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med
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:25 am Posts: 6432 Location: the dark side of the moon
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 Leaky waders
What do you guys use to patch the seams on waders? Mine are fairly new but I get a lil damp around my sack when I get in deep water. Wonder how a can of the flex seal would work on waders? Surely it would work on wader seams if it'll seal up a boat with a screen door in the bottom of it 
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diddyduck
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:24 pm Posts: 2624 Location: ponchatoula, la
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 Re: Leaky waders
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:54 am |
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btmannin
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:25 pm Posts: 1723 Location: Oxford/Jackson ms
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 Re: Leaky waders
i have tried flexseal.. it cracks when the neoprene folds and what not. i've kinda decided that when waders start leaking it's just time to get a new pair. There's really no permanent way of sealing them. not one that i have found atleast
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:56 am |
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doubleBanded
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:26 pm Posts: 3084 Location: Down South
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 Re: Leaky waders
I had small hole in mine patched it with a tire patch seems to be holdin good
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:06 am |
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270Handiman
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 29, 2011 10:46 pm Posts: 2342 Location: Mandeville, LA
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 Re: Leaky waders
I use Aquaseal
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:07 am |
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eljefe
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:32 am Posts: 5210 Location: Beaumont Texas
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 Re: Leaky waders
i use shoe goo with great success......my drake neoprenes leaked at every seam so i shoe goed every seam and now im dry and its been 3 years or more........
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:08 am |
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btmannin
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Jan 15, 2013 5:25 pm Posts: 1723 Location: Oxford/Jackson ms
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 Re: Leaky waders
hmm never heard of shoe goo. I gotta try it. can it be found at wallyworld?
_________________ 1436 tin can shoved by a 16 GDLT 16.5x48 running like hell from a built 40 merc
Well they call me king turd up here on shit mountain, but if you want it you can have the crown.
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eljefe
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Thu Jan 13, 2011 7:32 am Posts: 5210 Location: Beaumont Texas
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 Re: Leaky waders
_________________ You can't see the sunrise if your eyes are closed. dying aint much of a livin....
Black ops IITX marshstalker
1840 WC www.wccustomboats.com fuel injected 25 GTR
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MALLARDSX2
MMT F.E.
Joined: Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:34 pm Posts: 978 Location: GA
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Caulking
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:31 am |
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gator22
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Nov 27, 2012 6:06 am Posts: 3469 Location: bridge city tx
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 Re: Leaky waders
I remember as a kid seein my dad use a bicycle tube patch to patch up his hip waders. But they was rubber not neoprene.
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 10:40 am |
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Trousertrout
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:18 pm Posts: 1060 Location: Ohio-The land of few ducks
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 Re: Leaky waders
Make sure you keep the gorilla glue away from dogs. They like the taste and it is devastating to them
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:06 am |
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Greenmachine
MMT F.E.
Joined: Tue Feb 19, 2013 10:31 am Posts: 778
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 Re: Leaky waders
Shoegoo..do both the inside and outside
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:42 am |
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Bigrich
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Dec 19, 2012 7:52 pm Posts: 7064 Location: Mallard country
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:43 am |
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carpkiller
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Jan 14, 2013 12:27 am Posts: 275 Location: Church Hill TN
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 Re: Leaky waders
buddy of mine used flex seal and said it worked great.... i used aquaseal and didnt have any luck with it. im gonna try shoe goo next.
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 11:59 am |
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Goose Crumpler
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:51 am Posts: 1404 Location: Northern Wisconsin
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 Re: Leaky waders
100% silicone or aquaseal. I have an old pair that are pretty much all calk that I use for early season where I know I will punch a hole in them. These northern beavers are experts at making punji sticks.
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 12:51 pm |
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 1:32 pm |
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Orangefoot
MMT Addict
Joined: Sun Jan 10, 2010 12:23 pm Posts: 519 Location: West Monroe, LA
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 Re: Leaky waders
Throw em away and buy a new pair. Trust me I've tried everything and put a good 2 inch wide bead on all the seems inside and out with about 4 different products on my lacrosse and they still leaked. I spent many hours on it. Huge waste of time
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:35 pm |
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jc
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Oct 24, 2010 7:19 pm Posts: 1103
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 Re: Leaky waders
This works great.
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:19 pm |
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OwenDickeson
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm Posts: 9869
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 Re: Leaky waders
Yea Med, just throw them in the trash and buy a new pair. Just put them in the back of my truck on 4th st., and i'll be sure and put it in my dumpster.
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:25 pm |
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North LA Hunter
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Mon Aug 02, 2010 8:39 pm Posts: 6976 Location: West Monroe, LA
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 Re: Leaky waders
We use np1 caulk on all the roofs that we work on and my dad put some on his lacrosse waist waders and it lasted about 4 or 5 years until he had to buy another pair. It's a polyurethane caulk so it flexes. He put it all around where the neoprene meets the rubber on the boots.
Or if you had some money laying around get the mpw grand prairies. Had mine for about 3 years and I've never had a problem with them.
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:08 pm |
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OwenDickeson
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Mar 11, 2009 12:45 pm Posts: 9869
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 Re: Leaky waders
I went through 3-4 pair of em in 3 years, even with the new seam sealing system.
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 7:15 pm |
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Pete14
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:49 pm Posts: 445 Location: Southern Illinois
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 Re: Leaky waders
Tire patches and shoe goo. I was just thinking about how that aqua seal works. I hav an old pair of waders that are starting to crack at the top of the boot. I dont know how the shoe goo will work on that spot.
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Thu Sep 12, 2013 9:50 pm |
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diddyduck
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Sep 02, 2013 10:24 pm Posts: 2624 Location: ponchatoula, la
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med
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Wed Jan 14, 2009 8:25 am Posts: 6432 Location: the dark side of the moon
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 Re: Leaky waders
I'm not chunking em yet....lol. Going to give that marine adhesive a try maybe. Seems everybody is telling to give or throw my shit away these days 
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