Is it ok to use bits of other, trashed, tubes to patch ones with fewer holes?…

Yes, it’s fine.

Wash off any slime or french chalk/talc though.

Excellent 🙂 This makes me happy. I had run out of patches and have a heap of tubes to fix. I guess any kind of rubber solution glue is ok to use too then?

I feel all thrifty and recyclicious now 🙂

Hmmm, I had no idea this worked!

It works fine, have done it loads of times 🙂

I wondered about this the other week and couldn’t find anyone who had tried it on the interweb. Let us know how you get on.

And you know, you can also use nail polish to fix holes in your tights….

Hels, I tend to use nail polish to hide the fact that I have oil ingrained underneath…

Another thrifty tip for bikeyness is stitching torn tyres with dental floss, then sealing with rubber solution glue. Mon cher Ex did it quite proficiently a couple of times…. the dental floss thing.

I guess tippex works better in Scotland anyway !

For added pro points feather the edge of you DIY patch, a belt sander is best for this but normal sandpaper will do.

Nice, i remember getting tubes fixed growing up in Nigeria, most garages would have a guy known as a “vulcaniser”. He would take the wheel off (car, bike, motorbike) whip out the tube, find the leak, cut a patch off an old tube to fit the hole, clamp the whole lot on a steel plate and under an old upturned piston head, fill the piston head with petrol and put a match to the petrol, the heat and pressure fixed the patch onto the tube everytime. Put it back into the wheel and you were good to go..

Beats Kwik Fit everytime, though not recommended for your garage/wooden shed or kitchen

If I’d started this thread the haterz would be flaming me for being a tight bodger.

But if a hot female starts it… 🙄

Or even Jojo 😛

For added pro points feather the edge of you DIY patch

My patch kit patches don’t have feathered edges – can’t say I can tell the difference.

Will work just fine my dear 😉
You’ll need to prep thoroughly both the tube and the patch, and use indeed vulcanising glue.
HTH
XXJ

😛 to you too Mr Cynic.