Brush or spray solvents onto plies to ensure adhesion, and repeat process as specified, alternating direction of each ply to strengthen tires.

“Brush or spray solvents onto plies to ensure adhesion, and repeat process as specified, alternating direction of each ply to strengthen tires.” is a supplemental task performed by Tire Builders. Among the occupation's 23 rated tasks, workers place it 19th by importance (#5 most important). About 45% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

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AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Place tires into molds for new tread. · importance 4.8
• Fit inner tubes and final layers of rubber onto tires. · importance 4.8
• Buff tires according to specifications for width and undertread depth. · importance 4.7
• Build semi-raw rubber treads onto buffed tire casings to prepare tires for vulcanization in recapping or retreading processes. · importance 4.6
• Start rollers that bond tread and plies as drums revolve. · importance 4.6
• Align treads with guides, start drums to wind treads onto plies, and slice ends. · importance 4.6
• Inspect worn tires for faults, cracks, cuts, and nail holes, and to determine if tires are suitable for retreading. · importance 4.5
• Measure tires to determine mold size requirements. · importance 4.5
• Trim excess rubber and imperfections during retreading processes. · importance 4.5
• Roll hand rollers over rebuilt casings, exerting pressure to ensure adhesion between camelbacks and casings. · importance 4.4
• Fill cuts and holes in tires, using hot rubber. · importance 4.4
• Position ply stitcher rollers and drums according to width of stock, using hand tools and gauges. · importance 4.4
• Cut plies at splice points, and press ends together to form continuous bands. · importance 4.4
• Depress pedals to rotate drums, and wind specified numbers of plies around drums to form tire bodies. · importance 4.3

See all tasks on the Tire Builders page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-14426,
  title  = {Brush or spray solvents onto plies to ensure adhesion, and repeat process as specified, alternating direction of each ply to strengthen tires.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-14426}
}