2006-10-17 06:05:58 · 16 answers · asked by velvet 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Use a spray bottle filled with soapy water to wet down a small area at a time. Make sure that the matress has air in it 1st and then look for small bubbles. When you find them, you have found a leak. Good Luck.
2006-10-17 06:12:55 · answer #1 · answered by nickymo 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes, soapy water over the area works fine. BUT.....
I've had the same problems before, and I got a sharpie handy, and I wet my lips.
It sounds weird, but I swear by it. If you know roughly where the area is at, good. In that case, wet your lips, and feel for the air coming out with your lips. Trust me, it works. IF, you dont know where the spot is at, inflate the mattress, get a spray bottle with soapy water, and spray over certain control areas and be sure to pay attention to where you spray, and look and listen closey for any air leaks.
But keep the Sharpie out to mark your leak. Then dry off the area completely, and patch the hole. I prefer to use a bicycle tube repair kit in this kinda situation. And since its a mattress, who cares what it looks like.
2006-10-17 13:21:09 · answer #2 · answered by jeff the drunk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes depending on the size of the mattress, Fill it with air and submerge it in water all the way, hold it down in the water, you should see little bubbles coming up from the water where the hole is..Hope this helped you..
2006-10-17 13:17:18 · answer #3 · answered by patti f 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think for the most part everybody here is hitting the general idea, but lets try and make it a little easier for you.
fill a spray bottle with soapy water and spray one area at a time, usually about 2 feet square. keep doing this until you see bubbles and you have found the hole. this also will clean the air mattress and so you have killed two birds with one stone.
2006-10-17 13:21:30 · answer #4 · answered by Ranger 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
take a water bottle and spray over mattress there will be bubbles wherever there are holes from the air coming out
2006-10-17 13:12:36 · answer #5 · answered by Eye of Innocence 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fill with air
fill tub with water
hold section of mattress, usually the seam in water look for air bubbles
the other way is to hold something like a feather, tissue every 1 inch and see the feather move
2006-10-17 13:11:49 · answer #6 · answered by god knows and sees else Yahoo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soapy wet wash cloth, whip over the mattress when full, and where there's bubbles there's a leak, wipe off soap and then ducktape it!
2006-10-17 13:12:07 · answer #7 · answered by blair 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Soapy water after you fill it with air
2006-10-17 13:15:42 · answer #8 · answered by richy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People that work on tires us a soap and water solution that they spray on the tire and it will bubble up easier. and you will be able to find the whole.
2006-10-17 13:13:08 · answer #9 · answered by naute_girl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put it in water the hole will bubble. That's how we fixed our pool and inflatable toys as kids.
2006-10-17 13:11:30 · answer #10 · answered by chante 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋