Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > Wader Repair
| Al514 | May 14th, 2007, 8:54 am | |
| Central New York Posts: 63 | Water started coming into my waders the other day due to a hole - from barbwire maybe? Anyways, I have a pair of breathable waders and can I use those "goop" gels and things like that on them or are those just for neoprene? | |
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| RleeP | May 14th, 2007, 9:50 am | |
| Posts: 78 | The "Goop" family of patches/adhesives will work short term, but my experience has been that the stuff will peel away before too long. The best wader repair stuff I know of is Aquaseal. It's a little pricey, but well worth it. If it were not for Aquaseal, I'd be buying new waders twice a year...:) | |
| Shawnny3 | May 15th, 2007, 7:46 pm | |
| Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 604 | Agreed. Aquaseal is the stuff. I have had one serious problem with it, though, and maybe others can offer advice: I can't seem to keep the entire tube from drying up after breaking the initial seal. I've tried cleaning off the screw-top really well before putting it back on - it helps, but it's not perfect. When it is all dried up around the top, I've found putting it in hot water for a few minutes helps make it possible to open - again, though, not really a solution. Has anyone tried storing it in the freezer? I know that has worked well for me with Super Glue, but I've never tried it with Aquaseal. Also, Aquaseal is expensive. Having a tube dry out after one use is pretty aggravating. -Shawn | |
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| RleeP | May 17th, 2007, 9:34 pm | |
| Posts: 78 | Shawn: You've hit upon the engine of somewhere around 70% of Aquaseal sales volume, would be my guess...:) Try this. It works for me. When I first open the tube, I make a big hole, almost the size of the available bore of the neck. There's a reason for this... Then, when I'm done squeezing the stuff out, I grasp the tube low on the sides and squeeze it gently a couple time to make the stuff retreat down into the tube. Then I clean the neck and recap. Sometimes, I also refrigerate it. But that may be for purely religious reasons. I don't know for sure it does anything. But this slight aspiration of the tube to get the stuff to retract into the tube does work for me. | |
| Shawnny3 | May 19th, 2007, 8:30 am | |
| Pleasant Gap, PA Posts: 604 | Thanks, RleeP. I'll try that. -Shawn | |
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