Puncture - repair tips?

• Puncture - repair tips?
  Posted by knatti on 20 Apr, 2020 18:50
• Today at the lake i noticed that the wing was loosing pressure and found bubbles near the area where the leash is connected.
  
  I read the duotone manual, in short:
  

  • a string around the bladder
  • unscrew valve
  • pull the bladder out
  • fix it (my kit looks like a bike puncture kit)
  • pull the bladder back in without twisting

  
  Is it rather straight forward?
  Any mistakes beginners always do?
  
  Thanks
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• #1 Reply
  Posted by clay on 21 Apr, 2020 02:59
• I did one myself and found this helpful:
  https://youtu.be/X-PBgFCFplA
  
  String around the bladder crucial as well as not twisting upon reinstall.   I would add inspect to see what may have caused the leak, as in make sure there is nothing sharp that will re-puncture.
  
  I'm a newbie with kites so my input could be nonsense.
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• #2 Reply
  Posted by knatti on 21 Apr, 2020 19:58
• Thanks for the video, I found some others, and it is more or less like repairing a kite, just you have to find some string instead of the kite lines.
  
  I also found a small rip in the canopy (about 1cm long). Should I use the supplied sticker in the repair kit or do you use other brands? Recommendations?
  
  
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• #3 Reply
  Posted by knatti on 11 May, 2020 08:15
• Just to (hopefully) finish this topic
  
  I had 2 more punctures just next to the others, around the middle. I tried to look for anything inside through the valve hole, but could not find anything. So if there was something inside I tried to shake it out towards the wingtips. I also checked the leash but could not find anything.
  
  The hole in the canopy was repaired with spinnaker tape on both sides.
   
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