On Tue, 24 Oct 2017 10:44:02 -0700 (PDT), in
, trader_4
wrote:

Similar experience here. I've had about 3 tire problems in maybe 15
years. One was when I drove over a short piece of nipple type pipe
on the road, it instantly deflated it. That was the end of that tire.
The other two were simple nails in the middle of the tread. Fixed
both of those with the rope type plugs and they held up fine.

There's nothing wrong with your words above, so my response is only related
to the fact that an outside repair is something any professional will
*laugh* at because it's not a *safe* repair in the eyes of the tire
professionals.

To you and me, I agree with you that *it works*. I won't disagree since
I've done it many times myself. And I'm not dead yet.

But you have to admit that no tire professional will do the job from the
*outside*. You do know that, right? It's just wrong. And it feels wrong.

It works though. So I'm not saying that it doesn't work.
But if my daughter needed a tire repair, I would not do it from the
outside. For myself, I might.

But not my kid or wife or friend.
For them, I'd do it right.