Peel and Stick Vinyl Plastic Pool Patch

After 3 other patch attempts with supplies from the hardware store and left over pool supplies, nothing seemed to seal the 1.5" tear (not hole, just a line tear) in the sidewall of my pool. as a final effort I bought these patches, for the price it was worth it to try and save a $400 pool that would now cost $700 to replace.I cleaned all the extra residue from the previous patches, and scrubbed the surface for good measure, rounded the edges and slapped it on WHILE the pool was refilling, used an old gift card to work out the bubbles and the leak stopped, I monitored it for about 30 minutes checking every 5 to make sure it didn't lift and nothing, patch stayed in place. found 3 more small pinhole leaks in the floor of the liner, patched them no problem, then I got a little crazy and tried to patch a 6" diameter hole for the original water filter/pump/skimmer set up AND IT WORKED! The pump housing was leaking so I figured id get rid of it and try to patch it up since I'm running a sand filter anyway, I layered the patches plus some residual pieces from the other patches and it actually sealed right up, for now I have a port hole window but Ill probably refine the repair later and make it as seamless as possible. I am not easily impressed and do not hand out 5 star reviews often at all, but these little patches are simple, easy, and work better than $30 worth of crap from the hardware store that claims to do the same thing. I'll update this review with pictures and progress.EDIT: So the pool didnt last long enough to get pictures of the repairs, more pinholes starting popping up in the floor and eventually made their way to the seam and the pool exploded overnight, woke up to an empty pool but since FL was in drought conditions when it happened, the ground soaked up all 6000 gallons. the big hole from the original filter I patched only leaked slightly which was amazing considering it was never designed to do that in the first place, before I could fix it the seam let go. the other repairs were stable, a couple patches started to peel at the edges but that may have been lack of prep on my part since the patches I took my time with laid flat and held strong. worth it for minor repairs but if youre patching within 3"-4" of a seam beware, these will not patch a seam, nothing can patch a seam, and once it goes it goes BIG

I recently developed a ragged 1/2 dollar size puncture at the curvature of the bottom and side wall in my 16 x 32 x 4.5 ft above ground pool liner.I tried Versa tape [worthless, but expensive],Wet patches sold by Leslie pools, Walmart, another local pool company [each was the same, adhesive tube, dauber, and generous portion of flexible silicone or plastic]. After 6 tries, I was finally lucky enough to get patch with adhesive down to hole, less than lucky in getting good adhesion or bubble free contact. Nevertheless, it held for about 1 week.Ordered Boxer Adhesive patches on a whim and prayer (certainly didn't want to drain pool and have to refill).Cut one patch off strip, rounded corners, and removed paper backing underwater, just before applying. It went on neatly, no sliding, no difficulty pressing air and water bubbles out. Stayed fixed to where I placed it.Checked on it about every 5 minutes ; first check revealed a minor lifting at a corner, worked that down very well and went over remaining patch (trying to only press without disturbing placement). Checked about 5 more times, everytime it looked great.Will update in a few more days after its been jostled by swimmers and cleaning.As for now, this product is hands down the best, fastest, and useful wet patch I have tried.Also, 5 patches in box, and I was able to patch with first try; whereas I used whole box on previous products.

I noticed that the underwater patches I used stuck well on the areas that I fixed when I had the patches outside with me on a brutal hot day. Adhesive was very tacky. A few weeks later I patched 2 areas after bringing the patches from my cool home and they did not stick at all. They didn't even feel as tacky.

Product did not stick to anything

We just bought a house with an inground pool with a vinyl liner that was severely neglected for years. The liner was out of the tract and had become brittle/stiff, not able to pull it back in without really heating it up and making it pliable. We used a heat gun - very cautiously. It worked, but in the process we made 2 holes in the liner (above the water line) and we really didn't want to replace the liner mid-season. So I purchased this product and It worked great for my needs. I cut the patches to go beyond the holes about 3/4 inch - applied them to a clean area on a nice warm day, and they held great. I also used a piece of blue vinyl from our solar cover to put behind the liner at the patch site to kind of camouflage the damage site a bit - that helped as well. I read the negative reviews on this item, and the one thing that crossed my mind was that I would not try to apply this on a vinyl item BEFORE inflating it or filling it. It doesn't have the same stretch as thin vinyl like from a kiddie pool or a float, and if you inflate or fill it after application the thin vinyl will stretch before the patch and it's probably going to give or if it doesn't, might rip the thinner vinyl around the patch. Hope that helps, from someone who doesn't appreciate all the fake reviews and BS products that are littering Amazon as of late. This one is a good one if you use it with forethought.