How to fix gloves

[István]

Hey Swoard team,

Once one of you suggested me to fix worn-out gloves with a special material and glue.

I think this issue is of high importance as the average glove consumption of an advanced EC rider is at least 1 pair per season.

Could you please share that useful piece of advice again. (name of the stuff)


Cheers,

István

[pete]

you may try to get some "shoe-goo" and also use duck tape.

try to search the forums, there have been few other topics on gloves

[nils]

Polyglut aka aquaglutene is a liquid rubber that dries within few minutes.
You find it in shops that sell diving/hydrospeed gear.

How to use it:
Apply generously on tear/hole or on new gloves, and then let dry
Repeat 3-4 times the operation or more for durable solution

It resists quite well hard snows and wear, and can also be reapplied quickly in case of abrasive snow before the next day

Cost is around 15 euros here for something like 20cl

N.

[audacium]

Well, I simply use duck tape or a similar strong tape to fix my gloves. Has to be renewed of course but it works very well.

Greetings, Eduard.

[cmachine]

Hallo Eduard

What's "duck tape"

olaf

[Arnaud]

What's "duck tape"

Here is "Duck tape"


Very strong but awful

See the result on https://www.extremecarving.com/tech/mat.html "Clothes" section

Arnaud

[cmachine]

Thx Arnaud

[audacium]

Hi Olaf,


"duck tape" (more exact: Duck power tape, because duck tape comes in various forms) is made by Henkel, "Extra Power Gewebeband" is made by Tesa, you can use either. You can buy them in any storehause (Kaufhaus) or "do it yourself-shop" (Baumarkt). (You speak German, don't you?)

http://www.tesa.de/consumer/products/de ... 00,00.html
http://www.duck-tape.de (choose power tape)

Works really well, easy to apply (no glue etc.).


Greetings, Eduard.

[István]

I was actually thinking about sewing and gluing a special material (a piece of seat-belt band) onto the palm of the gloves that I used and worn-out in the previous season.

It seems so strong and undestroyable and what can I lose with experimenting with a worn-out gloves.

What do you think, guys?

Cheers,

István

[cmachine]

Hi Eduard

Thx too

You speak German, don't you?)

Yes, I do. I salute you from Switzerland
Olaf

[Arnaud]

István

Seat-belt band is made with polyester fiber. It is close to the material used for gloves. Very high tensile stress but not undestroyable, especially by friction. Of course, due to the thickness of the band, it will take time to consume it
IMHO, soft rubber band is better.
You can also use leather wich is very wear resistant

I'm thinking about gluing a Kevlar cloth. kevlar is very good for scraping strength

Arnaud

[nils]

Actually: the truth is duck tape is a brand, and the real product name is called in english duct tape, since it was first invented i believe to be used on duct pipes etc... Duck is a brand, maybe german, that i never seen here .. The original duct tape has a real aluminium layer to the outside, that makes it usable on hot pipes etc...

[McFussel]

Hi there....

be carefull with duck-tape....I broke one finger with that, cause when I was lying in the slope, my finger was knicking exactly where the tape ended.... NOT so funny...

Shoe-goo: It gets too hard from my point of view.

Best solution from my side: Sikaflex 360HC from SIKA .... this is a glue used in Automobile industry. This is hell stuff! You can use ist to glue fabrics to your gloves or even to clothing...it stays flexible

But we still are experimenting around....

Greetings

[akira]

Yeeah sikaflex is an incredible stuff. I use it to fix my shoes when I have a hole in it. But I don t know if it s very resistant to friction ...

[McFussel]

Yeeah sikaflex is an incredible stuff. I use it to fix my shoes when I have a hole in it. But I don t know if it s very resistant to friction ...

You have to use Sikaflex 360HC!!! This is the best for our needs....it is excelent!!!!!