On Thu, 10 Dec 2015 00:20:19 -0000 (UTC), "Danny D."
wrote:

clare wrote, on Wed, 09 Dec 2015 18:14:41 -0500:

Sure you CAN do it - but does it make any sense - and should you -
when you can have it repaired free by someone who does it every day
and is insured if he screws up??

I fix virtually all my own stuff too - but even I draw limits

It turns out that the minimum you need to fix your own holed tire
is the patchplug and something to scrape and stitch the inner
liner rubber away (plus lineslman's pliers which everyone has).
1. Patchplug
2. Scraper/stitcher

3. The vulcanizing cement is very easy to come by.

The two sort-of-nice-to-have things are harder to come by though:
4. The smooth flute-sided carbide reamer, and,
5. The inner liner sealer

So, I'm looking for a local source for both of those (#4 & #5).
If you have a good idea where to get them, let me know.
I always bought mine from the "wagon jobber" who came to my place of
business every couple weeks to make sure I had enough valve stems,
patches, cement, balance weights, and other tire supplies. Most of my
working life that was REMA TIP TOP, and at one location it was Tech
Tire.

I always used the cement fast enough that it sisn't go bad in the can
- I'd never use it fast enough now to keep it fresh enough to be sure
it would always do the job properly..

For tubes I generally had "monkey grips" in stock and the clamp
required to use them. If they sit around too long they don't light and
burn properly so they don't vulcanize properly. That's the only way
to replace a bad valve stem too. (you don't throw away a tractor tire
tube just because the valve stem lets go, and you can't use a bolt in
stem without a vulcanized "hard spot".