Steps

Method 1

1. Boil a kettle of water
2. Pour the boiling water directly on the sagging vinyl.
3. As the hot water softens the vinyl, pull the vinyl up and into the track.
4. Have a flat head screwdriver ready to help hold the vinyl in the track as you pull the vinyl up and into place.
5. For longer splits use wooden clothes-pegs, broken in half and placed along the split every few inches.

Method 2

1. A safer Option: Get out an extension cord and a hair dryer.
2. Heat an area of the liner to stretch by holding the blow dryer a couple of inches from the surface and at an angle. Keep the dryer moving so you don't burn the liner, you don't need to superheat it just enough to make it pliable.
3. Put the liner back in the track. Done.

Tips

• Timing is important. It helps if you can have someone else pour on the boiling water, while you pull the liner into the track.

Warnings

• Remember that you are using scalding hot water! Be careful where you pour it.
• Blow dryer method: electricity and water are not friends - if you drop the dryer DO NOT reach for it, unplug the extension cord from the wall.

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