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Thread: Holy skins help
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05-04-2022, 01:39 PM #1
Holy skins help
First, I did some searching on this, but couldn't find anything...
While I love the weight and packability of my Pomocas, they definitely don't like me tip toeing over rocks. (My old thicker BDs held up much better.)
Anyway, thoughts on best way to fix a hole (1st pic)? I was thinking a small bit of gorilla tape on the sticky side and then epoxy over the hole on the plush side... lose a tad bit of traction, but keep the hole from spreading. For the small edge ding (2nd) pic... just cleanly slice around it? Burn the edge to seal the fray like a rope?
Thx much for any help!
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05-04-2022, 03:11 PM #2
Next time stick with the Climb Pro S-Glide, the Free Pro 2.0 backer is too thin . . . good luck with the fix.
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05-04-2022, 03:18 PM #3
PS That's not really a knock on Pomoca, all the light skins I've tried have had durability issues (BD Ultralight Mix, G3 Minimist, etc.). Better to drink one less beer a night.
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05-04-2022, 03:48 PM #4"Poop is funny" - Frank Reynolds
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05-04-2022, 04:22 PM #5
I agree with Greg. I enjoy my Free Pro 2.0, but I think there's a good reason why they only come in 123, 140; they're not really meant for bushwhacking.
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05-04-2022, 04:24 PM #6u
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Here's what I did with my same skins with similar issues. I just put repair tape (Tenacious Tape?) on the bottom of the tear and did nothing to the plush side, I don't think you really need anything on that side. I think it would be even better to remove the glue, then put the tape on, then reglue over that. you'd probably get a tighter closure of the cut. For the cut on the side just cut it our in kind of an ellipse. I've used these about 20 days since doing this and no issues. However, these skins have become my back up, rock skins not so much because of the cuts but because the glue is worthless after 2 seasons, but thats another story.
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05-04-2022, 05:44 PM #7
Bingo, tape it is! That makes sense. I've done my fair share of sewing and it’s hard enough without working around glue. Although I guess I could scrape the glue first. Anyway… my intent was to be more careful with these - easy to say when you buy em, harder to follow out in the field!
Thx
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05-04-2022, 08:18 PM #8
Years ago I used dental floss and the longest needle I could find for a repair like that. Lasted as long as the skins did.
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05-04-2022, 09:17 PM #9
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05-06-2022, 09:03 AM #10
Paging Doctor Aquaseal.
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05-06-2022, 09:36 AM #11
I sewed up a rip in a pair of ultralight BD skins a few years back and it held up find.
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05-07-2022, 03:51 PM #12Registered User
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yeah i know you guys are all dentists but i've seen atempts at sewing and the stitches pull on the skin or whatever being sewn, i don't care how much your practice made last year, I don't recommend sewing any thing with dental floss as a permanent fix
AQS with a patch on the glue side or on the inside of any gortex piece, i wrote a whole fucking thread about fixing your fucking gear with aqua seal
remove a bit of glue in the are with a heat gun & scraper, aqs a patch on the rip or hole, overlap the boo-boo by 1/2 inch, smear some goldlabel over the patch let cure over night, the fix will be permanent
pict of fixed plush side, the area around the cut has a minor amount of AQS bleeding thru on plush but its nothing and this will never come apart
patching the glue side using some dryer sheet from the laundry room garbage can or some thin ripstop nylon would also be good, sipping a pinot grigio here
Last edited by XXX-er; 05-07-2022 at 04:34 PM.
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05-07-2022, 05:27 PM #13
Thats a good fix but it wouldnt work on my bd ul mohairs. The rip was more than half way from one edge to the other. 90⁰ from the edge lenth. It ripped across not lengthwise. Dental floss and a big ass curved needle worked and held for years. Prob still working with the skis i sold them with.
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05-07-2022, 06:10 PM #14
Aqua seal held for a year on a mid skin pomoca tear. Could still be holding, I sold the skins
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05-07-2022, 06:50 PM #15
I bet sutures (prolene?) would work really well
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05-07-2022, 06:58 PM #16Registered User
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05-08-2022, 05:27 AM #17
Possibly, i never thought about it again other than a quick glance when they were going on/off.
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05-08-2022, 06:25 AM #18
I remember it looking like this
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