Repairing Leak Underwater

We just filled our inflatable 15' Summer Escape for its second year of Unimed duty, and I found a 1/16"x1/4" hole in the bottom of the liner, about 2" away from the transition to the thicker 'wall' material. The pool is sitting on top of a ground liner (basically thick tarp), and nothing is sticking through the hole indicating what caused the tear. Lawn next to tear is soggy, but not washed out.

Should I go with one of the wet patch kits? I've seen various levels of success reading internet reviews and forum posts. I really don't want to dump the 2700 gallons of fresh sparkling water that was JUST filled two days ago.

Any thoughts or tips?

Yes, I would repair the liner with the pool full. I never had good luck with the peel and stick patches but with a Boxer vinyl repair kit you should be just fine.

Dennis

I have had to patch my liner 4 times. I strongly recommend you patch the hole, the put a much larger patch over the patch. The boxer glue can float away under water so wear old goggles because you do NOT want it in your eyes!

This thread may help.

http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthr...-a-vinyl-liner