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| My sister lives in another state. She says that her water bed is
leaking around a patch that was done earlier.
I think the patch originally stopped the leak, but is now leaking
again.
Would it be better to try to remove the old patch and then patch the
area again or just patch over the patch?
What would make removing the old patch easier?
Thanks for your time
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| Meat Plow 2007-09-28, 8:25 pm |
| On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 16:39:25 -0700, Terry wrote:
> My sister lives in another state. She says that her water bed is
> leaking around a patch that was done earlier.
>
> I think the patch originally stopped the leak, but is now leaking
> again.
>
> Would it be better to try to remove the old patch and then patch the
> area again or just patch over the patch?
>
> What would make removing the old patch easier?
>
> Thanks for your time
Patch over the patch. Prepare surface with rubbing alcohol first and see
if you can get an air bubble under the leak. I had water beds for 20 years
until 2005 and fixed my fair share of leaks.
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| Joseph Meehan 2007-09-28, 8:25 pm |
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"Terry" <kilowatt@charter.net> wrote in message
news:1191022765.419888.69220@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> My sister lives in another state. She says that her water bed is
> leaking around a patch that was done earlier.
>
> I think the patch originally stopped the leak, but is now leaking
> again.
>
> Would it be better to try to remove the old patch and then patch the
> area again or just patch over the patch?
>
> What would make removing the old patch easier?
>
> Thanks for your time
>
I think it is time to replace the mattress.
--
Joseph Meehan
Dia 's Muire duit
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| Terry wrote:
> My sister lives in another state. She says that her water bed is
> leaking around a patch that was done earlier.
>
> I think the patch originally stopped the leak, but is now leaking
> again.
>
> Would it be better to try to remove the old patch and then patch the
> area again or just patch over the patch?
>
> What would make removing the old patch easier?
>
> Thanks for your time
Once upon a time, as a child, I used to put patch upon patch on bicycle
tyres and learnt about the futility. Time to dispose/ recycle.
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| Uncle Monster 2007-09-29, 5:25 pm |
| On Sep 28, 6:39 pm, Terry <kilow...@charter.net> wrote:
> My sister lives in another state. She says that her water bed is
> leaking around a patch that was done earlier.
>
> I think the patch originally stopped the leak, but is now leaking
> again.
>
> Would it be better to try to remove the old patch and then patch the
> area again or just patch over the patch?
>
> What would make removing the old patch easier?
>
> Thanks for your time
Did she try any Bar's Leaks in the water bed?
[8~{} Uncle Monster
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| On Sep 29, 6:13 pm, Uncle Monster <uncle...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 28, 6:39 pm, Terry <kilow...@charter.net> wrote:
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> Did she try any Bar's Leaks in the water bed?
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> [8~{} Uncle Monster
Reading how Bar's Leaks work, it would seem to me not suited for
waterbed.
One web pages says........
convenience. When Bar's Leaks is added to the cooling system, the
pellets quickly dissolve under heat and circulation, releasing tens of
thousands of individual Rhizex Particles which continually circulate
in suspension throughout
http://www.barsleaks.net/how2works.html
I would be interested if someone has actually successfully tried this,
though.
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"Terry" <kilowatt@charter.net> wrote in message
news:1191112845.793945.183460@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
> On Sep 29, 6:13 pm, Uncle Monster <uncle...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Reading how Bar's Leaks work, it would seem to me not suited for
> waterbed.
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> One web pages says........
> convenience. When Bar's Leaks is added to the cooling system, the
> pellets quickly dissolve under heat and circulation, releasing tens of
> thousands of individual Rhizex Particles which continually circulate
> in suspension throughout
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> http://www.barsleaks.net/how2works.html
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> I would be interested if someone has actually successfully tried this,
> though.
I think (hope?) it was a joke.
A patch attached with aquaseal or urethane caulk might work better to fill the
gap that would normally result where patch covers the old patch edge.
Bob
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