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Herself has managed to get an almost new Osprey bladder trapped in the zip of her pack and has put some small holes in it, right on the edge where it folds over.
I've tried a quick inner tube patch fix, but it didn't even begin to take.
Any better ideas? Gorilla Tape (I have some of the black gaffer stuff, but not sure how waterproof it is)? It feels like there should be something that's a simple stick-on solution?
The bladder claims to be TPU - thermoplastic polyurethane
Thanks!
I repaired a pin-prick hole in a bladder using a bit of the bag of some dried apricots (I reckoned that should be food-safe), held in place with a larger bit of gaffa tape. I trimmed the corners off the gaffa tape to make it less likely to peel off.
Bit of a bodge, but has lasted years and not leaked so far.
Clear Gorrilla tape might do it. It’s proper sticky.
Would Sugru work?
I've successfully patched camelback and platapus bladders with park self glued patches.
I've not tried it on a fold.
Email them and ask theor recommendation. I'm about post a 12 Yr old pack to the for repair, seem quite good at keeping kit in circulation rather than replacing.
Have had other bags repaired free of charge before.
Miracle tape?
Soldering iron and clingfilm?
Agreed on clear gorilla tape, I repaired our paddling pool with it and it is still going strong a year later.
Stormsure glue will work - https://amzn.to/3QNH0Tm. It takes a while to go off but i have used it successfully on a load of gear inc bladders.
Gorilatape +1
I've used both the black stuff and the clear "screen repair" tape to make things waterproof.
If it's on a seam you can use an iron but it's difficult to judge the time/temperature needed to weld the two layers together without just melting through them.
I froze a Source bag once and it cracked on a crease. Discovered this on a motorbike ride. Put some gaffer tape on and it has held for over ten years.
I put a bit of gaffer tape on a hole in a Camelbak bladder and it worked for a few years until the pipe went all grotty. Then I replaced it with a bladder from Millets which cost next to nothing.
I was so impressed with the new bladder I went to get a smaller one for another backpack and found that getting one of their Eurohike backpacks (including bladder) was the same price as the bladder.