"Trevor" <
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> The votes are in and the answer is a unanimous NO. 'Bout what I figured, but I wanted to check
> before I tossed a $50 tire into the dumpster.
>
> Thanks for the sage advice.
> > Is is possible to (safely) repair a cut in the sidewall of a tire? I flatted the other day with
> > a razor-clean 7mm long straight cut in the sidewall of my front tire. (Conti Grand Prix -
> > 700x23c) The cut is perfectly straight and perpendicular to the plys. Can it be sewn, or is the
> > tire ruined?
Dear Trevor,
Your classic problem and solution are explored in depth at:
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/hale/papers/salt.html
from "The Peterkin Papers," by Lucretia P. Hale, 1886:
She told the lady from Philadelphia the whole story, -–how her mother had put salt in the coffee;
how the chemist had been called in; how he tried everything but could make it no better; and how
they went for the little old herb-woman, and how she had tried in vain, for her mother couldn't
drink the coffee. The lady from Philadelphia listened very attentively, and then said, "Why
doesn't your mother make a fresh cup of coffee?"
Your plight reminds me why I buy cheaper tires. They're easier to let go of. Sorry for your
misfortune, but glad to see that you agree with the famous wise lady from Philadelphia of
the last age.
Carl Fogel