Bill I have had good success by turning the wader inside out. Then fill the leg with water and watch for the water to show up. It will show up as a dark spot if the hole is not to big other wise the water will weep through in the form of droplets. Once you have identified a hole make it with a felt marker then let the material dry for a day or so. When the material is dry, I carefully trim the fabric lining away so I can expose the neoprene. Once I have the neoprene exposed I apply a thin coat of Aqua Seal. If you do not trim the fabric linning away the Aqua Seal may not penatrate to the neoprene and seal off the leak and it will continue to weep along the fabric linning. This repair is done on the inside of the wader so it is not seen and if you are carefull you do not get a huge build up of sealant. Hope this is of some help. Mel ----- Original Message ----- From: William Andreas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 7:05 PM Subject: [VFB] Neoprene Wader repair
For the live of me I cannot figure out a way to find the holes in my neoprene waders. I have tried filling them with water, air, halogen lights but never been able to a) find the hole and mark it b) clean up after the exploration process, like water, preserving the mark locating the hole c) put enough goop on it to fill the hole and not abraid my inner garments I have may 5 or 6 holes not on seams that occured when I attempted to scale out a taelus slope of sharp rock and climbed on my knees. I don't do that anymore and have gone to gore-tex or PVC. but I would love not to throw the damn things away because I couldn't find the holes!!! Anyone suggest anything? Bill
