May 10, 200718 yr I am going floating on a river tomorrow and I have discovered a very small, less than pinpoint sized hole in the side of it. I need suggestions on how to seal it up (doesn't need to be a long lasting seal, just need it for the day) I need to get it sealed by tomorrow and I need SERIOUS suggestions, please. I don't know if duct tape will stay in the water, and I put some silicon bathroom sealant stuff on it but it says it could take 24 hours to set. I have about 11 hours. Quick! Help! Please!
May 10, 200718 yr I am going floating on a river tomorrow and I have discovered a very small, less than pinpoint sized hole in the side of it. Roommate lose his blow up doll?
May 10, 200718 yr silicon will go off... goto your local toys R us and see if they have any vinyl paddling pool patches.. if you are really desperate try a bicycle innertube repair kit.. anything else wont stay on well
May 10, 200718 yr Author Yes the object is to not have to go to a store to buy stuff. no Toys R Us within an hour of me. haha Klink, funny but I need serious suggestions
May 10, 200718 yr ok.. serious suggestion in relation to klinks not serius one.. KY and right hand... saves a trip to the store.
May 10, 200718 yr Author Shotty... please don't be difficult! I am having an inflatable emergency here! A crisis! I could drown!
May 10, 200718 yr O.K. then dude roll that baby in water to find the hole. You need a piece of rubber about the same thickness as your boat, clean the area with alcohol, sandpaper it to make it rough so the patch sticks, put glue there that comes in any patching kit and let it dry a bit til sticky then add the patch and clamp it down with something.
May 10, 200718 yr Author will rubber cement work? How about super gluing a random piece of rubber on there?
May 10, 200718 yr Author Getting another is not an option. This thing is vintage. It is a clear raft with like 30 cupholders on it. The cupholders are rainbow colored and the thing is the size of a queen-sized mattress. It is pretty pimpin.
May 10, 200718 yr You gotta have that kind of cement from a tire patching kit that smears around nice to seal. Super glue might leave an air space I think.
May 10, 200718 yr Author nail polish? huh? I stuck some contact cement on there, gonna test that out in the morning. If that doesnt work then I am trying liquid nails. If that doesnt work... ugh.
May 10, 200718 yr i would just put some clean hole, tape it on hole and glue the outside part of tape enclosing any hole. probley electrical tape.
May 10, 200718 yr Author Liquid Nails for the win. I put some of that on the hole and it help up wonderfully today. No leaking at all.
May 11, 200718 yr Author There is a difference between correct "grammar" and a typo. I will gladly point out that you did not use correct grammar, either. It is grammar. It is NOT grammer.
May 11, 200718 yr best suggestion it is the one from Klink, if applied well it could last forever, don't forget sandpaper it and spread the glue well, you might also want to wait a little before applying it depends on the glue properties
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