Fixing a Bike Inner Tube and a Rain Shoe 1. Fixing a Bike Inner Tube. A bike inner tube was leaking on air, there is no way to inflate the tire. Take the inner tube out: ![](/upload/album/0b/d8/9d/eaafb29b8258hoDRxqzI.jpg)
Inflate the inner tube, soak it in water, find a leaking spot: ![](/upload/album/0b/d8/9d/eaafb29b8596QIZ6JOZ2.jpg)
Use these tools: ![](/upload/album/0b/d8/9d/eaafb29b0007f1Nz5UQA.jpg)
The Classic Patch Kit, from Amazon, $4.98: ![](/upload/album/0b/d8/9d/eaafb29b89477YMICqfT.jpg)
File the broken part with a file (the red square, the cap of the kit), and cut a patch (the green circle): ![](/upload/album/0b/d8/9d/eaafb29b9151LE9izTaK.jpg)
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Work outdoors, not indoors. Clean the filed area with alcohol, spread a layer of rubber cement (from the Classic Patch Kit) on the tube (I always wear a gas mask (the smell might be harmful, with this mask I could not smell it at all)): ![](/upload/album/bc/da/d7/1a4911da0862znbyFo4G.jpg)
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Peel off the protective plastic film from the cut patch: ![](/upload/album/0b/d8/9d/eaafb29b0503sBiawQOX.jpg)
Put the patch onto the tube area with cement and press it with hands: ![](/upload/album/0b/d8/9d/eaafb29b05752ZrsNHxo.jpg)
Wait for several minutes, inflate the tube: ![](/upload/album/bc/da/d7/1a4911da12046a2euKpu.jpg)
Make sure there is no leak any more in water: ![](/upload/album/bc/da/d7/1a4911da10528UyC1KeX.jpg)
Deflate the tube: ![](/upload/album/bc/da/d7/1a4911da1251aMm1eQNB.jpg)
Reinsert the inner tube on the wheel: ![](/upload/album/bc/da/d7/1a4911da1411ysUcAL8H.jpg) ![](/upload/album/bc/da/d7/1a4911da1443c6Y6xeEq.jpg)
Inflate the tube, now the bike is standing with the fixed inner tube: ![](/upload/album/bc/da/d7/1a4911da1475dwfBxah5.jpg)
2. Fixing a rain shoe. The cut was done by my sickle when I was cutting wild grass. Ironically, the brand new shoes were $5 several years ago, now the Classic Patch Kit is $5 too: ![](/upload/album/bc/da/d7/1a4911da18042CW7UgUH.jpg)
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