Wader Repair

[BH Spey]

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?

[Orthoman]

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

[BH Spey]

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.

[ducksterman]

ShoeGoo will work.....HOWEVER...it will dry very hard.

[Mato Kuwapi]

Aquaseal is better for the job. It stays more flexible than ShoeGoo

[Steven]

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.

[Whitewolf]

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

[John Rhoades]

Aquaseal is better for the job. It stays more flexible than ShoeGoo

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.

[Silver Creek]

Whether you use Shoegoo or Aquaseal, store the opened tube in the freezer so it won't cure in the tube.

[Uncle Jesse]

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?

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.