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[Closed] Repairing small split in wellies?

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Anything recommended other than new wellies?


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 4:48 pm
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Tyre patch?


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 4:48 pm
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Two capfuls of Stan's fluid before you put your foot in?


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 4:52 pm
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Black Witch glue?


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 4:58 pm
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Gaffer tape?


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 5:00 pm
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No Gaffer tape doesn't work in this application. I tried and ended up with one wet foot.


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 5:02 pm
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Go to fishing shop and ask for Stormsure,its a flexible polyurethane sealant for boots, waders, rubber boats and all sorts of things.


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 5:04 pm
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Spend £200 on some new ones and you'll be sorted ©STWMiddleclassMugsinc.
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Posted : 07/11/2014 5:05 pm
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Spend £200 on some new ones and you'll be sorted ©STWMiddleclassMugsinc.

🙄
Mine were less than half that, not much more than a fancy pair of Nikes would cost.
If the hole/split can't be fixed, get some Muckboots, good, solid and dead comfy.


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 8:10 pm
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Stormsure certainly used to be the defacto choice


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 8:18 pm
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"wellies" 🙄 - how can you look a proper **** in mere wellies ?

Dez has it:

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Posted : 07/11/2014 8:18 pm
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I used a big puncture repair patch and got another year out of them before it eventually failed


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 8:20 pm
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Rip in a welly?

Careful or you'll rouse the on line dating thread!


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 8:23 pm
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I got mocked by the OH for patching my dunlops with a tyre patch 🙁

I now have some fancy wellies but they are not as comfy as my old dunlops. They are warmer though.


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 8:27 pm
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Another vote for Stormsure.


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 9:02 pm
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Stormsure or Shoe Goo.


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 10:31 pm
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This is classic sugru territory.


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 10:45 pm
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I repealed the back of some waders with rubber solution and an inner tube about 5 years ago, still going strong


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 10:47 pm
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Stormsure or other seam sealant is great on the inside of tubeless tyres to mend cuts. Keeps for years in the freezer.


 
Posted : 07/11/2014 11:06 pm
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So how come no one has mentioned "hot knifeing"? Clean the area around the hole/crack,heat an old kitchen knife up until it is red hot and quickly smooth over the hole. I have mended wellies, washing up bowls and the likes for years this way and have had many more years of use out of them.

Matt


 
Posted : 09/11/2014 6:30 am

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