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While everyone is enjoying a dip in the pool on a hot summer’s day, there is nothing like finding a hole in your inflatable pool toy to ruin your fun. Usually made of vinyl, inflatable pool rafts and toys are easy to move around and play with in the swimming pool, but their lightweight construction and design make them susceptible to tears that can reduce their lifespan. Follow these steps to repair a hole in your float with things you already have around the house, and get it back in the pool instead of in the garbage bin. Step 1 - Identify the Hole Submerge your float in a bathtub or pool and look for escaping bubbles. This will indicate the exact spot of the leak. Another alternative to this is to spray a mixture of water and soap directly on the surface of the float, covering one section at a time. The appearance of soap bubbles will indicate the spot where the hole is. Draw a circle around the hole using a marker or crayon once the float is dry again. Step 2 - Temporarily Tape the Hole
Dry your float completely and blow it up as much as possible before putting a small piece of duct tape over the hole. This is a temporary fix until you can apply the permanent patch, and it allows the float to stay mostly inflated to give a better fit for the final patch. Step 3 - Glue the Hole Cut the patch or a piece of duct tape to cover the area of the leak completely, allowing ¼-inch overlay around the edges of the existing temporary patch. This will provide more surface area for it to hold. Cover your hands with gloves to protect your skin and apply superglue to one side of the patch or duct tape, completely covering it in an even layer. Do not glue just the edges as it will leak. Place the patch or duct tape, glue-side down, over the hole already covered with a piece of tape, applying even pressure for a minute or so for the glue to set in evenly. Step 4 - Allow to Dry Allow the glue to dry completely before using the inflatable pool float in the water again or you risk undoing your hard work.
Using a few household items and some ingenuity, you can avoid trudging to the store to buy new pool toys every time one springs a leak.What do these and all their competitors have in common? They can all have a major positive impact on your hike. “But I don’t want the extra weight!” Super glue can be found in any hardware section or dollar store in convenient 1-ounce containers. “I’ll wait until I get to town to fix whatever it is!” Do you really want to go four days with a flat air mattress? “I already have duct tape for that!” You can’t fix your leaky water system with duct tape. Let’s get to it – here are 10 reasons why you should carry Super Glue on any long-distance hike: Every hiker depends on their water system. Unfortunately, hikers have complicated water systems. We’ve all seen filter squeeze bags spring a leak on the third day. Water bladders can split at the seam or get punctured too easily. If you avoid bladder systems and go with bottles, you will miss having an integral water bottle when someone cooking their camp meal too close melts a hole in your plastic.
You don’t want to go through 30 dry miles on any less water than you have to. Solution: make a patch out of a piece of Zip Loc bag. Dry off the surface in question and super glue. Is this how you want to wake up? Shelters have nails sticking out all over the place, and they are all ready to put a leak in your air mattress. Your air mattress is going to get stepped on, folded and unfolded one million times. Sure, you can fix a leak when you get into town, but the next town may be three more flat-air-mattress-nights away. Once you feel a blister starting, there are a number of ways to treat it. Super glue may be the answer for hikers. Not only will it prevent the blister from forming, but you will be able to walk on it immediately after you apply it. Some hikers don’t get any blisters at all, but some (like me) get overwhelmed by them for the first few weeks of the hike. Make sure to sterilize the area before putting super glue glue on. Your shoes are going to fall apart after walking enough miles through water.
Unfortunately, you won’t always have advance notice. You’re going to have to walk to wherever your next pair of shoes are… with a floppy pair of shoes. Make your shoes last longer with super glue. I used this trick myself. Also, mesh shoes tend to deteriorate on top where the mesh bends most. Super glue on the mesh can act as a little preventative maintenance. Maybe you hung your tent on some branches or a railing to dry in the sun and it snagged the bug net. Now you’re waking up with mosquitoes you were pretty sure weren’t in there to begin with. Patch it with some super glue! Also useful for a leaky rain fly. At some point, you or someone around you is going to bend a trekking pole. Trekking poles are great at supporting weight the top, but not great when caught between two rocks as you use anything you can to recover from your near-fall. Most trekking poles on the trail use a telescoping system to adjust height as well as become compact. Unfortunately, the telescoping system doesn’t work as well when the poles aren’t completely straight.
If you or someone around you finds themselves with a trekking pole that won’t stay in one position, adjust it to the correct height and dab a little super glue in there to stop the sliding. For how unconnected we think we are in the woods, we sure carry a lot of cables. I had headphone cables, phone charger cables, e-book charger cables, back-up battery charger cables. Often, these cables are jammed together in a tight pocket. My ear phones cables barely made it through my thru-hike. They suffered contact with salt and sweat, rain, and sun screen. As soon as I saw signs of the rubber cable cracking, I put a little super glue on them. It made them less flexible but it got them through. So, your backpack made it to New York but one of the shoulder straps is coming loose from picking it up over and over with so much weight in it. It’s time to finally use that needle and thread you’ve been carrying since Georgia! Only problem is you’re not that great at sewing. No worries – finish up the sewing job and cover the thread in super glue so it doesn’t come undone.
Picture yourself in the rain with a sharp knife, trying to cut a piece of sausage. Actually this was me. This was one of the various times I cut myself and didn’t stop bleeding as fast as I would have liked. The cut kept re-opening the next few days. A little cleaning, disinfectant, and super glue might have been a good idea in this situation. I’m not advising anyone to use glue on their cuts. In most cases, direct pressure until the bleeding stops is the best option. For more reading on when or when not to use super glue on cuts: click here. Anything that snaps or buckles together has a chance of wearing out after four months of constant use. My water bladder hose was held in place by a snap like the one in the picture. Unfortunately, my snap wore out. But fortunately, one drop of super glue made it last the rest of my hike. Everyone carries a tool or object that might not be obvious before starting a hike. Super glue saved my day one hundred times. A few other times, I was able to make someone else’s day.