Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle … gone flat inflatables?

By: Rob Raikes

Rob Raikes — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 18:55:06 +0000

Airbeds with tiny holes somewhere, but I don’t know and can’t find where. Please mend them and pass then on. Where do i send them?
Cheers

By: Lorri

Lorri — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 23:19:37 +0000

My friend has made raincoats for her children using using the inflatable valve on a pocket. It looks really cute, just remember to make little punch holes under the arms (and reinforce them) so it doesn’t get too hot for them. You could also make rain trousers too. I’ll be trying to repair mine first though with a bike patch kit.

By: Chris Golightly

Chris Golightly — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 14:05:15 +0000

Repair and recycling, purchase of older and unusual inflatables, drop me a line at cgolightly@bethere.co.uk for info on repairs, carrying out repairs, buying and selling inflatables.

Dont bin it till you have contacted me.

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coolinflatables.co.uk — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:39:28 +0000

inflatable recycling and inflatable repair, contact us on jezsmith@aol.com

By: Lizzy

Lizzy — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:42:51 +0000

If it’s unrepairable , you could cut the “panels” of the plastic out, and if you have several items of the sort, make some sort of retro anorak maybe? Alternitavely you could always use it for covering stuff to make it waterproof
:)

By: David

David — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:42:40 +0000

Like I said before on this website if you have a family sized inflatable paddling pool then why not turn it into a dress alla Karl Lagerfelt

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 00:31:49 +0000

If able all you have to do is immerse the inflatable in water to see where the hole is. Water bubbles should come out of hole
seen when immersed underwater.
Mark the place after where the hole is and either you can fix the hole, or someone else can repair it.

By: Ruti

Ruti — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:47:06 +0000

You can sew a pencil case from them.

By: Holly

Holly — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:43:25 +0000

I have a queen size inflatable mattress that got to close to a heater. We have tried to mend it, but have not succeeded. I would be glad to send it to you if you could fix it or know where to recycle it. I live in Montana and have called all of the recycling centers they told me to throw it the landfill, but I do not want to do that.

By: ana

ana — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:26:10 +0000

We used to mend inflatables (pools, toys, matresses) with those little ready-to-use patchs for mending bycicles tyres. They only cover a round small area. Also, we kept a small piece of a broken inflatable toy, along with soft-plastic glue, to mend other items.

By: Maureen

Maureen — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:34:26 +0000

I have an inflatable mattress that has a puncture, but i can’t find the place to repair it. The mattress is quite heavy and so not very good for any of the suggestions on this page. Would you be able to repair it, or, if not, do you have any ideas where I could donate it. I live in Cambs.

By: Gulia

Gulia — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:19:01 +0000

Stuff them with cotton to make a floor pillow for children.

By: chris

chris — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:28:54 +0000

or you can send them to me for professional repair, or donate them, i fix them up, and pass them on.

By: Sunny Days

Sunny Days — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:26:49 +0000

If by chance you have an animal head swim ring of which the animal head is the only piece that survives, you can cut it off at the base of the head leaving a border around it, get a new unused swim ring, cut out an airhole in the new swim ring where on top you can glue and seal the animal head on.Make sure the air holes are on top of each other.
Then you have a new animal head swim ring that you can use.

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 13:09:10 +0000

I also have a lot of these inflammables; I was going to fill them with expanding foam ‘the sort you get from a DIY store’. Has any one tried this? Let us know.

By: renee

renee — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 09:24:20 +0000

you could use them to cover kids exercise books.

By: Rex

Rex — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 17:45:00 +0000

Instead of cutting them up why don’t you just fix them and donate them so others can enjoy them in as much time as it takes to make a tote bag or a shower curtain you could have an inflatable good as new.

By: Katz

Katz — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 22:33:09 +0000

you can cut flowers or other designs out of them and decorate some old beach or grocery bags with them – just sew them on top.

By: Frannie

Frannie — Sat, 19 May 2007 15:44:32 +0000

With enough of these inflatables, especially colourful ones, you can cut them up into equally-sized squares and piece them together to make a unique shower curtain (perhaps using epoxy or a glue gun to join pieces together).

Use this same technique to make a tote bag for grocery shopping or going to the beach or a picnic.

By: J. Clifford

J. Clifford — Wed, 16 May 2007 14:19:01 +0000

Use them as packing material for fragile objects sent in the mail.

For playgrounds, the material can be shredded to create a soft surface for children to play on.

If it’s transparent, like the orange dolphin above, they could be cut into strips for use in interesting children’s art projects, or mood lighting in a teenager’s bedroom, when attached to a cage over a lightbulb.

Those good with a sewing needle could create patchwork raincoats for the kids.

I wouldn’t put plastic in the garden, though, as it’s going to interfere with the natural structure of the soil, and doesn’t decompose, so it tends to get all through the earth, creating dry little spots that roots can’t make use of.

By: Delusion

Delusion — Tue, 15 May 2007 12:27:02 +0000

If they can be cut up, they could be used as weed control for the garden.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 14 May 2007 10:43:07 +0000

I imagine if cut into pieces, the material could be used to patch holes in other inflatables, or really for anything you could use a waterproof material for. Maybe you could make waterproof stuff sacks for camping gear…