What is best kit to use? My tear is about 6 inches long with 4 inches being above water level. I have a section of liner that matches I thought about gluing it over top of it. Do I need to pull a vacuum on liner again? If so how? What is best kit to use and should I drain water level down when repairing?
Repairing 6 in long tear in liner
- Thread starter ncesmt9065
- Start date
- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,052
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
The boxer adhesive is good for underwater & above- u can buy it alone in a container like pvc glue since u already have some vinyl.
in the kits @ lowes & Leslie’s there’s not that much, just a little tube.
Can u post a picture?
in the kits @ lowes & Leslie’s there’s not that much, just a little tube.
Can u post a picture?
You will want to do two patches. One just a bit bigger than the other. Make sure to round the edges as much as you can.
Brenda Paw
Bronze Supporter
I have the same problem, a limb fell and pierced my vinyl lining in the shallow end. I see a lot of Boxer repair kits on Amazon but the Boxer 859 with a can of adhesive has the most reviews. Any opinion on what is best? There's a peel and stick too. The negative reviews are few but concerning
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- Jun 1, 2018
- 16,052
- Pool Size
- 26000
- Surface
- Vinyl
- Chlorine
- Salt Water Generator
- SWG Type
- Hayward Aqua Rite (T-15)
That looks extremely textured, is it debris or wrinkles? You may have a hard time getting a seal if it’s a rough texture
Brenda Paw
Bronze Supporter
It's fine debris/algae, not wrinkles. We had had a period of our salt cell being down and we had just got our controller board replaced before this branch came down and made a hole. I knew sharing a pic of the hole would expose our less then photo-ready pool! I know how to SLAM and brush and vacuum it back to crystal clarity, it just seems like it's one small calamity after another with this pool this summer. I have placed some plastic over the hole with a dive sandbag weight over it and it seems to be holding while the repair kit is on the way. I came here for advice about the best adhesives, patches to use because this is the first time we have had a breech in our vinyl in 6 years and would welcome some tips. But I assure you that I am SLAMing it back to beautiful
For future reference, if ever your pump is out, or the salt cell down..... just add liquid chlorine and mix it around to protect yourself from algae in the meantime. PoolMath will tell you how much to add.