Crampon holes in softshell pants
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Despite my best efforts, I've put a few crampon gashes in my new Scholler softshell pants. I'm rigging a bungy cord/gaiter situation I saw suggested on here a while back to help hold your pants down and prevent cuts. Any suggestions on best way to fix the holes? Any body tried prophylacticly adding some sort of material to beef up that area? Unfortunately, they did not come with a beefy cordura-reinforced area, my only problem with the pants. |
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Hey Paul, |
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Look around your area for a parachute rigger-they will be able to professionally patch any holes you've created or add reinforced areas to your pants. They will likely not have softshell material on hand so you would be stuck with non-breathable cordura. While they are at it they can add some grommets for the bungee cord thing (if I'm thinking about the same thing you are). |
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Here is a really simple way to repair your pants. Get a small tube of seam grip and some masking tape. |
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Wear them proudly as a badge of honor ! Welcome to the club . |
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I too rig all of my SS pants with a bungie stirrup. It helps somewhat with the crampon-snag issue, but I still manage to gouge a few holes per season in the right leg. Best fix I've found for reasonably clean tears under 2 inches is SeamGrip reinforced with a ripstop nylon patch on the inside. No sewing involved, and can look pretty damn good if you can avoid spreading Seamgrip all over the outside of the pant. |
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Consider wearing gaiters over your |
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I use tenacious tape to repair my ripped clothes. |
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+1 for seamgrip repairs. |
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I take mine to a local seamstress. Costs $5 and takes about 10 minutes. I usually get one or two holes per season. |
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for small tears, I just match the fabric closed together, and smear a thin layer of clear shoe goo over the tear. If a big right angle rip, I find a suitable nylon tent patching material and again, shoe goo it down over the tear or hole. Shoe goo rules, or any similar tube of marine silicon based clear patch up stuff at local hardware store. |
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Along the lines of the above. I ripped a hole in my softshells this weekend. I just took an old heavyweight stuff sack, cut a rectangle from it and used seam grip to glue it down and then put a nice thick stream all around the edge. It certainly looks like a homemade patch but it works and will fend off the next point when it bangs into it when I'm tired after a long day. |
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+ 1 for iron on patches from the inside of the pants. Just did one the other day and it works great. With that I always cover the patch with a washcloth and iron over that so I'm not ironing on the actual pant. |
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Did a sew on patch with seam sealer on edges for my gaiters about 30 some years ago,,still holding up just fine, even with more crampon damage to the patch itself. |
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Gear Aid Tenacious Tape |
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Stitch and seal with Seam Grip or Aquaseal. |