wikiHow is a “wiki,” similar to Wikipedia, which means that many of our articles are co-written by multiple authors. To create this article, volunteer authors worked to edit and improve it over time. I bought this to repair my son's punchured punch ball. It had had a slow puncture for weeks, but was deflating faster over time. Technical note: We use genuine butyl rubber bladders which weigh about 4oz more than Polyurethane bladders. Polyurethane bladders are used in most modern footballs. We've repaired hundreds of footballs, including Wilson, Rawlings, Nike and Spalding footballs, some surprisingly new. We've noted that polyurethane bladders don't expand and contract, making them vulnerable to changes in air pressure and changing weather conditions. What we see every day is that polyurethane bladders aren't very durable and they actually disintegrate. In contrast, butyl rubber expands and contracts with changes in air pressure, so butyl rubber bladders, while a bit heavier than polyurethane, are simply more durable. Like all inflated sports balls, butyl rubber bladders will slowly bleed air over time and will need to be re-inflated periodically. Please refer to our Football Repair FAQ if you have any questions.

Repair Kit For Fullsize Footballs Wilson NFL Bladder and Lace Repair Kit For Fullsize Footballs

On each occasion, the fluid in the syringe solidified halfway through the "injection" into the ball and proved totally ineffective.Paste the inner tube to the balloon coating at the inflation valve. To do this, use the Bostik and wait at least 12 hours until the gluing is firm. This will allow you to reinsert the inner tube into the balloon (the outer portion of the ball) without the two detaching. We respect valuable historic artifacts, and irreplaceable autographed balls so we advise a consultation to make sure the process is appropriate. Please call Paul Cunningham at 201-857-4647 for a free consultation. ALL SIZES: We will replace bladders and laces on any size leather football: pee wee, junior, youth, collegiate/high school and professional sizes. You will find there's new problem throughout our football memorabilia collections - the flat football. In time, the actual bladders contained in the footballs turn out to be brittle and break up. It doesn't mean that your ball doesn't have a value as the flat football can be serviced. There's a excellent football repair service now provided by National Sports Distributors. In regards to having a classic flat football mended you want to utilize NSD simply because they know the proper care required to fix a flat football, especially the autographed football.

Football Repair Service – Leather Head Sports Football Repair Service – Leather Head Sports

EASY TO USE - Includes aluminum tool for easy removal of old valve and installation of new valve. No unnecessary, bulky tools to work with. LACE DISCLAIMER: We will do our best to match the laces on your football but cannot guarantee they will be 100% the same.The included crochet hook worked great for removing the old valve. A little soap and it worked fine. It was a pretty old valve that couldn't hold any pressure though, so I could see that being a problem on a tighter valve. It's not very easy to fix a flat football. It takes plenty of practice to cultivate this kind of technique. Usually the actual football alone also will become brittle. If the football is an autographed football you only wish an expert to handle this football. By using a reputable company such as National Sports Distributors this allows you to communicate with an individual person to talk about your individual football restoration. When you work with a large company, or even the manufacture such as Wilson, you will never receive the personal attention and care that NSD provides. Do not use the Wilson flat football repair service as the company is just to big to send your treasured and in many cases valuable football. If your football won’t stay inflated, you need a bladder repair. Wilson will replace an air bladder and laces on any leather football that was manufactured by Wilson. Any size football can be sent to us for a replacement bladder and new laces, all done at our football factory in Ada, Ohio. Please see below features for further instructions. NOTE* Due to technical limitations, monogramming and laser engraving is not available with the repair service. Why not send it into us for repair and revitalization? We'll replace the old bladder with a new Butyl Rubber bladder and re-lace it with genuine rubberized nylon football lace. We'll also lightly recondition the leather before returning it to you. Please refer to our Football Repair FAQ if you have any questions.