Have a leak near the trailing edge on one of the struts.
wondering what people are using for simple repairs on bladders.
generaly get the pros to handle anything significant but think this one should be ok to do myself.
thanks people
You should be able to pick up some bladder repair patches from your local kite shop. Generally it's just a matter of removing the bladder, dunking it under water and then marking where the hole is, scuffing the area with the hole with a little bit of sandpaper, cleaning it with some isopropyl alcohol (no vodka won't do)... then making sure the bladder is on a flat surface and applying the sticky patch.
I've done plenty of them that way and they've all held fine.
If it's right at the end of the bladder where all the sand collects, then fold a bit of greaseproof paper around it and hit it with a hot iron about 1 cm from the end - will heat weld a new "end" on the bladder - too easy.
(try it on an old bladder first so you get the heat and timing right!)
