If you try the ether method, be very sure where BOTH hands are when you ignite it. While working motorcycle shop, I have seen more than one novice damage a portion of their hands. Band clamp or inflation collar are really the only safe ways to do this. The same person who would not use a table saw without the safety of a splitter now recommends a very questionable method of installing a tire. Should shop safety be a full time affair?

I know, you think I am a sissy. Forty years in the shops and I still have all ten.