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DJ Craig Moderator location: Johnson City, TN Gender: Male Break the Silence \| \| \|	Leaky waders < on 4/8/2009 12:59 AM >

	How do you fix them? I don't know exactly where the leak is; it's small. "You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You're on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who'll decide where to go..." -Dr. Suess

metawaffle King of Puns location: Brisbane! Gender: Male Purveyor of Fine Lampshades \| \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 1 on 4/8/2009 1:10 AM >

	That sounds tricky. I've never had the misfortune of having to patch my waders, but I think what I'd do is submerge them in a bathtub or swimming pool, and look for bubbles. There might be a better way, but is there a more fun way? I think not. http://www.longexposure.net

AKBC location: Colorado Gender: Female \| \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 2 on 4/8/2009 1:11 AM >

	prob need to fill them with water to find the leak...then some kind of rubber sealant from the store? Might work.

Banditt location: T. Gender: Male \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 3 on 4/8/2009 3:14 AM >

	Dude... just fill them with air and hold off the end... put em in the tub and squeeze while looking for bubbles coming out. you can patch with a bike tire repair kit, or something similar. FLICKR

junkyard location: LaCrosse, WI Gender: Male Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat. \| \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 4 on 4/8/2009 3:34 AM >

	Look where water infiltrates. Repair with suitable patch. OR buy new. OR get wet. It's all up to you. YOU have entire control over this situation. I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner! Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite. Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com

shotgun mario location: MSP Gender: Male MSP Elite™ Card-Carrying Member \| \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 5 on 4/8/2009 4:38 AM >

	vinyl pool repair kit. But I doubt it will last a long time if you broke your waders using them already (unless they dry rotted, which you should just get new ones then) If you want to protect the locations you love to explore, don't talk about them online in public! If you want to make exploring friends, send people private messages! Meet up in real life! Get off the internet! Don't try to have a UER e-penis! You won't impress anyone! This especially means you, Minneapolis MN newbies!

Samurai Vehicular Lord Rick location: northeastern New York No matter where you go, there you are... \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 6 on 4/8/2009 8:03 AM >

	in my experience, replace is less of a headache than repair.

Trap location: Dayton, Ohio Gender: Male Son, I am disappoint \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 7 on 4/8/2009 12:24 PM >

	Seconded on the bubbles trick, and they sell wader repair kits at Meijers back by their waders... also I'd imagine Walmart has them too Posted by Send4Help: ITS EIGHT FUCKING THIRTY!!

junkyard location: LaCrosse, WI Gender: Male Strategic Beer Command where the metal hits the meat. \| \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 8 on 4/8/2009 2:46 PM >

	Stay outa da poop and it will stay outa yer wadders. But if you could do that, you'd be a better man than I am. I drink gasoline for breakfeast and beer for dinner! Any problem can be licked with a case of beer and a few sticks of dynamite. Strategic Beer Command ruling the desert since 1995 http://www.strategic-beer-command.com

\/adder location: DunkarooLand Gender: Male I'm the worst of the best but I'm in this race. \| \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 9 on 4/8/2009 10:43 PM >

	I still need to fix my dad's pair he said I can have; that has the same issue. Fill the inside of the Waders with a garden hose. Check to see where the water is leaking. I would probably mark it with a sharpie or something. Then go to Walmart and in the fishing isle there is this stuff called "Wader Repair Cement" like 3-4 dollars a tube. Follow the directions on it. Also. Depending on the material; neoprene or rubber you might have to get a different type of repair cement. Just make sure you read the package. It will offer the best advice. "No risk, no reward, no fun." "Go all the way or walk away" escensi omnis...

20-100 location: Québec city Gender: Male Gentleman of fortune... \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 10 on 4/9/2009 3:26 AM >

	If there is a scuba diving shop not too far, they have all the stuff to fix leaky drysuit. I used a stuff called Aquaseal repair mine. [last edit 4/9/2009 3:26 AM by 20-100 - edited 1 times]

hilite Gender: Male don't destroy my sweater.... \| \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 11 on 4/9/2009 4:31 AM >

	I ripped my waders and used PVC/vinyl glue, seemed to work well... so far. And when you finally disappear, We'll just say you were never here.

micro Gender: Male Slowly I turned \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 12 on 4/9/2009 4:43 AM >

	Not sure if this is true or not, but I read somewhere that the best way to find the leak is by running a flashlight over the inside of the wader and looking for the light. Doing it in a dark room probably helps too.

IDChris location: Southern Idaho Wasteland Gender: Male \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 13 on 4/9/2009 6:05 PM >

	Shoe Goo! This stuff fixes everything. I've fixed everything from my boots to my vehicle gas tank. I rank this up with JB Weld for your vehicle emergency kit.

siologen location: Melbourne, Australia. I Go Where The Drains Are \| \|	Re: Leaky waders <Reply # 14 on 4/12/2009 3:22 PM >

	Ive got a 3 year old pair of cheap Canadian Tire waders. They've got 4 holes in their upper. I discovered the first two holes down the Ranelagh sewer in London and the second two in a drain in Birmingham during winter. So with frozen, poo covered puds, i thought id better get new waders. Problem is, here in merry old England, your cheapest waders are about 60 pounds, n im in a slump atm. Finding the holes was easy, you just spend 15 minutes searching for them. Then its all down to either Shoe goo, as suggested above, or a good quality bicycle repair kit Im still gunna get new waders, as these expensive English ones come with metal studded soles, so i wont be falling over in as much slippery shitflow as i have. Big Drayyynes! http://siologen.livejournal.com Blog

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Re: Leaky waders
<Reply # 15 on 4/23/2009 5:06 AM >

Posted by Shutchatrap
Seconded on the bubbles trick, and they sell wader repair kits at Meijers back by their waders... also I'd imagine Walmart has them too

You might be a Michigander, or Meijer has expanded! Either way, I miss Meijers. They sell everything and are open 24 hours a day. They are what Walmart thinks it is, but never can be...

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