How To Fix a Leaky Beach Volleyball Valve

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Valve oil seems to be hard to come by in the USA, for an alternative, check the video description! // Alex

[@youreverydaylemonfriend560]

ok

[@kaiser_sose]

Had a can of silicone spray in the garage. Seems to have worked like a charm. Thanks, Bro!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@kaiser_sose Awesome! What is the original purpose of the can actually, is it to make rubber parts of cars get a longer life or what?

[@kaiser_sose]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFastFYI , after a couple weeks, it started leaking again :( I guess with (American) footballs, you can't replace just the valve. It's integrated with the bladder. $45 to send it back to Wilson for repair :(

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@kaiser_sose Ouch, damn that sucks! Maybe you'd be able to fix it with the rubber band method, but after that you gotta be a bit careful when you pump the ball, in the worst case you*ll end up pushing the rubberband all the way in and then the ball will have a little rattling sound after that haha.. But as long as one is careful with inserting the needle for pumping afterwards, this method has worked fine for me at least!

[@Albonkaren]

*Sports ball companies hate him! He fixes balls with this easy cheap trick, find out how now!* Awesome tips, wish I'd watched this sooner

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahahahaha! 😂😂😂

[@corraldadventures3982]

They sell valve replacement kits for very inexpensive. Easy to change

[@siddharthang3271]

My soccer ball didn't hold air (even for half an hour.. I had to inflate it every half an hour ).. I was planning to buy a new one but fortunately I found your video.. I tried the rubber band method.. it's jus amazingggg..🤩🤩🤩 It's the third day today and my ball is still in the same shape as on day1.. Thanks a ton brother.. 👍👍 Your method is just marvelous.. You have saved my time and money..😊😊

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahah amazing! :) Hope it stays good for you for a long time!

[@BigDogDaddyD]

GREAT VIDEO!!! Thank you so much. FYI...Petroleum based lubricants (like WD40, motor oil, bike chain oil, general household oil, etc.) eat and dissolve rubber (both natural and synthetic rubber). If you can't get sports ball valve oil, a natural plant or animal based oil is better. Olive oil, vegetable oil, or even butter. This is also why you should never use a petroleum based leather conditioner on a leather ball, speed bag, etc... It works well on the leather, but will dissolve the latex or rubber bladder. Cheers.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Thanks! That was roughly the idea I got too from googling the issue, but I never got sure enough to actually recommend one thing over another (except the valve oil of course!) :)

[@hellod1241]

Can you use original cooking oil?

[@zubairrahman3679]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast so that means I can use sunflower oil

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@hellod1241 According to what BigDog here above wrote, probably yes! I won't send you money for a new ball if it somehow gets destroyed but it should work if you can't find valve oil! :)

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@zubairrahman3679 According to what BigDog here above wrote, probably yes! I won't send you money for a new ball if it somehow gets destroyed but it should work if you can't find valve oil! :)

[@johnnygood3810]

Alex! Your elastic band technique worked a treat! I’ve saved my sons precious Celtic FC soccer ball, his basketball, his size five rugby ball, a mini soccer ball and mini Irish rugby ball. I had a busy afternoon! 😂 I actually used olive oil, since I live in Spain there’s plenty of that! I did enquire this morning about valve oil in the decathlon sports store, here in Seville, and no one didn’t even hear of it! So, for those who have olive oil go for it!! Alex, tack så mycket!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Nice, good to hear!! :) I hope the olive oil works well long term! If in any crazy way you'd remember in a year or so to come back and update if the balls are still holding air, feel very free to do so! :)

[@windschiefhopkins5839]

Thanks! just dug up my old Mikasa and it was leaking like there was no valve left, shoved a rubber down it's throat and it's good to go again!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahaha down it's throat! 😅😅 That's amazing!

[@Jivan5065]

I bought a brand new volleyball only to find out the valve was leaking. I was so disappointed till i found this video. The rubber band method was more difficult than i expected (the band kept breaking, etc.) but it did the job. Thanks!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hey! Damn, that's a bummer! Personally I do think that if a ball is leaking when it's new, you should be able to get it replaced.. But sounds good you got it to work in the end at least. And I agree, getting the ruberband in is often a bit more challenging than one would hope..!

[@sarfraza6239]

Thank you for advice you saved me from buying a basketball 😁

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Sarfraz Alam Hahaha awesome I can help also non-volleyball players! :D Hope that basketball holds up, and if you for some weird reason one day would want to learn more stuff applicable to basketball from a volleyball guy, I'd go and check some of the sports psychology videos out haha! ;)

[@rojelrein9106]

yay it worked!!! you just saved me from wasting some money because i was about to buy a new one!!! thanks man!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Woopwoop! Have fun! :)

[@siddjain2110]

Thanks bro i was fixing it for hours and watched a lot videos but there was no solution but you helped me .❤

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome! :) Hope you get lots of playing time out of the ball!

[@siddjain2110]

Bro new update from me the solution was temporary whenever I fill air in the ball it again start to leak 😢😢

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@siddjain2110 Did you do the rubber band or the oil? If you did the oil only you might need to do the rubber band. If you did the rubberband, you need to be very careful and use oil every time you want to insert a needle to pump it so you dont move the rubber band. Sometimes you might have to re-do the rubberband..!

[@siddjain2110]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast i tried but everytime when i insert the rubber and fill air even i use oil also it starts . I got the main proble the valve is damaged from the side but at my place there is no shop where I can but new valves . Even my ball is only new i just purchased it 2 weeks ago.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@siddjain2110 Damn, that really sucks.. I always just put the rubberband in with the needle itself, and once it is in I pump it in the same go, then remove the needle super carefully and then hopefully I won't "ever" need to add or remove air again from the ball if I get the pressure right (slightly hard if you pump it up in a warm temperature, slightly soft if you pump it in a cold temperature, then it's always a playable ball regardless of temperature changes..) Hope you find a solution, or who knows, worst case maybe even ask for a replacement ball from the shop..?

[@joeturco8269]

Dude, that rubber band fix was genius!...thanks for giving me my 2 NCAA footballs back!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahaa it is right? :) So many balls that get thrown away in vain because people don't know it. Have fun! :)

[@luismiguellopez3529]

Are you talking about the forte fybrid soccer balls?

[@topukbookies2784]

Have a 4 year old Mikasa VLS300. Used a pump with a flexible extension hose. Filled 1cm of the extension with pure olive oil and pumped it in the ball. Worked like a charm! No more leaks.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahaha that's awesome! Like you first pumped olive oil into the hose, and afterwards put the needle in and pumped the oil into the valve?

[@topukbookies2784]

First pushed 1-2 drops in the valve with the needle to lubricate the rubber. Then filled the flexible hose extension of the pump with approx 1cm olive oil, screwed the needle on the extension, inserted the needle in the valve and pumped the oil in the ball.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@topukbookies2784 That's awesome! Thank you for sharing! :)

[@schoolnmore4353]

Great idea and it WORKED!!! As a kid I used to use a small nail. Held for sometime. But I used the 1/8" rubber band, lubed the hole and stuck it in slowly like you showed. One week later still holding. You had the longest video, but I preferred your fix. Thanks!!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Nice! Yess hahah there were a lot of details so it got long.. but it seems to be getting the job done for people! :)

[@Ash-zp7ey]

Thx! I had a soccer ball that didn’t hold air anymore. I could hear it leak as I inflated it and within 20 it was flat. I used this method and it worked! Thx!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Amazing! Hope it holds up for you! :)

[@kalpanachettri8654]

For the past week I had this problem and in this one video it got solved and now it's working properly thank you so much for making this video❤❤

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome, thank you for commenting! :)

[@drazko]

Awesome video, thanks for the advice! You saved my daughter's brand new Jordan ball.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome, happy to help!! :)

[@kamillamn]

First, thank you @LearnBeachVolleyballFast for the tips. Second, thank you @BigDogDaddyD for the tips about oils. I used water and soap to check the leak and it was making a big soap bubble, much air was leaking. I didn't have a proper valve oil then I used Sunflower oil, following the procedure recommended here. The next day I checked it and I just got a mini insignificant bubble, I don't think the air is scaping. The ball is full since 2 days. It seems perfect. 👌

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Nice, awesome to hear! Hope it holds up long term with the sunflower oil! :)

[@ndinawe2624]

This is my first time commenting on any video on KZbin and it's just cause this is an awesome video🔥and the methods worked really well I tried the rubber band method and the cotton bud

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahah what an honor, amazing! 😄 Hope the ball keeps serving you well!

[@flamethrower8080]

It works perfectly! I didn't know this exist! I used coconut oil to lube the pin and then shoved it inside and it worked! Many thanks to you bro!❤️

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Amazing! :) I am hearing that coconut oil might have some rubber-dissolving mechanisms, but how much and how strong this effect is (will it destroy your valve so that it starts leaking again or not?) I have no idea..! Hope it works out for you, if you'd one day notice that your valve has melted away (not too probable haha), then please come back here and let us know to stay away from coconut oil! :)

[@flamethrower8080]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast I tried the rubber band method and it worked, and for some reasons I have to deflate my ball... then I put the pin again in the valve but it looked like the pin was stucked and I forced the pin through the valve. The valve is still leaking, do I do the rubber band method again to fix it?

[@vangdavid2]

Forget about the oil, although it is appreciated, the rubber band is the best fix!!! Thanks so much

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahah! I prefer the oil the times it works because it takes less time and the ball is still "perfect" afterwards, with the rubber band method I become hestitant to let others pump my ball for example because chances are high they will push the rubberband inside the ball. But whatever works is better than what doesn't work! :)

[@TheColorofQuantum]

This is stupidly helpful. I’ve never heard of valve oil

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahaha! 😅😅 The oil is very helpful indeed!!

[@radziubaker]

Great video,I am Gonna Give Now Second Life to my volleyball. Besties from Manchester England

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome! Hope it works out well! :)

[@Daijyii]

THANK YOU SO MUCH, THE RUBBER BAND METHOD WORKED I LOVE YOU 😊💗

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Amazing to hear!! :)

[@AdityaRaj-jh2dx]

Thanks the rubber method really worked

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Amazing to hear! Enjoy the games! 😀

[@myrondomingo5439]

Just used Singer oil all purpose purpose oil. Im not sure if it breaks rubber. But somehow it worked. I just needed to push it in and out slowly and poof. It stopped leaking. Thanks for this!!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Nice! Hope it holds up for you and doesn't break again! :)

[@samuelparkman794]

Your rubber band technique worked beautifully to restore my 18 year old Tachikara SV-5W Gold volleyball! And for the record, I used mineral oil which I believe is all that valve oil is. :)

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Niice! :) That's awesome, old balls should be restored!

[@erebus9734]

Does mineral oil works ?

[@aldinocandro2205]

I did it with sylicon (the one jelly-like for plumbists). Just push a bit inside the valve, then put some tape on top to prevent the pressure from pushing out the sylicon, and let it dry. Rub gently to clean the ball from the sylicon in excess outside the valve. I did 2 months ago, ball is still working. Of course you have to inflate properly the ball beforehand.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahah interesting! So no way to deflate/inflate the ball without destroying your fix and redoing it again after?

[@aldinocandro2205]

yeah, it doesn't take so long to refix it. i hope it will last some more months....

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@aldinocandro2205 sounds good! always good to have several possible solutions! and you can always take everything away if you want so nothing with the ball is "permanently changed"? :)

[@RidiculouslyRandy]

it works well to lube the valve with oil with no air in the ball - you can put your pump pin into the ball (with oil on it instead of spit) and allow the ball to deflate through the pin. Slide the pin in and out and get enough oil into the hole and valve. After a bit, repump the ball and test it again.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Randy Sokalofsky Nice! So are you thinking this might be better than doing the same with air in the ball? :)

[@RidiculouslyRandy]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast - it can help get a little more oil deep into the hole (or perhaps even into the ball side of the valve) when the air isn't pushing the oil back out again (during a leaky valve situation). On a different note, I can't find any oil here in Canada at the moment... is there a recommended safe alternative to 'official ball valve oil'? And lastly, ball valve replacement kits are very inexpensive and work well also. It would be interesting to hear your comments and comparisons. www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B077QZ536N/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@jessg5941]

OMG!! I had a 10 year old Tachikara sv-5ws that I just couldn't bring myself to throw away because I loved it so much. But the valve was hard and brittle and leaking like crazy, and the puncture hole looked too big for a small rubber band to seal it. So I tried the larger rubber bands, but none of them did the trick, and it was taking forever to get them to stay in the hole, but the hole just kept leaking even when the rubber band was inserted. I did this all while the ball was semi-deflated. Finally, on my literal last try, I picked this small brown/beige rubber band and decided that since the hole was too big for it as a single strand, I decided to use the rubber band as is without cutting it, and just twist it in as like a double stranded rubber band. Twisting the rubber band and lubricating it repeatedly with some Evening Primrose Oil that I happened to have on hand, and just stuffing it like a turkey without inserting the needle completely into the hole is what I did. The more lubrication, the easier it went in without needing to penetrate with the needle much. Finally when the rubber band was half way through and only 50% of the loop was sticking out, I decided to lubricate the needle and insert it between the loop strands of the rubber band, and pump away. For the first time, I didn't hear it leaking as I was pumping! The next part was to slowly twist back and forth, in a semi-twist motion, slowly removing the needle, and voila. The ball is pumped like new and its holding all the air for the first time in years!!!! I can't tell you how exhilarated I am to see this. Now my volleyball looks like it has a little loop handle on the outside. Quick tip for this though and for those in fear of the rubber band falling into the volleyball the next time its pumped. If you want to ensure this doesn't happen, instead of clipping the rubber band when your done so you can't see it anymore, I taped it down to the volleyball on the side of the valve with some electric tape. Electric tape is the best because its super adhesive and contours well to various shapes, won't come off in water or rough play, and is pressure sensitive. This way the rubber band will never fall in and you can guage how much of the band you need to reinsert back into the ball should the band ever pop out upon re-inflation. Hope that helps!!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahahaha amazing!! :) Thanks for sharing! And I like the tape method for making sure the rubber band doesn't disappear in, is the "bump" that ends up on the ball annoying at all when playing?

[@omaega]

You just saved me from buying a new ball!! The rubber band method worked perfectly!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Amazing!! :) Enjoy and have fun!

[@TheRodelman]

Thanks a lot! I fixed my daughters ball yesterday with the third step. I used a thin barbecue stick which I shaped like the back end of an arrow. Repairing valves is not common here in Switzerland!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Johannes M. Awesome, so happy it helped! :) Hahaha yeah, I don't think fixing valves is common anywhere, I meet players "all the time" that have balls that don't hold the air anymore so either they keep pumping even more destroying the valve even more or they want to throw the ball away! The fix is easy as long as one knows about it! :)

[@jeremyclerc9188]

It helps me a lot Now I have 1 ball, loosing air from around the valve...not from the hole but around the valve

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

My guess then is that it has a hole in the actual bladder, and then the air comes out around the valve so air is trapped between bladder and outer leather and sips out next to the valve if you put the ball under water for example.) The only way I know how to fix that is cut up maybe 5 cm of the leather, pull out the bladder, find the place with the hole, fix it like a bike inner tube, put it back, sew the outer layer together and pump it up. It will leave the ball with some extra stitches but hey, a ball is better than no ball right?

[@gud5394]

Thank you, i just fixed two beach volleyballs using your method.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Amazing!! :)

[@foskr4]

Thank you so so so so much for this video! Brand new x2 Nike strike balls arrived with faulty valves! Both flat within 6 hrs - did this and instantly fixed! Used 100 percent silicone oil so hopefully it helps aha

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Damn, crazy that brand new balls didn't hold air! Hope it works out! :)

[@eaz89]

Could not find ball valve lube or even valve replacements. Tried regular lube, does not work and made the leak way worse. Finally used a rubber band and it seems to have stopped the leak. Much thanks for the tip, mikasa game balls aren't cheap.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome you got it to work! Yeah they aren't cheap and quite often the valves get so bad that just the lube simply won't fix it. But the rubber band method is golden, just be a bit careful when you pump/empty it, try to get the needle to go to the side of the rubberband rather than pushing it in! Oh yeah, some people here in the comments have had success with olive oil, that could be an idea to try if you ever take the rubberband out or have another problem ball!

[@debonnaire77]

Absolutely fantastic hack. Fixed my Adidas euro 2020 ball.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome! Enjoy the ball! :)

[@merlinjover5689]

What🤯😍just fixed a bunch of balls of different sports. Thanks for teaching, saved me quite some money

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Money saved=time saved=more time for education about smarter practice as well as practice=more skills in your sport! Enjoy your sports! :)

[@rgetty999]

Tried coconut oil didnt work but I didn't leave it over night dud the rubber band thing and that worked thanks! Saved me buying new balls for the kids

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome, good to know! Maybe coconut oil is too solid, since it turns solid from liquid at a quite high temperature.. 🧐🤓 Who knows.. Great you got the balls fixed anyway! 😁

[@yelloblu9506]

Thank you so much it worked after the first rubber band I was so scared and thought I had to get a new one

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Nice to hear! :)

[@julioventura2867]

thank you for this info, i was able to fix a tachikara TB-18 weighted ball for setters training.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Amazing! :)

[@henrymakepeace]

Dish detergent can also be used. I think the main reason for most valve failures is that valve has some dust or dirt stuck in it during production process.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Cool! Have you used dish detergent and waited for a long time to see it still works? I've thought about it and I'm afraid it would dry out in like a month, but never tried it so I'm not sure! But if you have a ball you fixed with dish detergent, it would be awesome if I could check with you again in a couple of months if it's still holding up! :)

[@henrymakepeace]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast Just an opinion, my ball didn't have the valve problem. I don't see why it would not dry. After cleaning you can use cotton buds or something else.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@henrymakepeace Yeah for sure! I should try it out with a ball and see!

[@khanamjad1151]

When we use rubber band method. And I know it works but if after some time the air gets leaked so how do I pump the ball again. We need to remove the old rubber or not. Please reply

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hello! If you need to pump it again (or empty the ball for some reason), you should try to push the needle next to the rubberband, like inbetween the rubber band and the valve rubber. Preferably with valve oil if you have, or at least maybe some saliva that makes the needle slide better and not stick to the rubber. It works almost every time. The worst thing that can happen is that the rubber band ends up inside the ball and you have to redo the rubber band fix (and you end up having a ball with a little "something" inside it, still playable but people will react to it when they pick the ball up haha.) The second worst thing that can happen is that the rubber band comes out with the needle when you take the needle out, if that happens just redo the rubber band. Did that help? :)

[@Heny4Money]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast AMAZING

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@Heny4Money :)

[@zephyrm.a7740]

Thx so much! the rubber band worked so well

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome! Have fun! :)

[@juanilozano4325]

Thanks! I was worried about my almost new ball leaking valve. I used olive oil and worked!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Juan Lozano Hahaha awesome! Can I check with you again in like a year or so if the olive oil ball is still going strong? :) Would be awesome to have "confirmation" that olive oil (which most people have at home, unlike valve oil!) actually works both short term and long term, with no problems of dissolving rubber or anything else stupid like that!

[@juanilozano4325]

Learn Beach Volleyball Fast if I'm still around, I'll let you know ;)

[@mikhaelfj]

How is it?? Is it really works? Is the ball is still going strong after 3 months now? :D

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@juanilozano4325 Any news about the ball? :) Someone else just asked me about using cooking oil so I thought I'd ask, even though it's not quite a year yet hahah!

[@juanilozano4325]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast It worked so far, I kept on using olive oil every time I inflated the ball. The valve doesn't seem to have any issues with that

[@AR-gb4nv]

Thank you sir I'm very my football valve is repaired thanku sir again........

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome! Hope you get to enjoy the ball! :)

[@saucybloch2585]

this is a good method I used the the rubber one cause im on phillipines and dont have any of those oil thing and you also dont need to change the valve well thx for making my basketball molten back to life

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome! Happy to help! And yes, the oil is hard to find in some countries, when I was looking for it in sports stores in Bangkok they only laughed at me! :) Fortunately, rubber band is a bit more known product all over the world!

[@saucybloch2585]

any method to fix some little holes i tried to put some glue but it will just move it away with air which i can do without syringe or injecting some glue cause its hard to get a syringe at my country

[@kamillamn]

I used sunflower oil and it worked well

[@johnstonpabustan6964]

Hi. How to get the rubber band inside? I accodemtally pushed it while pumpimg air.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Did you push it all the way inside, or did it come out when you pulled the needle out? If it went all the way inside and the ball now has a bit of a rattling sound, I'm pretty sure this is unfixable, ecept maybe if you manage to change the whole valve!

[@johnstonpabustan6964]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast I pushed it all the way inside. and hearing it rattling. I tried to change the valve and I cannot pick the rubberband because even if the valve is remived I don't have a hook or a twizzers to use because the opening is too stiff.

[@deepakaklotar8459]

Thanks bro it works with water tooo..thanks😄😄

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Like.. water instead of the valve oil?

[@deepakaklotar8459]

Yes but its temporary.....

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@deepakaklotar8459 Yeah I would imagine water doesn't properly lubricate the dried up rubber to become lastingly more elastic and "healthy" again.. But it could work as a temporary solution I guess. People have been spitting on the pump needles forever I guess, which maybe isn't too far from water! :) One potential downside I can think of though is if the water maybe has some chalk or similar in it, once that dries up it could maybe even make the valve worse.. But I'm just guessing here!

[@deepakaklotar8459]

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[@duncannz]

Thanks for this, very useful. I found you can use mineral oil, valve oil or silicon spray (probably as used for detailing car plastics/rubbers).

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Yeah, I also read about silicone spray but haven't tried it myself, should be pretty much the same as the silicone based threadmill lube though! Did someone suggest that mineral oil works with rubber or did you find out yourself somehow? :)

[@yacinebelkemiti6058]

Can i use lubricant penetrating agent??

[@mmidori1229]

Not sure if someone has already mentioned but Vaseline seems to work just like the oil. I tried it a couple of different occasions on the same volleyboll and still pretty stable for many days, and I can still pump it up with a bit of Vaseline again at the tip of the valve :)

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hey! So I am not a rubber, oil and chemical expert, but from the reading I have done, it seems like Vaseline might be one of the oils that can dissolve rubber..! findanyanswer.com/can-you-use-vaseline-on-rubber-seals I have no idea how fast this dissolving happens though, and I have never tried. It might be completely irrelevant in a beach volleyball valve. Not sure. However, now, since you have already put vaseline into your valve.. I guess the "damage" is already done unless you will run off trying to flush the valve with some other oil after reading this comment haha.. Would you mind updating after a few months what you ball is like, if it still has a working valve or maybe all of the rubber has gotten eaten by the mighty Vaseline-monster? :) No must of course but it would be really interesting to know! :)

[@mmidori1229]

Ahh thanks for the tip! Delete my comment if you think others shouldn't read and refer to it :)

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@mmidori1229 Ahh yeah haha, I think I'll leave it for now and hope that if someone reads it they will also read the followup comments.. If you don't mind, I'd love to ask you how your ball is doing in a few months! :)

[@mmidori1229]

Hi again! Just updating how the ball is doing now. It's been good as before, no additional pumps needed since I fixed the valve (about 2 months ago?). If you'd like to hear more about it, I'm happy to hear from you :)

[@TheDcrocks1]

@@mmidori1229 what about now?

[@alex_cher_nov]

Works even in downunder! Thanks heaps :)

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

🤩🤩💪

[@jh-xk2ch]

I got some replacement valves to fix my Mikasa volleyball and they worked good. The valves are hard to find, so I wrote Mikasa and they sent me some for free. Do you know where I could get volleyball replacement valves?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Interesting! I have actually never tried to take a valve out or replace on, so I am a complete beginner in that area! It feels like volleyballs are already kindof a narrow niche product, and replacement valves are again 100 times more niche and very low price, so it kind of feels like it wouldn't make sense to sell them in a way, except if you are a big volleyball store and want to be able to serve that maybe 1% of your customers that want replacement valves.. Hahah so that means, I'm guessing you might have most luck by emailing different big online volleyball stores!

[@mattlau95]

I was wondering, where do you buy the valve oil from? I cannot not find it anywhere online in the US without costing 10$ for shipping. However, this video already really helped, as I’ve used the rubber band method. This has happened to 3 volleyballs of mine, and possibly a soccer ball. I ruined one ball without your instructions and I’ve been able to use the rubber band method as a temporary solution for the other two balls Edit: Just saw your note about treadmill belt lubricant. I’ll have to give it a try. Thanks!!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@mattlau95 Nice! Yes, let me know if the threadmill stuff works if you remember! :) The only place I've seen valve oil sold at, has been certain sports stores in Sweden and Norway.

[@LORDVADER357]

I have fixed my ball using this methods thank. Ball was leaking from valve and i have to repump it every 10-15 minutes. Now ball stays inflated for days. No oil. just rubber bands pushed inside with the needle. I wet the valve with water when put the bands instead of oil.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Dimitar Dimitrov Amazing! :)

[@shojishiny6799]

It really helped me. Thanks dude

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

That's awesome to hear, thanks for letting me know too! :)

[@jefftsemd]

Any thoughts on using pure vegetable based glycerin (very hard to find sport ball valve oil here)? Walmart has this for very cheap. I saw that the original Mikasa valve oil says it's made of glycerin. And the pure glycerin is not petroleum based (which dissolves rubber).

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hmm good question! Honestly I don't really know what glycerin actually is so I don't know what the difference would be between vegetable based glycerin and "normal" glycerin, if there even is a difference, maybe glycerin simply just is vegetable based? That being said though, you are right in that the original mikasa valve oils are glycerin. I think I looked online once and saw that glycerin was available at walgreens and CVS and whatever the pharmacies are called over there in the US (a few years since I visited now so don't quite remember! 😄) So yeah, as long as it doesn't dissolve the rubber then my guess would be that you'd be all good! I think silicone spray can work too. When you rub two fingers against each other with valve oil inbetween it feels sort of slimy but also sort of dry/rough (hard to explain with words?) at the same time. If thr Walmart stuff feels like that I'd guess you'd be good to go! :)

[@strong8705]

Just a reminder - whole valves are replaceable. If you can't find where to buy new, transplant one from some punctured ball.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Thanks! I've never done this myself actually, it seems like you need the hook to do it with and then be pretty forceful? Definately a good option if you happen to have a ball laying around that punctured in another way, or can buy the stuff easily! :)

[@will2105]

You are a life saver mate thank you so much

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahah! Happy to help! :)

[@nisacader5253]

Is the oil the same with the one used for instruments (like saxophone, trombone, etc), 'cause I can't find any result when I search "sports valve oil" in an online shopping app aside from the ones used for trumpets.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hey! Sorry for the late reply, somehow didn't get notified about this comment.. Anyway, I don't know if its the same oil is the short answer. Some oils dissolve rubber and some don't, we definitely don't want to put something in the valve that will dissolve it over time.. In some countries this valve oil seems hard to get by, but threadmill oil seems to be the same as it is also made for rubber. I put a link to some threadmill oil in the description, hope it helps! :)

[@亗SAURAH亗]

Sir can i do rubber band method in. My nivia spot volly as it is new and leaking air from valve

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hmm, not sure what a nivia spot volly is but if it is the same type of valve as most sport balls, then it should work yes! :)

[@kamillamn]

if you put a bit water with soap on the valve, it makes a bubble. It a easy way to check

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Absolutely! :)

[@barna1299]

Hi. Would a little bit of vaseline work to help seal inside the valve and prevent air from leaking...?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hey! It would probably work at least in the short term, but it seems like vaseline is one of those things that will dissolve or make the rubber weaker over time so I'm guessing there is a chance you destroy the valve more after a while, how long I have no idea! :) Google "vaseline rubber compability". There's a guy named Juan further down in the comments here that apparently used olive oil and confirmed I think about 6 months later that the ball was still going strong! So I'd probably try that if I didn't have valve oil! :)

[@barna1299]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast Thanks for your reply. I won't use vaseline, but I'd like to try glycerin oil, I read about this on another yt video. Could this help valve air leaks? And would you know, is this something I find in the food section or pharmacy section in stores..?

[@rehaninayat]

In the rubber band method ( 1st one ) how can i fill the air again?? Pls reply

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

You just have to be really careful when you insert the needle again to fill in more air. Have preferably a thin needle, use valve oil or at least spit to lubricate the needle, and aim inbetween the rubber band and the valve edge. If you happen to still have rubber band sticking out of the valve, hold onto it while you insert the needle. Hope this helps. In the worst case, you end up pushing the rubberband all the way in, and the ball will forever have a bit of a rattling sound, and you'll have to refix the valve..

[@rehaninayat]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast thanks... But i applied vaseline and IT WORKED!!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@rehaninayat Nice! I am a bit unsure if its vaseline that is supposed to break down rubber long term or not.. If you by any crazy chance remember this in a year or so and wanna come back and give an update if the valve is still good with vaseline, feel free to do so! :)

[@dariva]

Well I just saved my ball which I thought I'd have to throw away! Thanks!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Daniel Rivard Amazing to hear! Hope it keeps going strong for a long time! :)

[@abrarnafis1199]

Boss should i change my valve of the ball. its still leaking from the valve

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hmm, still leaking after the rubber band method?

[@densudtohan]

Tnx much...i sprayed wd40 in my basketball's leaky valve just now and it seems to hve worked...time will tell..hyuhyu..

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahahha awesome! It should work as long as the WD40 doesn't start to dissolve the rubber but I have a feeling WD40 should be "multi use" and therefore they would have made it so it doesn't damage materials.. If you remember in a year, let me know if the ball is still going strong! 😅

[@BigDogDaddyD]

FYI...Petroleum based solvents such as WD40 eat and dissolve rubber, both natural and synthetic rubber. A natural plant or animal based oil is better. Olive oil, vegetable oil, or even butter.

[@laurisskripsts4339]

what happens when u stick it in un and wanna pump it up after you’ve put in the rubber band? does it fall in or you can get it out?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Haha I have experienced 3 possibilities: 1. You are skillful and probably using valve oil and are able to insert the needle next to the rubber band, pump, and then take the needle out without dragging the rubber band out. 2. You just go for it and end up pushing the rubber band all the way in. You end up with a leaky valve again as well as a ball with a little something rattling around inside it. Still playable if you fix it with another rubber band but people will wonder why your ball is rattling.. I never let random people pump my fixed balls because of this haha. 3. You get the needle in all right but it ends up pulling the rubber band out with it on the way out. Means you need to redo the fix. Hope that makes sense! :)

[@yacinebelkemiti6058]

What if my ball leaks on the valve area? What should i do to solve it? And thank you 🙌🙌

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Does this mean it leaks around the valve?

[@yacinebelkemiti6058]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast yes!my seconde ball too.they were leaked from different place on the ball and after i closed them up they have leaked from the valve!srry i've wrote a lot 😅😅

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@yacinebelkemiti6058 Hmm, interesting.. I mean if a ball I have would leak from around the valve, I'd try to use some sort of rubber glue (the ones made for shoes for example, brands are Shoe-goo and Liquisole for example) and fix the hole with that.. If it leaks somewhere in the inner rubber bladder inside the leather, then it's possible to cut the leather up, fix the hole kind of like fixing a bike inner tube puncture, and then sew the leather back together again.. I have done that a couple times just to try, it won't be a perfect ball anymore after that but still usable for practice etc..! :) Hope that helps!

[@yacinebelkemiti6058]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast yeah it's sound great.but my ball didn't leaked so bad you can say just from the first part of the ball(i hope you understand me)so i used super glue to close the hole or idk what it called. But as my first ball it leaked on the valve area se i thoughts that maybe when i closed the hole the valve couldn't control the air so it missed up...if you don't know the solution it's ok i appriciate 😁😁Keep going🙌🙌

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@yacinebelkemiti6058 Okok! I am afraid I don't 100% understand which part of the ball you mean.. But if it's a problem around the valve I'd use rubber glue, actually I have seen someone use duct-tape too haha they just had to change the piece of tape every now and then.. Glue would be better than tape of course. :) Maybe take pictures or video if you want me to understand where it's leaking from? :)

[@user-sp8eb6iz7f]

May we use trumpet valve oil? or mineral oil? or atf? or motor oil? or WD40 or ...............

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

The only thing I know for sure probably is not a good idea is using an oil that dissolves rubber..! Valve oil and silicone seem to be safe, and reading a bit here in the comments from peoples experience seem to suggest various cooking oils can work also! If you end up trying something outside of valve oil that is designed for this, please feel free to report your results for other people to see, but don't come after me if it would end up being a bad idea for your valve..! 😁

[@denisekevin7028]

Hi, Is it okay for the ball if the valve itself falls inside the ball. It can be fix?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hmm! If the whole valve somehow goes inside of the ball, I don't really know any way to get it out without damaging the ball quite heavily.. So if that has already happened and there is simply too big of a piece of the valve inside the ball that it becomes super annoying to play with.. then I don't know. I mean it is possible to simply put a knife through the ball, make a hole through outside leather and the bladder, take the valve out and then try to fix the bladder with for example glue and bike inner tube (or simply a bike inner tube repair kit) and then sew the outside leather back together.. But it won't be pretty, quite a lot of work and no guarantee of being able to make the bladder fully sealed. I have done this once or twice.. Nowadays if I get balls that are this bad I unstead make them into medicine balls by cutting the leather maybe a 5 cm straight cut, rip the bladder out, fill with sand and then put some tape around it to make it go together again. Can be useful for some workouts! :) I have also heard of people filling balls with old socks (instead of sand) to make heavy setter training balls.

[@denisekevin7028]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast wow. Ok I'm gonna try it. Goodluck to me. ☺️ Thank you so much for the advice .

[@motorized2105]

hi, my ball is leaking from the seams? $60 wilson avp ball that I dont wanna trash. any suggestions?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Damn, is that when you put it under water that the bubbles are coming from the seams? The thing is that the seams is not what is leaking (they always do) but rather the bladder inside, and then the air continues out through the seams.. I have not done it myself but there is a chance that it vould be fixed with some type of "spray in bicycle tire fix" that seals the hole from the inside. What I have done is cut he leather up maybe 3 inches (for example opening up one of the seams), pull bladder out and fix the hole with a normal bicycle tire hole repair kit, then put bladder back in and sew the ball together again. This however leaves a quite ugly stitching on the outside of the ball, might work for your own training but people will probably toss your ball away in favor of another if possible when playing games..

[@motorized2105]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast I'm happy to report my ball made a full recovery. What your saying is correct I would submerge my volleyball in a bucket of water to locate leaks. THE FIX: a bicycle tire sealant called Orange Seal. Another channel said to use Stans HOWEVER my bike shop guy told me that Stans contains ammonia... not good long term for bladder, thus Orange Seal as it does not contain ammonia. anyways thx and hope this helps anyone with flat balls out there lol.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@motorized2105 Ohh amazing! So good to hear, i need to try this myself one day! :) Was it easy to get it in through the valve?

[@motorized2105]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast no. the orange seal brand is like milk. use a generic hand pump from walmart. the ones that allow the back/handle part to screw off, then pour in your sealant.

[@jh-xk2ch]

I have Tachikara ball and the valve broke off in half. The end is inside the ball and rattles around inside. I should have used glycerin on the needle to prevent the valve from braking. I would like to get a Tachikara valve but the company doesn’t sell them anymore. The current valve still holds air so I don’t want to remove the valve fearing I would rip it and not have a new one to install. Do you know company that sells the Tachikara valves? Thanks

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahaha interesting problem, definately never heard of that one before! Sometimes when you use the rubber band fix method I show in the video, you end up pushing the rubber band all the way in later when you try to pump the ball up, and you also get something that rattles inside.. I never thought it was a huge problem but that half of your valve might be bigger and heavier and more annoying!! However, what I am thinking is that I'm not sure it's a guarantee you'd get that half valve out even if you took out the part of the valve still stuck in the hole..! At least I'm thinking the part rattling around inside will have the same diameter as the rest of the valve, and the hole in the ball where the valve goes is really really snug, and you won't really have any way to "grab" that valve piece that's inside and drag it through the hole, right? Or am I thinking wrong here? Are you 100% sure it's actually a part of the valve and not something else? What I could think of is like a part of the needlw you pumped it with, or mayybe a small stone that would have been stuck in the valve and then got pushed through..? Regarding finding replacement valves, I have never done that so I actually have no idea..! But read the reply to ypur pther comment I wrote some more thoughts in that! :)

[@kulbirksk]

Thank you. It really works

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome to hear! :)

[@Whiiine]

Stort tack! Precis vad jag behövde =)

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Whiiine Nice, kul att höra! :)

[@nickd4763]

your my hero

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Haha nice! 🦸😁

[@kyliemccarthy7926]

there is a small hole on the side of my valve. will this method still work?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hello! Good question, not really sure I have seen this sort of damage before, but if it's leaking out of a hole that is surrounded by rubber, then I'd say it's highly likely it will work! Sometimes the valves just sit a bit crooked and it looks like it would leak from the side but in reality this is not the case, but I assume you checked under water or something to see that is actually where the leak is coming from? :)

[@thehumanpractice2985]

Is it out of stock worldwide or something? Becase I havent been able to get my hands on them, not on local stores or the internet. Its so rare

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@thehumanpractice2985 Yeah honestly it seems to me like the knowledge of this product is so low, that there is almost no demand, which means nobody carries it. Only place I have been able to buy it is some of the sports stores in Sweden and Norway..

[@thehumanpractice2985]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast I see, my Mikasa ball is basically brand new, do you think I should stick to other oils or try the rubber band solution?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@thehumanpractice2985 Good question! What country are you in? Might be possible to buy the same oil, just that it won't be branded as valve oil.. Some people here in the comments have used other oils too, I'd just recommend double checking if the oil you use dissolves rubbers or not before using it.

[@thehumanpractice2985]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast I am from Chile

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@thehumanpractice2985 I believe the oil they put on the rubber on threadmills is the same.. Not sure if you can find that over there..!

[@bronwynthomas4012]

i have a super tiny puncture about the size of a needle on one of my panels. how would you fix that?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

it goes through both the panel and the inner rubber bladder (so that it leaks air) or it only goes through the panel (does not leak air yet atleast)? :)

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

i'll for this assume that it's going all the way through the inner bladder and leaks air: i have experimented with 1. rip up a part of a seam between two of the outside panels. 2. take the inner bladder out through the hole you just created 3. fix the hole in the inner bladder with a bicycle tube repair kit, the bladder is pretty much like a bicycle tire inner tube. 4. put the bladder back in, and sew the panels together. i have no idea how to sew the "inside stitches" that the panels are sewn with from the outside, so the stitches i made became visible. ball was still playable though. this process took quite a lot of time, and the ball has some new weird stitches afterward so people might be skeptical to playing games with it afterwards... if you just have a tiny tiny hole, i'd actually first experiment with some rubber glue/shoe goo/liquisole (different names for a similar product) and just try to fill the hole with glue. might or might not work, but if it works it would be a lot less work and a better result compared to ripping the seam up and stitching it together afterwards!

[@bronwynthomas4012]

Thank you so much! I'll go buy some glue and test that out first :)@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@bronwynthomas4012 cool! yeah if you think its that small, then try that first! hahaha I have seen some people just put tape over their leaky valves too, that could be an easy way to check if you think the glue would be stronge enough. if it works with just a piece of tape, then glue will most probably work too!

[@bronwynthomas4012]

Hiya! Just an update. The glue did work and my ball is doing awesome :) thanks so much for the advice. you saved me from having to buy a new ball @@LearnBeachVolleyballFast

[@parrymalae9412]

Awesome! cant wait to try it out! Thank you so Much!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hope it helps! :)

[@aru8545]

The air was leaking on the sides of the valve, should I still follow this or does it need a valve replacement?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hmm, that's super interesting! If it leaks from the side then of course this won't help.. If you can do a valve replacement that might help, if I was in your shoes I might have first tried to put some sort of rubber glue (like shoe goo) around the valve where it leaks and see if that would stop the leak..! :) Especially if its just a small leak then usually it's not much needed to stop it!

[@aru8545]

Thanks!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@aru8545 No worries, hope it helps! :)

[@joevitobongiorno9910]

I ain't living in nor near Sweden. Where do I find valve oil online.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

It's tricky in some countries, there are some alternatives too.. Where do you live?

[@joevitobongiorno9910]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast I live in the USA

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@joevitobongiorno9910 Cool! So there is an alternative product (threadmill belt lubricant) that by all logic should do the exact same job, and it is available in the US.. Even the bottle is similar which might help with getting the lubricant to go into the valve. Your comment became the tipping point that made me finally post a link to this lubricant in the description of the video, many others have asked this before also so hopefully this will be a solution for all you guys in the future! If you end up ordering it, feel free to let me know how it works once you have it! :)

[@fk...44499]

I used diesel instead of valve oil but its not working . . . 😂. . . rubberband also not working for my football . i am gonna change the valve . . . . by the way thanks for such nice ideas. . .

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@fk...44499 Hahaha diesel! 😅😅 That's a new one! If youre gonna change the valve anyway, I guess you might as well try out some vegetable oil or similar too before you do it, some people here in the comments seem to have had some success with various oils..!

[@ata6602]

Thanks

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hope it helped! :)

[@fastechsystems404]

Would thin slices of a bicycle inner tube be better than a rubber band?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Good question! I haven't tried, if you do please report back! I'd imagine it would work just as well as using some thicker rubberband. As long as the needle pushes the rubber into the valve rather than making holes through the rubber it should work! :)

[@gandushikari167]

Thank you dude

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Another ball saved it sounds like! 😊🏐🤩

[@ayrab]

just tried this with my AFL (aussie rules) ball, seems to be holding after one kick around the park.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Nice!! :)

[@kwinii5915]

Can i go straight to the rubber band method ???

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Yes of course! :) I just started the video with the oil method because it is the least intrusive and if it works the ball is basically unchanged, the rubberbanded balls are slightly more annoying to pump/empty etc!

[@kwinii5915]

When i tried the rubber band method i cannot put the pin in the valve good thing that i managed to get the rubber out

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@kwinii5915 Hmm yes it's a bit tricky to pump the ball afterwards if thats what you mean. Put some oil or spit on the needle and carefully put it next to the rubber band and it should work though. If tou are unlucky you sometimes end up with a ball that has a little rubber band inside it haha, still playable though.

[@i_m_m_o_r_t_a_l6241]

I need help for stitched ball

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Not sure I understand what you mean? :)

[@i_m_m_o_r_t_a_l6241]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast bro my volleyball has bladder but it has also same problem

[@i_m_m_o_r_t_a_l6241]

Air leakage from valve

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@i_m_m_o_r_t_a_l6241 Hmm I mean as far as I know, all balls filled with air have bladders, and a valve. If the valve is leaking, I think you should be able to make it better with the ideas in the video! :)

[@nicolaslegobrickfilms1854]

is that ball ackerman?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hmm, not sure what ackerman means? :)

[@FitTrend-2k]

Did anybody get the aot reference on the volleyball?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahah what is aot? :)

[@FitTrend-2k]

Attack on titan theres this character called mikasa and i got here just by searching the characters name😂

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@FitTrend-2k Hahaha! 😂 Mikasa is also the brand of the official world tour beach volleyballs (probably most common beach volleyball in the world) hahaha, but happy to hear some people are finding my content in very unexpected ways too! 😅

[@wiktorjarawka]

Hi, my valve broke into 2 parts during replacement and now it rattles inside the ball like crazy :/ Do you have an idea how to take this part out from the ball?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Damn! That's no fun.. I think that can be very tricky unfortunately, the only thing I can think of is if tou somehow took a metal wire, made sort of a loop with it so you have both ends in your hand, stuck the loop inside, somehow got the valve parts to get stuck under the loop and dragged it out with the wire that you can pull both ends on.. Does that make sense? No guarantee it will work hahah but could be worth a try! :)

[@jessg5941]

Since the valve broke into 2 parts, I'm assuming there's a gaping hole where the valve used to be now. If that's true, you could take a flashlight, hover it over your head so you can see into the ball. Take a wooden stick, about the diameter of a toothpick, and attach some sticky gum to the end of it. Shake and center the broken valve pieces in the bottom center of the ball, and insert the stick inside with the gum at the bottom end, and poke the valve with the gum until it sticks to the gum, and gently remove.

[@pawanacharya6437]

Yo! i’m trying this on a basketball and when i pull out the air pump thing, the rubber band comes off and then the air starts leaking again. Can you please give me some tips? Do i just have to put the rubber band in the hole more like i’m so confused and honestly pissed that it’s not working. I tried for like 3 hours and nothing came out of it it still doesent work.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Damn, that's annoying! But yes, you need to push in quite a lot of rubber band, and then kinda hold the rubberband in place with your finger as you pull the needle out. Also, having some sort of lubrication on the needle while pulling it out will help the rubberband stay and not get dragged with! Hope that makes sense and helps!! :)

[@yacinebelkemiti6058]

I have cocovery soft-grip volley ball with maybe same problem is it count? Cause i don't wanna take risk

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hmm I think most every ball the valve is the same. So should work..! (On your own risk of course hehe, I don't want to be responsible for any balls hehe! :) )

[@yacinebelkemiti6058]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast yeah for sure after all it's my ball (Honestly my ball messed up) Anyway thx for your advices and i hope you all the succes:)

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@yacinebelkemiti6058 Thank you, and the same! Hope you get that ball working! :)

[@benhurocampo5220]

can i use other kinds of oil instead of a valve oil?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Yes, probably! I myself haven't used anything else than valve oil, but if you read around here in the comments you will find people that have used both vegetable oils and silicon spray I think! Just stay away from oils that dissolve rubber (petroleum based oils I think, but don't take my word 100% I am not a chemist haha!) :)

[@henrymakepeace]

Air is coming out from the outer side of the valve, not from the middle hole and this method will not work. How do you fix that? BTW thanks for the video.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

ohh really? never heard or seen anything like that..! but they do say the valves are replaceable, that you can basically take a kind of hook and just pull the valve out, and put another one there instead.. i wonder if your leaks in that "seam" between the replaceable valve and the actual ball..? i'd probably first try to just put some rubber glue/shoe glue (liqui sole is a good brand at least in europe, i think theres a brand called shoe goo in the states) around where it leaks and see if it fixes the problem.. if not, maybe replace the valve? or maybe figure out a way to get the replaceable valve out, oil the outer side of the valve (it seems like olive oil has worked for people here in the comments..!) and then push it back in, and hope the inside of the valve didn't get damaged in the pulling out process? hahah not sure, kind of just throwing out ideas here!

[@henrymakepeace]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast I am not quite sure where it was coming from. There might be a little hole somewhere there but I fixed it using the glue+water mix injection method. It worked like a charm!

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@henrymakepeace Sounds awesome! So you mixed water and glue and injected it into the valve and then let it dry? Can you still pump the ball?

[@henrymakepeace]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast Yes of course. You put the pump needle first and put the injector in it not to damage the valve. Glue doesn't touch the valve hole at all. Check videos from youtube.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@henrymakepeace Ahh I see! Cool, thanks! :)

[@jamesyang16]

you genius! thank you

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hahahaha! Thank you! :D

[@spencerkraft4765]

How about a leak at one of the seams? Anyone try fix-flat or anything else?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

So if there is air coming out of the seams when you push the ball under water, it means the bladder is broken somewhere, possibly close to the area of the seam where the air comes out. I haven't tried those injectable chemicals (which I'm guessing fix-flat is!), but would be fun to hear from someone who has. What I have done has been to cut up a couple inches of the leather, draw the bladder our and fix it with a bicycle inner tube repair patch, put the bladder back in and then stitched the leather together again. You'll end up with a couple inches of semi-ugly stitching that definitely isn't there on an original ball, but at least the ball is playable! :)

[@spencerkraft3720]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast fixed with Michelin Emergency Puncture Repair.

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

@@spencerkraft3720 Amazing! Ball doesn't feel heavier than before or anything like that? Were you able to spray it in without modifications, or did you need to use a pump needle or something like this?

[@spencerkraft3720]

no added weight but I did shake it around, leave for a few hours, then deflate and squeeze all the foam out. the can has a hose and valve for a car tire like any pump so the needle screws right in without any problem. it adds air and foam as it's meant for roadside emergencies so be careful not to overinflate.

[@fortnitedefault6355]

thank u so much this helped

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Awesome! Enjoy the games! :)

[@yudithchoquecastillo176]

En español por favor.. Gracias

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

lo siento, no hablo español (¡al menos no todavía!) pero tengo un amigo que planea hacer un canal de youtube de voleibol de playa en español ¿Eres capaz de entender cómo arreglar el balón aún con solo ver el video?

[@fastechsystems404]

I've been using rubber bands around my wallet for years and I've noticed a wide range in the quality of the bands. Is there a specific type of rubber that we should look for?

[@LearnBeachVolleyballFast]

Hmm! I personally lack that much experience in rubberbands that I'd have noticed a huge quality difference. I mean sure, some are a bit stretchier and "fresher", some are a bit stiffer. I actually think the quality wouldn't matter too much in this case as it's just for basically putting more rubber into the rubber valve so that it gets tight, but the thickness of the rubberband changes how difficult the job is to do. (Hoever, of course, if you have the choice I'd choose a fresh elastic rubberband over an old and grumpy one..!) I always try first with the thin rubberbands because they are easier to get in, if the ball still leaks after that I'll go through the trouble of making a bigger/thicker rubberband make it's way into the valve.. :)

[@fastechsystems404]

@@LearnBeachVolleyballFast Thanks. I don't assume that the valve is "rubber" nor that rubber bands are "rubber" or that they are chemically compatible. I want to repair a classic real leather ball not one of those crappy new balls which can be replaced.