Got a flat tire? There’s a good chance that just a minor repair can get you back up and running again quickly. Three of the most common of these “minor repairs” are tire plugs, tire patches, and tire plug/patch combos. The first option, a tire plug, is cheap and fast to administer. Plugs work best when you’ve run over a nail or similar blunt object that punctures the tire and causes it to leak air. After the nail or sharp object is removed, the plug can be inserted into the hole to fix the leak. While plugs of the old days were problematic and served more as a band-aid type of repair than anything else, many plugs available today actually vulcanize to the tire to provide better stability.
A patch, on the other hand, is considered to be a better quality tire repair. However, it’s a bit more laborious of a repair than a plug. Patching a tire actually consists of removing the tire from the rim and then using a die grinder to clean up a 2-inch diameter around the puncture to give the patch enough of an area to bond with. The patch is then pushed from inside the tire through the outside of the tire, sealed and let dry.
The best modern tire repair solution is a plug/patch combo product. This is one piece and it combines the best benefits of both options. Any repairs that we do at Hall Mobile Tires are done using the plug/patch combo. The wheel is rebalanced.
Got a flat tire? There’s a good chance that just a minor repair can get you back up and running again quickly. Three of the most common of these “minor repairs” are tire plugs, tire patches, and tire plug/patch combos. The first option, a tire plug, is cheap and fast to administer. Plugs work best when you’ve run over a nail or similar blunt object that punctures the tire and causes it to leak air. After the nail or sharp object is removed, the plug can be inserted into the hole to fix the leak. While plugs of the old days were problematic and served more as a band-aid type of repair than anything else, many plugs available today actually vulcanize to the tire to provide better stability.
A patch, on the other hand, is considered to be a better quality tire repair. However, it’s a bit more laborious of a repair than a plug. Patching a tire actually consists of removing the tire from the rim and then using a die grinder to clean up a 2-inch diameter around the puncture to give the patch enough of an area to bond with. The patch is then pushed from inside the tire through the outside of the tire, sealed and let dry.
The best modern tire repair solution is a plug/patch combo product. This is one piece and it combines the best benefits of both options. Any repairs that we do at Hall Mobile Tires are done using the plug/patch combo. The wheel is rebalanced.
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