Which glue to patch an airbed?

[The Legal Occupier]

I have an airbed which, predictably after a while, has multiple micro-leaks. The bed came with some patch kit, but it was rubbish. So I started taking cuts from thick supermarket bags and glue them to the bed. This works but only for a week or two.

I have asked the folks at the local Wilko but they can't even understand what an airbed is.

I have googled around and I have found recommendations for glues that don't even exist in UK.

Apparently there should be a glue that doesn't even need a patch kit. Just splash and go.

Is there anything like that in UK?

[The Natural Philosopher]

Its it rubberised fabric? If so puncture repair kits may sort you out.

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IIRC camping stores carry repair kits specifically for these and things like rubber dinghies

Or as cited above, amazon ebay etc.

[Adrian Caspersz]

Try a canoe shop.

[Colin Bignell]

That sounds like a fairly niche market.

[Martin Brown]

I'd be more inclined to go for cycle inner tube or pond liner repair kit. Depending on the scale of the leak.

[SteveW]

Many years ago, in an emergency, I happened to have a tube of an orange coloured, car sealant (a sort of silicone instant gasket, IIRC) in the boot. I smeared that on, let it set and the air-bed lasted another 20 years!

[Brian Gaff]

How on earth do you make holes in it though, most of the ones I've seen are pretty robust. Supermarket bags bio degrade so are not suitable for the task. Brian

[Brian]

Stormsure for the glue, amazing stuff.

Senior Management has a favourite pair of short wellies she uses for gardening. They split and I thought they were irreparable but she insisted I try. Sure enough, I found Stormsure and it worked.

You should be able to get patches for bike inner tubes from Halfords / EBay etc. Those with some Stormsure should seal the holes. May not be pretty.

[Thomas Prufer]

Inner tube is rubber. I'd go for a PVC repair kit, under the assumption the airbed is PVC. (It may say somewhere...)

The supermarket bags may be PP or PE, and that means "unglueable" for practical purposes.

Thomas Prufer

[The Natural Philosopher]

PVC airbeds are simply not worth repairing. Get a rubberised canvas one

[Robert]

Try neoprene wetsuit or drysuit glue Black witch or Aquasure both by McNett Used them both including on a "soft" water pouch. Aquasure is slower but better

[David]

Waterbed repir kit?