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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Probably won't grow unless you fiddle with it. The tech fabrics seem to have some sort of ripstop built in. Fix it with duck tape.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Stick a patch on it and forget about it
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Patch it if lazy, otherwise good old needle & thread.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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goretex patches (in camo)
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| it might stop you being so anal. |
Wanting to keep his gear in good nick is 'anal'? Are you absolutely sure you're not Mrs Whitegold? 
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Not much point in Goretex patches... any old waterproof fabric will do. By the time it has glue on it, Goretex isn't very water permeable...
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I'm normally a chilled kind of person, but...
| Lizzard wrote: |
| Go on holiday and chill a bit - it might stop you being so anal. |
When I've spent money on something, I don't really want it to disintegrate within a year or two. Seeing as I'm likely to fall in the exact same way, on the exact same bit of material with the exact same bit of ski edge a fair few more times I don't really want to end up with a massive shredded patch out of the leg just because I couldn't be arsed or 'wasn't anal enough' to repair it in the first place.
Thanks to everyone else for the constructive comments 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Duck tape.....makes you look like a gnarly pro.
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MarjMJ, I tend to fall on the same bit all the time (happens in the park a lot when you're still learning something new), which is why I was worried about it getting worse without attention.
Cheers everyone 
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You know it makes sense.
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Superglue can stop it running or else you can get Goretex patches that you iron on. There is also a self adhesive tape you can buy that is designed for sails, tents etc that would do the job.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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vetski, mark_s, everyone with trousers has 'finger width' cuts in them at the bottom. Get a life! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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My trousers are trashed. At the end of each day's skiing the bottom or the legs are filled up with snow because it's just the outer layer that's ripped. Think I'll invest in some gaffer-tape
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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mark_s, top tip if you're repairing with Tenacious Tape or any other clear glue/tape - use a matching marker or felt-tip pen to colour in the edges of the tear before you seal it. I now have to look very hard to spot the 3 inch edge slash I managed to achieve. Which is good - they're the nicest ski pants I've ever had! Also, when I ripped mine, the tear went through to the lining - so I enlarged the lining tear and inserted the tape to seal the rip from the inside. Then I taped the tear in the lining. If that makes me anal, so be it. It beats mistaking acidity for wit...
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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vetski, I was coming to this thread to suggest exactly the same thing - by the sounds of it if the tear is still relatively fresh and un-frayed I would imagine tape used from the inside would make a repair almost invisible. I would certainly be having a bash at sealing any tear before it got worse no matter how small.
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And I'll second the dab of superglue at the edges. Rather than the standard tape... go for black Super Duck and cut the patches in a roundish shape... lasts a few years.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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skisimon,
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Is there a recession in the UK or something? Most people would throw them away and buy new ones! Gorden Brown would insist you do.
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I always take it as a sign that my edges are not sharp enough unless my trousers look like they've done 2 rounds with Kreuger (F). 
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 Jesus. Goretex patch purchased, and while taking a look at the bit to patch I glanced at the other leg and there are about 3-4 cuts in it, including a huuuge gash in one bit. How I missed it before now I haven't a clue!
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Last year I saw a chap with small rubber panels, about 6" x 6" on the inside lower leg. I think they were Degre7 stretch? I've got some thin ribbed textile-backed rubber sheeting that I use when working under the Landy and was toying with fixing this to my treasured but battered salopettes, but what adhesive 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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NoDosh, on the thread I linked to above, several s mention some stuff called Seam Sealer, which appears to be an adhesive suitable for ski pants and tents (never tried it myself) - but I have no idea if it would work with the textile backing of your rubber stuff.
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| mark_s wrote: |
| Jesus. Goretex patch purchased, and while taking a look at the bit to patch I glanced at the other leg and there are about 3-4 cuts in it, including a huuuge gash in one bit. How I missed it before now I haven't a clue! |
because it happens all the time, but unless the cuts are very large, they aren't really obvious until you specifically look for them.
I'm largely with Lizzard on this, although I wouldn't have put it quite the way she did. It really isn't worth bothering about. The cuts don't seem to fray or grow IME, you just get a few more of them.
If you bother enough to deal with a single one, you will be patching your ski trousers at the end of most days on the slopes.
And while you think you fall in the same spot regularly, I think you will find that actually means a few cm separateion between cuts, rather than exactly on top of each other (usually).
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You know it makes sense.
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If you bother enough to deal with a single one, you will be patching your ski trousers at the end of most days on the slopes.
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If that were true my pants would now have at least 90 cuts in them. But they have maybe 5 or 6, which I'm now thinking of patching.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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alex_heney, exactly. I was worried that with a few cuts close together, they might decide to join forces and make a hole. Or with some slight provocation (accidentally catching them on something), they might decide to join forces and make a hole.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ah they'll be fine: as long as they're not some cheap crap like d2b 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Go to any quality mountaineering shop (to get some idea) and have a look at their winter mountaineering salopettes/overtrousers. The lower inner 12 inches of each leg is reinforced with a stong fabric to help reduce the damage that occurs when wearing crampons. Armed with this knowledge get a tailor to sew some like patches on your ski trousers. Or just use gaffer tape. Or the lazy alternative, tell everybody it's the latest "2009 through venting system by gortex" and be the envy of the slopes, bars and mountain restaurants.
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