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Patching ProLites?

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Jan 13, 2017 at 6:46 pm #3445013

Katherine .
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@katherine
Locale: pdx

The “Permanent Home Repair Kit” has dismal reviews on the Thermarest website.

The kittens have gotten their claws on my old Prolites. We’ll need them for car camping this summer. What would you use to repair the holes? Tenacious Tape?

Also, any tips for submerging a large pad (25″) in a small tub to find those holes?

Jan 13, 2017 at 6:49 pm #3445014

Ken Thompson
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@here
Locale: Right there

Seamgrip works great on those little holes on the self inflators. Fold pad in half to increase pressure. Helps keep it a bit more manageable size wise that way too.

Jan 13, 2017 at 7:20 pm #3445019

Clifford Deakyne
BPL Member

@cliffdeakyne
Locale: Colorado Rockies foot hills

Coughlans makes a product called air stop. It is urethane resin in a solvent. It is very easy to use. I have used this successfully on self inflating pad leaks.
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