repair of equiment

[Zamboni 6]

Putting a lot of pressure on yourself jjtt99, guys rocking old equipment are expected to dazzle. ;) Seriously, good to get on the ice after a layoff-you'll wonder why you ever stoppped after your 1st game back.

Equipment repair question, anyone glued palms on gloves themselves? Where did you get a thin, suitable material-what type? Glue, brand, instructions appreciatted.

My son wears out glove palms pretty quick on the top hand. Tried every type of tape, tac mac for butt end knobs. All high end gloves we tried can't last a season, be nice to glue a patch on and have a second pair of gloves for 1/2 practice duty. $50's to repalm plus shipping doesn't make economic sense to me, not when good gloves are under $200.

[jjtt99 0]

The CCM Supra pants top my list of old equipment. In fact, I'm enjoying the challenge of keeping them functioning. The trick is to nip every tear in the bud. As soon as I can put my pinky finger in a hole I sew the material shut.

In the meantime, not only do I have to get rid of my own rust. The buttons the suspenders attach to look like an 1980 honda from Minnesota.

It's interesting coming back after a couple years off. Itech is gone. Nike is gone. CCM is still struggling. Good times!!

[furlanitalia 1]

Putting a lot of pressure on yourself jjtt99, guys rocking old equipment are expected to dazzle. ;) Seriously, good to get on the ice after a layoff-you'll wonder why you ever stoppped after your 1st game back.

Equipment repair question, anyone glued palms on gloves themselves? Where did you get a thin, suitable material-what type? Glue, brand, instructions appreciatted.

My son wears out glove palms pretty quick on the top hand. Tried every type of tape, tac mac for butt end knobs. All high end gloves we tried can't last a season, be nice to glue a patch on and have a second pair of gloves for 1/2 practice duty. $50's to repalm plus shipping doesn't make economic sense to me, not when good gloves are under $200.

tape your sticks normally then go over it with sock tape. You'll never wear out palms again.

[greyraven8 9]

repalmed one hockey glove and on one glove replaced just the extra layer that was across the middle of the palm and replace half the pinky finger with some scrap leather. have replaced some joints of fingers and ends of fingers on previous pairs of hockey gloves.

on my old leather goalie pads i used to have - added leather at the bottom inside of the pad where it was wearing out and leaking deer hair. used a curved needle and some buttonhole thread. replaced some torn nylon fabric on my catcher with the same leather; repalmed a previous blocker.

had regular hockey pants (actually a heavier duty cooperall pant) when first started playing goal - sewed in some foam into the inner thigh area for some more protection (eventually bought a pair of goalie pants).

replaced the velcro in my elbow pads and shortened the velcro that was a bit stretched out. extended one pair of shoulder pads lower to the gut area - cut and covered some foam from some old equipment in fabric and added some velcro to the foam and the shoulder pads so i could take it off easily if i wanted.

have repaired holes and rips in my hockey bags - replaced a smaller zipper or two (now one skate holder unzips opposite to the other).

[MastodonX 0]

The most recent thing I have done was to my elbow pads. The stitching which separated the padded inserts in the forearm was coming undone, so I re-stitched that.

Also because they are Warrior, and the upper arm area is always twice as big as the size of the pads (a medium has upper arm protection which would be at home on an XXL (if they existed)) I decided to shorten the strap to get a tighter fit. It has worked perfectly so far.

One of the first things I repaired was my braces to hold up my shorts. The metal clasp broke off on one side o i took the other one off and measured where the strap claps would be for the required length. Then I just sewed the strap in a bit shorter so they are always at the right length.

Next up is my shorts; one of the hooks which the braces connect to has come off, not sure how I’m going to do that though.

[NextBobbyOrr 0]

Fix my sticks..you know, taper wooden extensions, make broken sticks into shafts. I do maintenance on most of my gear, but that doesn't really involve much fixing. I flop my tongues out. Oh, but sometimes my shin, elbow, or shoulder pads rip at the elastic part, sometimes I get my mom to fix it. :). Hockey moms for the win!!

[ornithology 0]

I've used professional-grade two-part epoxy to fix parts of my OPS stick blades that start to fray or have chipped. Mix a little up, apply it to the needed area, and it seals up the area very nicely. I've extended the life of a few blades this way, mainly on the heel and toe areas.

I do this too, only thing I'm worried about is if it changes the flex properties the blade was designed to have. Any input on this one?

[puckhoggy 0]

What do you recommend to fix a pair of pants that have a slit on each leg on the back? - it was cut from the skate blade.

[lampliter87 8]

I do this too, only thing I'm worried about is if it changes the flex properties the blade was designed to have. Any input on this one?

If you were that worried about flex you would get a new blade.

[yrhmblnr8r 69]

What do you recommend to fix a pair of pants that have a slit on each leg on the back? - it was cut from the skate blade.

The handyman's secret weapon.

On the inside or in the same colour as the pants if you're worried about looks. Round the corners so the patch won't peel off as easily.

[puckhoggy 0]

The handyman's secret weapon.

On the inside or in the same colour as the pants if you're worried about looks. Round the corners so the patch won't peel off as easily.

whether or not this was a sarcastic comment or an actual solution, it did work lol. the duck tape hasnt peeled off and the tear hasnt grown larger.

plus no sewing needed, and cosmetic damage (from the skate blade tear) is unnoticeable now

[bostonjuniorblackhawks 1]

Manage to fix a small tear on one of my gloves with gorilla tape and gorilla glue. Sewing wasn't working lol.

[VakarLajos 5]

He shouldn't have been permitted to play in a game with those things.

Definitely. But the rink (not our call as we're separate companies) really only cares if you've paid your fees. It's weird how there's a strict full-cage rule (exceptions for rentals and Elite Division), but they're fine with shit like that.

[yrhmblnr8r 69]

whether or not this was a sarcastic comment or an actual solution, it did work lol. the duck tape hasnt peeled off and the tear hasnt grown larger.

plus no sewing needed, and cosmetic damage (from the skate blade tear) is unnoticeable now

Not meant to be sarcastic, just a reference to an obscure CBC show from my youth.

My pants have duct tape covering a board burn right now. Glad it worked for you.

[iggy777 0]

A few years back i bought a couple of pro stock kovalchuk vapor xxx lites. They were actually pro returns i think, and combined i got to use them for maybe 5 games. they both snapped in the middle area of the shafts and that was the end of that. The XXX lites were true one pieces so i couldn't just pull the blade and save the shaft, also the breaks were too high. So i threw them in the corner for a while until one day when i got a hold of a block of aluminum and after seeing a few SRS videos i decided to make an aluminum version.

I was able to make one blade fix and one shaft fix. I used a saw and a lot of filing and managed to get a really good fit for both of them. They we're quite heavy and i never really ended up using them but after a recent string of sticks breaking on me i decided to try the blade again. I couldn't stand the weight and went a little savage with the drill on it ;) I had a pattern for the holes at first but then just tried to reduce as much aluminum as possible and surprisingly it feels just as strong with everything drilled out. The best part is the weight is less than a wood blade. I'd say it's almost the same weight as my 7k sickick blade. I stuck it in a U+

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[fatwabbit 93]

looks like it might work... but thats a wicked curve

as for the duct tape, everytime I head home to visit the folks I stop by the hardware store there to stock up on duct tape. Cost is about 70 cents a roll to $1, beats the $3.50 I have to pay here. I normally have an inch wide piece of tape wrapped around the shaft where either the eng plug goes in, or where it joins the blade. Might be just a waste of time, but I've not had a stick snap on me since I started to do that.

I also tape and inch at the top of the stick... a couple of rounds around the knob, so that its less abrasive on the palms of the gloves.

[puckhoggy 0]

what stitching it best used to repair pants? and what type of repairs can be made (or how do i fix) in the inner pant area where the padding is? -

[Gummer12 134]

How Fixable is this? The tape band-aids aren't cutting it anymore. Can sending it to Georges or anyone be my best bet, or is this something my local shoe guy can handle?

[Ahriman 1]

Well of course George's is gonna be able to fix it, but to be honest I'd say you could take it to a shoe repair shop, show them, tell them exactly what you want, ask if they've done anything like that before as a precaution but I'd think you shouldn't have a problem, its a pretty basic fix from the looks of it.

[ktang 34]

what stitching it best used to repair pants? and what type of repairs can be made (or how do i fix) in the inner pant area where the padding is? -

For rips in the nylon outside I put a piece of nylon inside the rip and use an overhand stitch.

For rips in the softer material inside I replace the entire panel with new material, using a lock stitch. It's usually less work than repairing the rip.

If entire padding sections are ripping out I lock stitch them back in place.

[thefeebster 0]

The most recent thing I have done was to my elbow pads. The stitching which separated the padded inserts in the forearm was coming undone, so I re-stitched that.

Also because they are Warrior, and the upper arm area is always twice as big as the size of the pads (a medium has upper arm protection which would be at home on an XXL (if they existed)) I decided to shorten the strap to get a tighter fit. It has worked perfectly so far.

Jesus, i thought mine were like some kind of defective pair of elbows or something. The upper arm strap is just about the right length if my bicep was the size of my calves.

I've never sewn before, so just wondering if its difficult or not?

[puckhoggy 0]

For rips in the nylon outside I put a piece of nylon inside the rip and use an overhand stitch.

For rips in the softer material inside I replace the entire panel with new material, using a lock stitch. It's usually less work than repairing the rip.

If entire padding sections are ripping out I lock stitch them back in place.

good to know thx.

but for the soft material inside, what do you do exactly with the "panel?" where do u get the new material?

[ktang 34]

good to know thx.

but for the soft material inside, what do you do exactly with the "panel?" where do u get the new material?

I have moisture wicking material (polyester) available at the FabricLand near me, so if there is fraying or tearing I replace the entire piece of material on top of the foam.

There was a foam store down the street when I used to live in Vancouver. The foam was good for re-upholstering chairs and for hockey pant repairs. Here in Calgary there is a hockey repair store that sold me even better foam. When I needed to replace the whole piece of foam, for me, my son, and some of my team-mates, I would do this:

(i) de-stitch the panel from the pant;

(ii) take the panel apart;

(iii) cut a new piece of foam by tracing from the old piece;

(iv) if there is an attached piece of plastic, remove it from the old piece of foam and glue it to the new piece with liquid nails;

(v) sew the panel back to together (machine); and

(vi) sew the panel back into the pant (machine if lucky, by hand with lock stitches if there wasn't enough access).

You could do the same type of repair as with the outside nylon if it's a small tear and if the material around the tear is not too frayed.

[Law Goalie 147]

How Fixable is this? The tape band-aids aren't cutting it anymore. Can sending it to Georges or anyone be my best bet, or is this something my local shoe guy can handle?

That should be a very easy repair.

The only part that requires any even moderately heavy sewing is the final re-attaching of the calf-wrap to the medial binding of the pad, since they'd be sewing through several layers of nylon and a couple layers of synthetic leather, which is nothing to an Adler 205 or other shoe-repair machines. The rest of it is a doddle: cut a maximum of four seams to remove the calf-wrap from the pad and the foam from the wrap, make the new tabs, sew 'em on.

In some respects, a cobbler might be better. They'd be able to punch a heavier leather (like strap leather) to replace those tabs, rather than just using Jenpro or some other synthetic PU leather. Might not be quite as sexy-looking, but it'll never tear again. Part of the reason the original tabs tore in the first place is that the company appears not to have used a proper oblong leather punch - they just cut the slots, which creates weak points at the corners.

[Gummer12 134]

They're Eagles fwiw.. Roughly how much do you think a repair like this would cost (for both pads/outside of shipping) to send it to Georges or Peaches, or is there someone better you would recommend? Oh, and to replace the binding around the toes on both pads