Tire Tube Bungy Cords

Tire tubes stretch to about 2 times their original length. It is this property makes them the ideal medium for bungy cords. This an instructable on how to turn your old tire tubes into a pair of bungycords. It is really easy to do it only takes about 10 - 15 minutes. It is a good way to go green without having to spend a lot of money. It is also a good way to take old tiretubes that are unwanted and get bungy cords if you dont have enough time or money to go get store bought ones.

materials
To make tire tube bungy cord there are very few materials needed. these materials include:
*one or more tire tubes
*4 S hooks per tire tube
*one sharp
tools:
*a sharp pair of scissors
*a srong needle or pin (I used a sharp dental tool)

Step 1 Cutting The Tire Tube

Cutting The Tire Tube

The first thing you do is cut of the section of the tire tube containing the valve stem. This piece can be used for another project, or just discarded. After this has been completed fold the length of your tire tube in half and cut it down the center.

Comments

[zieak]

How well does the rubber hold up? Do the S hooks tear out easily? This is a nice and quick use for tubes - thanks!

[matthewtyler1]

it will hold up pretty well. it will fail at about 3-4 times its original size (unless there is a defect). Did you acualy make it?

[zieak]

Not yet. But next time that i need some bungee-like straps I'll use this trick. I'll probably use a small tube - like those around one inch. I may just close one end of the S hook around the whole tube.