On Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:22:54 -0500, Meanie advised:
Thanks for the detail, as all the holes I patched were screws or bolts, so, they're pretty small, and, as others said, all were within the "tread" area.
That's interesting as I can infer from that the lower-profile tires have a slightly greater area of patchability, all other things being equal.
That's interesting that the patch can go to very edge of the tread. I had previously thought it could only go in the "middle" of the tread.
I knew about patchplugs, but I didn't have any so I made my own patchplug with a plug first, cut flush, and then a patch.
Seems to me, in the end, the kind of patch and then plug that I did should work though, as they're essentially the same thing in the end, right?
Thanks. I actually knew that (but you didn't know I knew that). I was removing the tire anyway, so as to get experience with breaking the bead and reseating the bead.
So I plugged it first from the outside, and then patched it from the inside. Seems to me that should be good enough for government work, but I don't know (which is why I ask).
I agree a single-piece patch-plug is better than either a patch or a plug alone. I suspect a two-piece patch-and-then-plug is still better than either a patch or a plug alone.
Does that also make sense to you?
That does seem like a far more elegant solution than the path-and-then-plug that I came up with on my own.
Thank you for that advice. I figured it had to be flush, but your argument that it doesn't need to be flush as it may seal better not being flush and that it will wear with the tire makes sense.