Peter storm trousers / patches

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

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Ripped a nice hold in my trousers, any ideas if peter storm supply matching
patches or something? Their website takes me straight to millett's, who I
suspect may be as much use as a chocolate teapot (lots of "lifestyle" type
guff whenever I've been near one of their shops).

Gaffer tape.

--
tallbloke

A friend ripped his jacket on some barbed wire, he bought a repair patch
from Snow and Rock. I believe it cost about £6. This of course is nylon.

However, if you require to repair cotton trousers, I would suggest you visit
a tailoress, it is surprising just how good a repair they can do.

Hope you manage to repair your trousers.

"tallbloke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Ripped a nice hold in my trousers, any ideas if peter storm supply
matching
patches or something? Their website takes me straight to millett's, who I
suspect may be as much use as a chocolate teapot (lots of "lifestyle"
type
guff whenever I've been near one of their shops).

Gaffer tape.

--
tallbloke

Doki said:

Ripped a nice hold in my trousers, any ideas if peter storm supply matching
patches or something?

Call them up and ask them for an off cut of however big it is you need
and you may be lucky. Probably do if they manufacture here, but if it's
all arriving from China then less chance :-(

Otherwise, a fabric sample from someone like Point North or Pennine
Outdoor will probably do.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Ripped a nice hold in my trousers, any ideas if peter storm supply

matching

Quoted message said:

patches or something? Their website takes me straight to millett's, who I
suspect may be as much use as a chocolate teapot (lots of "lifestyle" type
guff whenever I've been near one of their shops).

If you are not too worried about matching, camping shops have stuff for
repairing canvas and nylon tents.

--
Bob Mannix
(anti-spam is as easy as 1-2-3 - not)>

Malcombe Ashman said:

"tallbloke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

Quoted message said:

Ripped a nice hold in my trousers, any ideas if peter storm supply
matching
patches or something? Their website takes me straight to millett's, who I
suspect may be as much use as a chocolate teapot (lots of "lifestyle"
type
guff whenever I've been near one of their shops).

Gaffer tape.

That is good for temporary repair. How long temporary is depends on
how often you wash your trews and how much you care about having a
visible rip in them.

Quoted message said:

A friend ripped his jacket on some barbed wire, he bought a repair patch
from Snow and Rock. I believe it cost about £6. This of course is nylon.

However, if you require to repair cotton trousers, I would suggest you visit
a tailoress, it is surprising just how good a repair they can do.

What's wrong with a tailor? Seriously though, any drycleaning place
should be able to do a repair.
--
Phil Cook looking north over the park to the "Westminster Gasworks"

Phil Cook said:

What's wrong with a tailor? Seriously though, any drycleaning place
should be able to do a repair.

Depends on the trousers how worthwhile an invisible mend is.

If you just want them to keep out the wind then get a patch of anything
vaguely similar and apply it using iron-in tape for hemming trousers.
If you apply the patch to the inside this generally makes for a fairly
good looking job, and it's cheap and easy too (repaired a spark melt
hole in a polyamide top this way. You have to know where to look to see
the mend, Rohan sent me an offcut of material for free and it took a
minute to apply, most of that time being waiting for the iron to heat up).

Pete.
--
Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Bitstring <[email hidden]>, from the wonderful person
Peter Clinch <[email hidden]> said

Quoted message said:

Phil Cook said:

What's wrong with a tailor? Seriously though, any drycleaning place
should be able to do a repair.

Depends on the trousers how worthwhile an invisible mend is.

If you just want them to keep out the wind then get a patch of anything
vaguely similar and apply it using iron-in tape for hemming trousers.
If you apply the patch to the inside this generally makes for a fairly
good looking job, and it's cheap and easy too (repaired a spark melt
hole in a polyamide top this way. You have to know where to look to see
the mend, Rohan sent me an offcut of material for free and it took a
minute to apply, most of that time being waiting for the iron to heat up).

I fixed a 1" L-shaped rip (damned barbed wire) in my lightweight
overtrousers with a piece of heavy gauge polythene stuck on the inside
with Bostik all-purpose clear adhesive (extra strong). OK, it spoiled
the 'breathable' (over that 1 square inch), but you can't detect it from
the outside, and they remain 100% waterproof. Worth trying for
'plasticy' stuff where iron-on or sewing, doesn't seem like a great
idea.

For heavier duty stuff, butyl pool liner repair tape is pretty good.
Again, majors on waterproof, rather than 'breathable' or 'looks good'
(although if you can patch on the back, it doesn't really show).

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Reading answers on this thread I notice that some people have assumed
these are waterproof overtrousers and some (including me) have just
assumed they're trousers with no particular waterproof ability (Peter
Storm is a clothing brand, rather than specifically a waterproof brand).
Knowing what sort of trousers they are would be useful in answering
the question properly!

(If they are overtrousers, then Spinnaker tape is pretty good: lighter
and stronger, but rather more expensive, than gaffer tape.)

Pete.
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Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer
Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital
Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK
net [email hidden] http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/

Peter Clinch said:

Reading answers on this thread I notice that some people have assumed
these are waterproof overtrousers and some (including me) have just
assumed they're trousers with no particular waterproof ability (Peter
Storm is a clothing brand, rather than specifically a waterproof
brand). Knowing what sort of trousers they are would be useful in
answering
the question properly!

(If they are overtrousers, then Spinnaker tape is pretty good: lighter
and stronger, but rather more expensive, than gaffer tape.)

Boggo trousers, 70% cotton, 30% nylon. Supposedly have some water repellant
guff that probably lasts until the first wash. The rip's a good 2" by 1" L
shape..

I noticed that Message-ID: <[email hidden]> from Doki
contained the following:

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Boggo trousers, 70% cotton, 30% nylon. Supposedly have some water repellant
guff that probably lasts until the first wash. The rip's a good 2" by 1" L
shape..

I have some zip offs. Great trousers, comfortable, wash great, and dry
quickly. Good price too compared to most of the stuff that gets
mentioned on here.

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Malcombe Ashman said:

"tallbloke" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"Doki" <[email hidden]> wrote in news:[email hidden]:

> Ripped a nice hold in my trousers, any ideas if peter storm supply
> matching
> patches or something? Their website takes me straight to millett's, who I
> suspect may be as much use as a chocolate teapot (lots of "lifestyle"
> type
> guff whenever I've been near one of their shops).

Gaffer tape.

That is good for temporary repair. How long temporary is depends on
how often you wash your trews and how much you care about having a
visible rip in them.

Quoted message said:

A friend ripped his jacket on some barbed wire, he bought a repair patch
from Snow and Rock. I believe it cost about £6. This of course is nylon.

However, if you require to repair cotton trousers, I would suggest you visit
a tailoress, it is surprising just how good a repair they can do.

What's wrong with a tailor? Seriously though, any drycleaning place
should be able to do a repair.

How big tear is it? I caught mine on some barbed wire and made an L
shaped tear. Some Wonder Web ironed on the back sealed it almost
invisibly
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Bill Grey
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In article <[email hidden]>, Peter Clinch
<[email hidden]> writes

Quoted message said:

If you just want them to keep out the wind then get a patch of anything
vaguely similar and apply it using iron-in tape for hemming trousers. I

See my reply - that's the stuff -Wonder Web.
--
Bill Grey
http://www.billboy.co.uk