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I work with petroleum-derived VOCs for a living, and there is science to back this up. No headspace for VOCs to evaporate into, then kinetics favor remaining in the glue solution. Over a very long time the cap isn't a perfect seal and it's easy to puncture/crease the metal tube, but the less headspace the slower that process will be. |
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I recently moved and had to force myself to throw away my stack. The moment I realized I was packing a box with punctured tubes was the moment I realized that was no way to live.
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I've had unopened tubes evaporate. I carry a spare tube and those glueless patch kits. I've had some glueless ones fail, but that was after a very long time.
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I've talked myself into cutting the valves out of punctured tubes and just using the old tubes as bungee cords....
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Throwing out a patchable punctured tube is to me like flushing $5 down the toilet.
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I really should do like 3 a night until their done. I could probably not buy tubes for several seasons if I patched all the usable ones. |
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Ha, almost all of my recent tube failures have been stems pulling out of the tube... I have plenty of bungee cords, and ample stick for 1" rubber bands.
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Confirmed.
Jaybee, thanks for the inside info.
I should have been more clear in that **I had no science** to back it up. I love it when somebody, somewhere has studied a thing! |
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