REPAIRS
VERTICAL BLADDERS
CONT’
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Once you have located the leak, dry the area and mark the hole with
a circle. A permanent marker works best for this.
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Dry and clean the rest of the bladder with a soft towel.
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Again, deflate the bladder.
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Decide whether to use the glue or a patch supplied in your bladder
repair kit.
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If the hole is on a seam, you will need to glue the area.
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If the hole is on a flat area of the bladder, remove the backing on one
of the patches and press it onto the bladder, covering the hole.
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Set the bladder aside for approximately 20 minutes to dry.
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Again, inflate the bladder and check to make sure it is now holding air.
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Deflate once again.
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Remove the valve plug and replace it in the Velcro fitting on the cor-
responding strut.
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Tie the flying line from the end of the strut opening onto the valve noz-
zle.
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Lay the bladder flat at the end of the strut, so that you may now feed
it back into the sleeve.
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Gently feed the nozzle into the sleeve, followed by the rest of the blad-
der.
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From the nozzle opening of the sleeve, you will pull the flying line out
of the sleeve, while pulling the bladder back into place.
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Once the bladder is replaced, pull the nozzle back into the hole of the
sleeve and remove the flying line from its base.
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Re-attach the Velcro at the base end of the sleeve.
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Re-attach the nozzle plug.
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Inflate the strut partially to make sure the bladder fits into all four cor-
ners of the sleeve.
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Inflate the strut entirely or deflate it if you are going to store the kite
