My son has a 1.25" tear in the butt of his waders that I was going to attempt to patch for him. I have a unopened tube of ShoeGoo at the house, would this work to secure a patch or should I go by a new tube of Aqua Seal?
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My son has a 1.25" tear in the butt of his waders that I was going to attempt to patch for him. I have a unopened tube of ShoeGoo at the house, would this work to secure a patch or should I go by a new tube of Aqua Seal?
You don't really say what kind of waders you have. I think the Shoe goo and the Aquaseal might be the same thing but I am not sure. I have only used aquaseal before and that was with a patch kit for breathable waders.
By the way, the recent American Angler has a quick tip on repairing a rip in waderrs with a glue gun and duct tape
The waders are a Cabela's brand breathable, and I do have a piece of waterproof patch material to patch with. For a permanent repair I was going to put a patch on both inside and out. I'm wondering if ShoeGoo will permanently hold the patch material in place or if I need a different adhesive product.
ShoeGoo will work.....HOWEVER...it will dry very hard.
Aquaseal is better for the job. It stays more flexible than ShoeGoo
Somebody needs to try FlexSeal, that sprayable "liquid rubber" stuff they sell on morning TV on ESPN and CNBC. I'm dying to know if that will work.
I use Liquid Stitch in the blue tube from Wal Mart. It dries clear and is flexible. Takes 24 hours to dry. I have put it on the entire inside seam of a nylon jacket and the jacket has been washed in the washer machine and dried several times. The flexible material still looks like when applied. No damage to it. So I used it to path my breathable waders at a couple of holes. worked
Unless you just want to experiment with ShoeGoo or one of the other products mentioned here, just use Aquaseal and be sure the repair will hold.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mato Kuwapi
Whether you use Shoegoo or Aquaseal, store the opened tube in the freezer so it won't cure in the tube.
Please excuse the slight hijack, but will that work for RTV silicone also?Quote:
Originally Posted by Silver Creek
IMHO, the reason so many of us use ShoeGoo is availability and price. You get 3 times as much for 1/3 the price but the visicosity is much thicker than AquaSeal which is made to repair waders, etc.
I have thinned Shoegoo and Goop[which is a tad more flexible ] with tolulene to make the viscocity what I want...a little more flexible then.
I also use toluene/toluol to thin Aquaseal. Cotol 240 is sold by McNett as an accelerator for Aquaseal. Here is the MSDS for Cotol 240 that shows it is 92% toluene.
http://www.dykk.no/datablad/10-12016_en.pdf
So I use plain toluene to thin and accelerate the Aquaseal. It is the paint dept of hardware stores.
The best I have used for wader repair is a product called Seam Grip. It is similar to Aquaseal, but a bit thinner, and dries more flexible. Seam Grip is marketed for repairing tents, and is available at Eastern Mountain Sports, and other outdoor/camping stores.
I would not recommend Shoe Goo or Goop, as they are not real flexible after drying, and tend to crack over time.
A can of that, an old pair of biboveralls and some old boots and you've got a new set of waders!Quote:
Originally Posted by Steven
That hole could cost THOUSANDS in repairs (Flex Seal spoof)
Plenty of good advice here. One more for the pile would be Loon's UV Wader repair. No need for patch material, done in seconds, does not harden and become useless over time, and the rest of the waders will fall apart before that spot ever leaks. Great for the field, although it does void warranties.