Repairing Glove Seams

[Ottime]

I have a pair of Hestra’s that are fucking great. Been using them for over 5 seasons. The seam between the soft nose wipe style material on the thumb and the leather has stated to split.

Also, the pad on one of the thumbs has become unstitched and is wearing away.

Anyone have a good fix for these issues to extend the life of the glove?

I really like the fit and dexterous as fuckness. They also are warm and breath well and like them for all but the coldest and warmest lift served days. So anything I can do to keep them going will be worth it.

Here is a pic of the seam separation:



And thumb pad (actually a thin piece of leather)



Just noticed the opposite thumb pad is not torn, is intact, but about 2cm is unstitched and rolling back.

[Alpinord]

I just repaired the strap on XC boots using a Speedy Stitcher. It went pretty smooth after watching a couple videos. it might be worth considering on gloves with some more material as needed?

A couple of many video examples:

[m2711c]

duct tape....

[markcjr]

Waiting for XXXer to reply with aqua seal will double the life of gloves. It really does by the way

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[reckless toboggan]

I have a pair of Hestra’s that are fucking great. Been using them for over 5 seasons. The seam between the soft nose wipe style material on the thumb and the leather has stated to split.

Also, the pad on one of the thumbs has become unstitched and is wearing away.

Anyone have a good fix for these issues to extend the life of the glove?

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Here is a pic of the seam separation:



And thumb pad (actually a thin piece of leather)

Yes. Kleenex.

[COBRI]

I've used fabric glue with decent success on outdoor cloth materials

I have a pair of Hestra’s that are fucking great. Been using them for over 5 seasons. The seam between the soft nose wipe style material on the thumb and the leather has stated to split.

Also, the pad on one of the thumbs has become unstitched and is wearing away.

Anyone have a good fix for these issues to extend the life of the glove?

I really like the fit and dexterous as fuckness. They also are warm and breath well and like them for all but the coldest and warmest lift served days. So anything I can do to keep them going will be worth it.

Here is a pic of the seam separation:



And thumb pad (actually a thin piece of leather)



Just noticed the opposite thumb pad is not torn, is intact, but about 2cm is unstitched and rolling back.

[Ottime]

Yes. Kleenex.

Yeah. I use those. Never wipe my face with my glove. But with eight seasons of touring and inbound use, things tend to wear. Especially were the materials don’t match. But thanks for the effort.

[SumJongGuy]

Rope tows are the only thing I've had good gloves succumb to.. Pigskin covers solved that problem. I don't log enough days to wear out a pair of good gloves before the lining and padding is packed out. Cheap gloves will cut through just from carrying skis if your edges are properly tuned. Duct tape will take care of that and most glove woes short term.

[dewam]

Waiting for XXXer to reply with aqua seal will double the life of gloves. It really does by the way.

XXXer must be skiing, I haven't used anything to repair that type of damage except for Aqua Seal. it works. Den

[reckless toboggan]

buy a new pair of Free The Powder gloves

If you have to buy them, they're not really free, are they?

[XXX-er]

XXXer must be skiing, I haven't used anything to repair that type of damage except for Aqua Seal. it works. Den

yeah twas a good pow day !

yeah AQS is the shit for all kinds of repairs to outdoor gear, holes in gloves/ rips in gortex/ loose velcro

The best thing to do with gloves is to use a layer of AQS before the hole is worn thru the glove, i will try to find some good picts

[Rideski]

Hey xxx, what's your method you've written about to stop a feather down coat leakage? I've seen you write about it before but previous coats I didn't care about this one I do. I can't get the feather back in there, do I snip it with scissors? Then hit the spot with clear nail polish, or just pull that one last feather out and then np? I've read about people pushing them back in but doesn't seem to work. Not worried about the one feather but it's nice that it marks the spot.

[XXX-er]

either/or, if you can't get the feather back in the coat just cut it off

I use nail polish or gear aid tenacious tape on big holes like when i melted a cuff feeding wood into a stove

my GF seen the bottle of nail polish and asked me WTf that stuff came from ... be careful with the nail polish eh

[Rideski]

thanks eh

[XXX-er]

so here ^^ ya got a pair of BD gloves where the leather on the back of the thumbs is cracking ... not even a wear issue, I put a little AQS on the offending cracks, covered with some saran wrap which is the shinny part you see and let em cure ... still holding well

[Ottime]

AQS it is then. Would love to see pics. I've got to open anew one for some wetsuit repair as it is.

EDIT: beat me to it, thanks

buy a new pair of Free The Powder gloves

Already have a pair, but those are warmers fuck. I cannily wear them of days that's are in the low 20s or less. Skiing in Tahoe, that rarely happens. Tho I wore them all last week. Partly due to these gloves showing wear, but on the days that were in the 30s, I had to take the FTP off often.

As for the post about packed out gloves, I guess these are packed out, but are still plenty warm, and like I said, dexterous as fuck, in part because they are fully fully broken in.

[XXX-er]

the best way to store AQS is in the freezer

put it in a sealed mason jar so you your food doesn't taste like Tolulene

when you wana fix something put the tube in a cup of boiling water for 10min

[markcjr]

Do you just put the Saran wrap on and then cut around it when you are done with it or just rip it off?

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[Rideski]

I got nail polish, aquaseal, and snoseal, I'm all set for alaska yo

[XXX-er]

Do you just put the Saran wrap on and then cut around it when you are done with it or just rip it off?

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just rip it off,

the saran helps to keep the AQS in place so it doesn't run into a big ugly glob,

also AQS is sticky shit so it helps to keep it off your hands

[XXX-er]

here ^^ is something more extreme, a heavily AQS'd forefinger & thumb seam, the forefinger seam repair on the left is still bomber, you can see the thumb should have fallen off this glove Yars ago but i still use them for touring ... well ventilated eh

[hafjell]

It looks like they make a bunch of products. Is this the one?

[SumJongGuy]

Shoe Goo would probably work well for patching holes. I've used it to apply patches on pants and DIY cuff guards before.

[XXX-er]

yup ^^ shoogoo, seam grip, aqua seal, if you read the label you will find its all just liquid ureathane in various consistencies made by Mcnett

For tent seams you would want it thinner and for building up shoe soles a thicker consistancy, I am gona use AQS today in my part time gig fixing dry suits for a swift water rescue outfit, i will post some of those pics which will be patching gortex

instead of buying a new seat here is a seat fix



here is a better fix on the same seat, i really got the consistancy and saran right, it might have been plastic as opposed to saran wrap

[Cocximus]

Do you know of a way to make it less grippy permanently?