Puncture repair - Bladder less wing

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I've got an Apeks WT3 bladder less lightweight wing which unfortunately got an 8mm cut :(
I've been reading around the forum and I've heard about 4 different ways of fixing generic BCDs:
1)Aquaflex
2)Bcdrepair
3)3m 5200
4)Sikaflex

Unfortunately I did not find anything specific about bladder less wing fixes, which to the eye at least seem to be made of a different material. (Although Apeks lists the material as 840 nylon.)
Anyone out there with some previous experience fixing these types of wings?
In case you just tried one of the 4 solutions above and it worked, did you need a patch or simply the glue was enough for your cut's size?
 
Tear Aid?
 
I've repaired regular BCD bladders with bicycle inner tube patch kits and waterbed repair kits. The closest thing to a bladderless bag I've repaired is an SMB. I used a waterbed repair kit on it. That was several years ago and it's still holding. Try to stop drill the ends of the cut, and if at all possible put a patch on the inside and outside. The patch should overlap the hole as much as practical.

A dive shop I worked for in the '80ies used Aquaseal to plug small holes in the class/rental ScubaPro stab jackets. Those repairs lasted for at least a few months.
 
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Tear-Aid works great. Type A & B. A lot of other uses also, always have a piece while traveling
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/perdix-ai/

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