Each inflatable mattress has its own main cause of the puncture.Beach mattresses are suffering mainly from the sharp edges of shells, pebbles, twigs or pieces of glass, but sleeping mattresses, bed inflatable ie, they may be victims of domestic animals that have decided to innocently sharpen claws, while the owner does not see.But here it is a fact - a product suddenly blown away, and we have to urgently look for information on how to seal the mattress, and preferably ponadezhnee.
The main problem with these troubles - find the puncture site, and if a beach mattress, everything is clear (river or sea will aid the ill-fated search for holes), what to do with an inflatable bed?Carry a thick double mattress to the river or the ocean shore somehow not cost-effective, and standard bath product, even in the form of poluspuschennom not always fit.To seal the air mattress, you need to start yet to find a place which will soon be showing off patch.How to do it?
Looking puncture method of soap bubbles!To do this is to walk on the surface of the soapy sponge and put pressure on the pumped-up mattress.If you know about the injury, it significantly narrows the search area, still a small edge of the mattress can be immersed in a bath of water.Discovered better puncture mark, use a marker, you can maznut bright nail polish, still have this place cleaned with acetone.
Before figure out how to seal the air mattress, you need to figure out what kind of material to be repaired.If there is a repair kit, supplied by some manufacturers, the problem is solved, but for self-purchase, it is important to understand that not everyone is suited to the adhesive material from which to make your mattress.There is a considerable difference in approach as to seal inflatable mattress made of rubber, rubber-coated fabric or PVC coated.The patch for the repair must be of the same material from which your product, although there are exceptions.For example, rubber patch on PVC lies not in the best way, but the leather patch can hold just fine.
So quick algorithm "as a seal inflatable mattress": looking for the puncture, mark it, degreased, glue patch and kept under daily load.That's all, it would seem, of wisdom.
The question is: how and what to degrease the surface, and what to do with these PVC mattresses are covered with a special velvet-coated?Typically, the surface degreasing solvents - acetone, white-spirit.Spray gently scraped fine sandpaper - sandpaper.If the surface will be slightly rough, it's a good thing.Note that you need to handle both surfaces.
carefully studied the adhesive read him the instructions.Note PVC glue is quite toxic, it is best to work with gloves.However, the solvent also should not touch with your bare hands.According to the instructions pasted patch on the mattress deflated by closing a puncture, presses the load.As shipping may be a book, for which the weight is set or a bucket of water.
Warning: how to stick inflatable mattress and sticking to it load?Put on a fresh patch ordinary plastic bag, casually speaking a drop of glue is no longer present any particular risk.It is extremely rare, but still happens to this incident as the bonding surface of the mattress inside.That is, the top panel is attached to the bottom through a puncture or incision.To avoid this, you need to use the following trick.Very poorly inflated mattress dot grease suitable adhesive on the puncture site, leave to dry.Frozen drop of glue will create a barrier for a fresh, when you apply the patch on all the rules.Properly renovated mattress regularly lasts for years!
