Each inflatable mattress has its ownthe main reason for the puncture. Beach mattresses suffer, mainly from the sharp edges of seashells, pebbles, twigs or glass fragments, but sleeping mattresses, that is, inflatable beds, can become victims of pets who have decided to innocently thread the claws until the owner sees it. However, here it is a fact - the product is suddenly blown away, and we have to urgently search for information on how to seal a mattress, and it is desirable to be more reliable.
The main problem with such troubles -find a place to puncture, and if everything is clear with the beach mattress (the river or the sea will become an auxiliary means of searching for the ill-fated hole), then what to do with the inflatable bed? Carry a thick double mattress to the river or to the shore of the ocean somehow not cost-effective, and in a standard bath the product even in half-sunshine does not always fit. To seal an air mattress, you first need to find the place where the plaque will soon appear. How to do it?
Ищем прокол методом мыльных пузырей!To do this, walk along the surface with a soapy sponge and press on the inflated mattress. If you know about the place of damage, the area of searches is noticeably narrowed, yet a small edge of the mattress can be immersed in a bath of water. The detected puncture is better marked, use a marker, you can smear bright nail polish, still this place will have to be wiped with acetone.
Before figuring out how to seal an inflatablemattress, you need to find out which material is to be repaired. If there is a repair kit provided by some manufacturers, then the problem is solved, however, when buying independently, it is important to understand: not every glue comes to the material from which your mattress is made. There is a big difference in approach, how to seal an inflatable mattress made of rubber, rubberized fabric or from polyvinyl chloride with spraying. The patch for repair must be of the same material as your product, although there are exceptions. For example, a rubber patch on PVC falls not in the best way, but a leather patch can hold just fine.
So, a short algorithm "how to seal an inflatable mattress": look for a puncture site, mark it, degrease it, glue the patch and stand the day under the load. That's all, it would seem, wisdom.
Возникает вопрос:how and what to degrease the surface, and what to do with these PVC mattresses, which are covered with a special velvety coating? Usually the surface is degreased with solvents - acetone, white spirit. Spraying gently cleaned with a fine sandpaper - sandpaper. If the surface is slightly rough, then this is even good. Notice, you need to process both surfaces to be glued together.
We carefully study the glue, read to itinstruction. Take into account, PVC-glue is quite toxic, it is better to work with gloves. However, the solvent, too, should not be touched with bare hands. According to the instructions, we paste a patch on the deflated mattress, closing the puncture, pressing it with a load. As a cargo can act a book, which is installed weight or bucket of water.
Attention:how to seal an inflatable mattress and not to glue a load to it? Put on a fresh patch an ordinary plastic bag, a randomly appeared droplet of glue now does not pose any particular danger. Extremely rare, but still happens such an incident, as the gluing of the surfaces of the mattress from the inside. That is, the upper panel is glued to the bottom through a puncture or cut. To avoid this, you need to apply the following trick. Very lightly inflated mattress punctually lubricate the appropriate glue in place of the puncture, leave to dry. A frozen droplet of glue will create a barrier to fresh, when you impose a patch on all the rules. Correctly repaired mattress regularly serves for years!
