Old Wellies and what to do with them.

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Pigeondave

Member
Dec 13, 2016
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Lincoln
Hello,

My wellies have finally perished and are beyond repair -

I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for how I could recycle the material.

I was think a pouch for a fishing kit.


Dave
 

sunndog

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May 23, 2014
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derbyshire
Anyone remember those survival kit pouches made from re-purposed rubber something or other.....the pouches were great
 

GGTBod

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Mar 28, 2014
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I reckon there is a waterproof laptop case hiding in the material of an old pair of wellies
 

Hammock_man

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May 15, 2008
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Nay Lad uuup norrth we drink champane form hour lassies old wellies, wash em owt wi meths forst mind.
P.S. don't throw meths away mind it tastes better then that old french stuff!!!
 

RAPPLEBY2000

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Dec 2, 2003
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England
also if you cut out squares from it you could use them as kneel pads to put in the doubled up knee area of work trousers, or add straps to make shin protectors.
basically you can ake cheap leather copies of anything you want though it won't last as long.

There was an excellent article in Survival weaponary and Techniques magazine, about re using rubber, althgough it was rubber from tyres or a bike I think...trying to remember...
I seem to remember...

you could tack a row onto a broom to make squeegie.
use as a sort of binding to make a besom broom.
cut it in to tiny strips and use as good wet weather tinder.
cut out bespoke washers.

sorry, I don't remember the rest :(

John Fenna might know.
 

Pigeondave

Member
Dec 13, 2016
14
5
Lincoln
Wow, cheers for the suggestions, I'll give it some thought and post anything I make out of them...if I survive the meths.
 

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