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Originally Posted by beerbelly
I bought a new 3.2 honwave airdeck and after the first time out I was washing it down I flipped it over and while washing the underside of the floor I notices an area where tiny bubbles were seeping through the floor material .when I looked closely it was like when the material was manufactured the outer layer of rubber had small areas where you could see the cloth from within showing .they apologized and swapped it for a new one with some excuse about end of a roll pvc but it left me wondering about there quality control
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That's unbelievable I would be very annoyed!
Back to the seal skin, having read up on it I'm not sure it's going to work if you have a tiny puncture instead of a leaking valve holder or internal seam issue. I personally would put some type of non waterbased sealant in or as friend of mine done to find an annoying leak, put a small amount of water based die in a water solution then put it into the chamber this will indicate where the air is escaping but this is only going to work if you can keep the boat dry and clean to observe the dye indication and then youve go to wash out the chamber as best you can meaning removing the valve.
Have you removed and cleaned the valves 9 out of 10 that's the leak?
