Popular and sought-after summer vacation items are inflatable pools. They can be seen in almost every private or country house, especially if the family has children. For them, a pool filled with water is the most fun entertainment.
Any adult member of the family also likes to have their own pond, thanks to which a green lawn near the house gives rise to thoughts of an exotic oasis. Despite the fact that there are not so many hot summer months in the year, the impressions of our own pond leave a lot. To interrupt this pleasure can only puncture the pool wall through the efforts of children, animals or simply by negligence. But this minor problem is quite fixable.
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There are two ways to repair inflatable pools: seek help from the dealer through whom you purchased the pool, or deal with the puncture yourself. Mention is another way - vulcanization. You can ask for help from a specialist in a tire vulcanization workshop. Surely they know how to glue the inflatable pool, if it is rubber. And even if they refuse help in such a workshop, they will always share advice.
You should know that in the kit when buying a pool, a repair kit is sometimes attached that contains everything you need to seal a puncture. In any case, there is some description in the kit, it will help you solve the question of how to seal the inflatable pool. For example, a repair kit that comes with Intex inflatable products contains:
a) glue for PVC ;
b) a transparent vinyl patch;
c) detailed instructions on the back of the packaging of the repair kit.
Having carefully studied it, you will easily understand how to glue the Intex inflatable pool. The famous Chinese manufacturer Intex specializes in the manufacture of many inflatable products made of polyvinyl chloride - mattresses, beds, chairs, children's play centers, sledges and, of course, pools. Therefore, the glue included in the repair kit is designed specifically for the vinyl from which the products of this company are made.
We repair it by ourselves
How to seal the inflatable pool yourself? Of course, each rubber inflatable product requires an individual approach to repair. Specialists use proven technology, special tools and tools. But to cope with the task is quite possible at home. We start by finding the puncture site on the dried product. A soap solution will help, which "gives out" the hole with its air-soap bubbles. You can detect a hole in the product by dipping it in water. You can also partially pump the empty pool with the pump. A slight hiss of air will indicate the puncture site. This place must be degreased and cleaned with sandpaper.
For degreasing, everything that is suitable in the house is used - pure alcohol, acetone, solvent. Then, a necessarily round patch is cut out the size of a 5-ruble coin from the material corresponding to this inflatable product. The choice of glue must be approached with great care: super-glue is hardly suitable for PVC. Apply glue to the patch. It should be remembered that it dries quickly enough, and PVC - the material of an inflatable product - softens under the influence of glue. Therefore, we apply the patch without much delay to the cleaned puncture site, press it from the center to the edges to displace the air and hold for about 10 minutes. You can use the pool after a day. Having independently provided "first aid" to your home mini-sea, you will forever remember how to glue an inflatable pool.