After I had a ladder snap in half, and put multiple holes in a 1-2 month old liner, I had raced off to get patch kit. Got kit, read instructions very quickly, and slapped patches in place. All has been well for about a month now.
Had I had my wits about me-I would have rounded off edges of patch material, and put smaller individual patches on each hole. The way it went down is I cut big square patches for each side of where ladder dug into the liner, slathered the patch with glue and I covered 2-3 holes on each side with one big patch. These patches are starting to come off at the edges.
Does anyone have advice on how to proceed?
Should I leave well enough alone while patches still hold? Put an even bigger patch over existing ones? Try to remove current patch(es) and replace with smaller individual rounded patches?
Never thought I'd be asking for this type of advice, seeing as we only enjoyed our NEW pool for 2 days before the ladder snapped. Now I'm a freak about the kids going anywhere near where the patches are located. Being new to all this, I thought I might ask others who have lived thru this sort of thing.
Had I had my wits about me-I would have rounded off edges of patch material, and put smaller individual patches on each hole. The way it went down is I cut big square patches for each side of where ladder dug into the liner, slathered the patch with glue and I covered 2-3 holes on each side with one big patch. These patches are starting to come off at the edges.
Does anyone have advice on how to proceed?
Should I leave well enough alone while patches still hold? Put an even bigger patch over existing ones? Try to remove current patch(es) and replace with smaller individual rounded patches?
Never thought I'd be asking for this type of advice, seeing as we only enjoyed our NEW pool for 2 days before the ladder snapped. Now I'm a freak about the kids going anywhere near where the patches are located. Being new to all this, I thought I might ask others who have lived thru this sort of thing.
. Okay so I made the patch a little smaller, but not much and rounded the corners, put the glue on and patched. That one lasted till the next day. I found it floating in the water. :? :? So I decided to cut the patch just a little bigger than the hole, rounded the corners as per directions, but instead of using the glue sparingly as per directions I used a lot of glue and held it in place for several mintures before releasing it. It has held. I have noticed that it has come a little loose on the bottom where the water hits it, but will leave it alone until it comes off by itself. For me I think the glue was the key -- you must get enough on it to actually bond it and using it sparingly didn't get it.