Rubber boot patch?

  • Red Eye
    Posts: 947
    October 5, 2019 at 1:44 pm #1882885

    Got a pair of waders with rubber boots. The boots are cracked in the ankle area. Already tried Marine Goop. Any suggestions?

    TheFamousGrouse
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 11632
    October 5, 2019 at 3:52 pm #1882915

    It is almost impossible to get anything to hold permanently in a high flex area like the ankle.

    If you don’t care how the fix looks then try clear pure silicone caulk. It’s ugly but it’s as flexible as you can get.

    Grouse

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    October 5, 2019 at 4:14 pm #1882922

    I patched a cracked area on a pair of rubber boots with a piece of rubber gasket material and an adhesive called E6000. It’s held up for over a year now.

    S.R.

    kidfish
    Posts: 237
    October 5, 2019 at 4:34 pm #1882925

    Did you try the stuff called shoe goo?

    Jeremy
    Richland County, WI
    Posts: 701
    October 5, 2019 at 4:37 pm #1882926

    flex tape or flex seal?

    Red Eye
    Posts: 947
    October 5, 2019 at 5:48 pm #1882941

    Looks don’t concern me. The flex doesn’t really concern me either. I need adhesion. The Goop was flexible but did not seen to adhere to the rubber very well. May try shoe goo.

    Huntindave
    Shell Rock Iowa
    Posts: 3088
    October 5, 2019 at 6:02 pm #1882943
    Red Eye wrote:

    Looks don’t concern me. The flex doesn’t really concern me either. I need adhesion. The Goop was flexible but did not seen to adhere to the rubber very well. May try shoe goo.

    To help any product adhere, rough up the surface of the rubber boot with some fine sandpaper, where you wish to apply the product.

    critterhouse 75
    western wisconsin
    Posts: 41
    October 5, 2019 at 7:26 pm #1882954

    Been my experience when they start cracking like that it’s time for a new pair.

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