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    Default Re: Re-doing a liner patch

    There was a tip here somewhere about using a wallpaper roller or similar to get a real good seal on the patch.

    A search should turn it up.

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    Default Re: Re-doing a liner patch

    Yes, I read the post (and saw the attached photos) of the wallpaper roller that someone used to roll on a liner patch. I've chosen to opt instead for dive after dive after dive, during each of which I'll be pressing out the patch like a thin-crust pizza dough. I'm also going to lay a heavy sandbag on the patch when I'm done. Then come the prayers.

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    Talking Re: Re-doing a liner patch

    K, the advice so far is ~ what I'd have said (I thought the wallpaper roller was my idea -apparently I'm not the only one to have both wallpapered and applied liner patches ) Be sure to 'round' the edges - as per Carl's sug. Cut the new patch ~ 1" bigger than the previous one, all around, use the roller to seal the 2nd patch from the inside part out to the edges, you want to see the glue 'sqeegeeing' out from the outside edge.
    Is there any chance that this 'rip' is at a seam? If so, you may have seam seperation and the manufacturer should replace it at ~no cost to you (the warantee is 'pro-rated' so you may have to pay 5 - 10 % of the cost). Using SCUBA gear and applying the patch 'continuiously' will net you better results. I've seen pools that I've patched still holding just fine after 5 years - so, if done properly, you don't need a new liner
    Hopefully, this is of some help/ reassurance to you - Waste
    Luv & Luk, Ted

    Having done construction and service for 4 pool companies in 4 states starting in 1988, what I know about pools could fill a couple of books - what I don't know could fill libraries

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