solution and dries clear. Liquid latex is also used for other purposes apparently. Just google it and you'll find some pretty kinky stuff. I just wouldn't want to be seen receiving a package from some of those places.
John Betmanis
Woodstock, ON
Canada