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Old 01-13-2020, 09:12 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Vman455 View Post
You might know the answer to this: Prevailing wisdom at Slowtwitch is that latex tubes are less resistant to puncture than butyl. Is that actually true?
I'm not a rubber chemist, so I don't know. I tried looking this up on the internet and didn't come up with an answer.

But I would think this has more to do with the formulation of the compound itself, rather than what type of rubber is being used. That might explain why I didn't find an answer.
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