Vinyl Liner Repair Options

[NormZ]

Cool, thanks!

I went by the pool store and found an "underwater vinyl repair kit". It contains 2oz of glue that is supposed to work underwater as you described, but the patch they provided is a very thin piece of transparent plastic sheeting. I think I'll go back to the store and see if I can find a piece of actual liner instead.

Thanks for the encouragement in that it can be sucessfully repaired! I was pretty bummed last night thinking that I would have to drain the pool at a minimum or maybe even replace the entire liner.

[Rangeball]

Normz, my patch held for years, and was still good to go when I finally replaced the liner.

It's a pretty straight forward, easy fix. No need to drain the pool, even at the end of this season. Just make sure you have a good solid weight holding the patch down tight and give it all the time it needs per the instructions on the glue.

[Bpalarchio]

I have the exact same problem, my pool store was out of the the kits w/the glue and only had self adhesive patches, I put one on and it was still leaking in the next day. I went to a different store and they had a kit w/the glue and patch material, it's clear but thicker then the self adhesive patch. I put the patch in as stated in the directions but didn't put a weight on the patch, and found the pool still leaking. Can I just pull off the old patch and put the new one on or do I need to clean the spot somehow, if so, with what. I'll try this tonight since I'm leaving on vacation for a week in the morning.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,