How do you repair pertex?

[Laurentius]

My Buffalo windshirt (the unlined lightweight variety) has sustained a fatal injury from brambles in that it has an actual tear in it, the first after many a years exposure to the outdoors. I have repaired it currently with a glue on tent repair patch, but I really don't think that is the best way to do it as the tent repair material is heavier than the pertex original.

 

[srod]

Sail tape?

Failing that, try gaffa tape. Gives it the gnarly "I get out and use my gear" look.

 

[boney gumbo mcgee]

I have good results with this stuff before, not the cheapest but does the job and is kind of see through, so makes the repair look less obvious.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/McNett-G...304471&hash=item1ec96c826d:g:XkwAAOSweM1aNIFw

 

[Toddy]

What colour is it ?
If you can scrounge a few cms from someone then there's an iron heat powder glue that is excellent for repairing fabric with a hidden rear patch in the same material.
Failing that, if you have a pocket that you can sacrifice the inner pertex from (and patch that where it won't be seen, you can create a small tab pocket from the material.

If you take it to the local repair shop, the kind where someone capable turns up trousers, curtains, etc., they might offer to secure stitch across your tear and you could always sew a badge of some kind on top. You can even print your own out on your computer printer, in reverse, iron it onto something suitable and create your own 'patch'.

You're unlikely to hide the repair unless you make it a feature, like a pocket, a label, that kind of thing.

Sorry, I don't think I'm actually solving your problem though.

M

 

[Laurentius]

What colour is it ?
If you can scrounge a few cms from someone then there's an iron heat powder glue that is excellent for repairing fabric with a hidden rear patch in the same material.
Failing that, if you have a pocket that you can sacrifice the inner pertex from (and patch that where it won't be seen, you can create a small tab pocket from the material.

If you take it to the local repair shop, the kind where someone capable turns up trousers, curtains, etc., they might offer to secure stitch across your tear and you could always sew a badge of some kind on top. You can even print your own out on your computer printer, in reverse, iron it onto something suitable and create your own 'patch'.

You're unlikely to hide the repair unless you make it a feature, like a pocket, a label, that kind of thing.

Sorry, I don't think I'm actually solving your problem though.

M

The tear is on the back up near the shoulder, and unlikely place for a pocket or a badge.

 

[Toddy]

You could make a yoke or a patch like the ones on shooting jackets. That would cover the tear and reinforce it too.

M

 

[Janne]

My mom used to repair tears in my clothes by first stitching the edges, then covering with a patch where you have stitched the edges first, and stitching it to the fabric. Then she turned the piece outside in, and stitched the edges of the tear to the patch.

She once got fedup and angry at me and tought me how to do it.

I can sew in buttons too, the proper Wehrmacht way.

 

[SiWhite]

I've used Tenacious Tape on Pertex before - it worked well, but came off the next time the jacket was washed. Clear Gorilla Tape can be bought as well, which might do a similar job...

 

[RichardJackson]

I successfully used iron on repair tape to extend the life of my 16yo remploy buffalo copy by a couple of years in 2007. It peeled after a while, but I did need a total of 4m of it! The replacement 2ndhand special six is going strong. The original is in my canoe ditchkit - won't care that I look like a cross between sad 90s man and a bondage freak when I'm that cold and wet.

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[bigboned]

Buffalo have a repairs service or a quick email they will generally send you a ‘patch’ out so that you may effect a repair

 

[Martin west]

I too have damaged my buffalo. They kindly sent a large piece of material out but didn't send any instructions. Can someone explain how I use the patch please.

 

[MikeLA]

Give them a phone call or email may have been a mistake to forget to send out instructions.

 

[Billy-o]

Sail tape?

Failing that, try gaffa tape. Gives it the gnarly "I get out and use my gear" look.

No better sight than a glam downie with a 4" strip of duct tape on it

If everything else fails take it to the dry cleaners. They'll fix it so long as there is no material missing, and even then they'll probably fix that too.

 

[C_Claycomb]

Like any craft skill, repairing clothing right takes knowledge, practice and the right tools. You will make better progress if you have a sewing machine and know how to use it. Any-which-way, there are a LOT of videos on YouTube showing how to sew light fabrics. I haven't looked at clothing, or patching, but Jellyfish and thejasonofalltrades have good sewing videos that could help with figuring out the mechanics of sewing light fabrics.

As said, a patch must be sewn down, and the damage sewn to the patch. The edges of the patch must be folded under, or edged in such a way that they do not fray. If the garment has multiple layers, and you only want to sew through the outer layer, then you have but two options; disassembly so that you can get at the inside of the outer layer of fabric, then put the garment back together, or you had stitch the patch.

I am sure there are plenty of instructionals about patching clothes.

Best of luck! And if the choice is between sewing, tape, or binning, you have nothing at all to lose from trying to sew first.

Chris

 

[Paul_B]

IIRC there's a technique called invisible patch. No idea what it is but my mum did it a lot with my school trousers a very long time back now. Not sure if it'll work with pertex but with school trousers you really couldn't tell there was a patch underneath.

Could just be magic though, I really don't know for sure.

 

[moley1508]

I use seam sealant on mountaineering clothes that always get nicked or cut. Not the prettiest but very durable