I got this Arcterxy beta shell close to 20 yrs ago I always loved the color of this piece, some fixes are different or better than others, i have learned to make some changes in the fix process its been a learning thing. I sent it into arcterxy once for a new front zipper but then the rips and holes arcterxy was not gona cover, the pockets maybe but at this point its pretty old the cuffs are starting to fray so it doesnt owe me anything ... I got a new Beta
So there is a hole under this patch on my right arm from tagging a tree, most of the holes you make will be between elbow & shoulder so in this case a cool patch disguises the result of a poor ski line, so I fixed it from the inside and glued a patch over it, the GF had some of these and i liked the color on the molten beta shell but I got in shit for taking this patch form the club stash becuz the GF pointed out ... I had not earned the badge but I was pretty satisfyed with my self on this fix
then I week later I did this one ... pride goeth before the fall, eh
its a great big fucking rip, 5&1/2 inches at about the same place but on the left arm, so the rip goes from the left side to where the flag covers it to the right where i have run out of flag. This pict is good for showing what a fix will look like when you tape the outside and AQS the inside, notice the right side where the AQS fix is bleeding thru that the flag didnt cover becuse this was such a big fucking hit but I chose to offset the flag so that part is at the back of my arm so you don't notice it but this is so visible becuz its black on red, if you have a darker colored shell you don't notice a fix at all
this is the heat sealed pocket seam on the inside of the Beta, I think I did not let his side go as far sonot too much to fix and so this fix looks pretty just a little bit of AQS sneaking out of that horizontal seam ... pretty fucking good fix
I think this one got left too long so to get it done I had to glue it, covered with some dryer sheet, saran wrap which has left some bits in the finish, doesnt look as good but fucntionaly its fine and its on the inside so nobody sees it
the back side of the flag fix, i didn't use backing or a piece of plastic (should have ) probably becuz i was gona use the flag to cover the big boo boo
dryer sheet on the back of the rabbit patch, nowdays I would probably not use the backing just glue that patch right on the hole, it doesnt matter cuz you ain't gona see this
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