Diver Dave's Wader Repairs

19/10/2026

After i minced my thumb a few years ago, very delicate small part repairs have become more tricky. Replacing damaged teeth on wader zips is one of these, i could not hold the tooth exactly in the right place without dropping it numerous times much to my annoyance, so my colleague Chris made me a wee 3d printed tool so i always get them in exactly the right place. Now its a far easier job for me, and the tooth goes back in the right place, in the right alignment and works really well. It also works really well for teeth that are just a little wobbly! Its nice when we can do a wee invisible repair thats free in with the price of a seamseal.

12/10/2026

Well todays wader repair work was unusual. Last week was all nice, standard wader repairs. Today was all wader boots for re soling and waders needing alterations. I guess its to do with the fishing seasons ending for many. The waders we did get in were mostly quite tired, which i guess is good to see, hopefully their obvious wear is a result of a sucessful season. My freshwater fishing is finished for the year, but i will still potter away boat fishing in the sea!

07/09/2026

It must be animal wader attack season, and we have had a busy month with this. So far this month i have had the usual mouse and rat neoprene sock damage, with some being repaired and some socks being replaced, fairly normal so far. Not for the first time puppy has eaten its way into a pocket for a snack, that needed a big patch but it was a neat easy repair. We have had cats clawing a waders legs that were hanging up. That was just a lot of small damage and the repair wad not really visible.

Moving onto fish, a pike bit down on a wader thigh, that made a nasty damaged area (i have a pike bite scar on my hand from 30 years ago so know all about that one!) Also had a strange one, where a sea angler was hugging a wriggling bass, and its gill covers and dorsal fin spines made a fair mess of the wader front. Again it was all repaird inside the wader, so almost invisible from the outside.

Finally we have had a wader nibbled by ducklings, thats a new one on us. They made a good job of it, making about 40 pin holes. When i trested them i had to go and double check the note, to make sure that ducking was not code for hedgehog!

So be careful out there, fishing is clearly more dangerous than i thought!"

29/11/2025

USED WADERS, END OF SEASON WADER REPAIRS AND SERVICING
Its that crazy time of year again, now that most of the fishing seasons are over, I now have a decent stock of really good used waders, neoprene’s and breathables, nearly all stocking foots this year, and 4 makes of wader. New waders with our unique 2 year warranty are available year round of course.
As always the used waders are sold for half rrp or less, and are sold seamsealed, Repel coated, tested with a years guarantee and UK delivery. We only sell waders we will know will fit properly and are suited to the environment they are to be used in, not all waders are suitable for all environments!
So the only way this works is if I ideally get an email or PM message here, so I can send you the measurements I need and how they need to be taken. Its all very simple but needs to be right. If you give me approximate sizes, you get waders that approximately fit! More details and my emails at www.wader-repair.co.uk
Wader end of season repairs and servicing is well under way now, and it just builds until the seasons get close, and all the stragglers send them in to be altered 3 days before the trip of a lifetime! Lets make life easy for all of us and get them in with plenty of time before the start of season rush starts, full details and our download form on the website. You can also get discounted Repel there, again at www.wader-repair.co.uk
Photo below for interest - before and after repair. this one did not need to have the socks changed, but now we (finally) have every size of sock in stock, alas in small numbers!

08/06/2025

Who would have thought that counterfeit waders were a thing! I suppose everything that costs a reasonable amount is copied these days. I have seen two recently, both effectively junk. On unpacking them and before really looking at them we guessed the make wrong, as the colour was just not right. We then noticed they had the wrong buckles, wrong socks and the seams were in the wrong places. Finally the badge was a cheaper printed one and not the normal embroidered one. We have also started seeing occasional copies of quality mid priced waders but named slightly differently, enough difference that it could be missed and they looked similar, enough to fool you if you did not see every make and model 10 times a day!
On testing them all the seams leaked, but that’s not unusual and is not always the waders fault, sizing, care, abuse and so on can make the seams leak. Seams normally fix no problem. But these were also porous in areas that made no sense to us, in areas that took no real wear. It was just sub standard fabric. As I suspected the repairs were sound and the fabric just failed between the repairs.
I did some research on line and quickly found familiar adverts, the ones I see for fishing and boating kit (my interests) and I expect everyone sees them in their interests on line. The typical closing down sale, 85% off, limited numbers and a range of rave reviews.
I think the bottom line is buy from a trusted source, Quality new products are never sold with 85% off – they don’t need to be. If you get them and they don’t look right, they probably are not.

03/06/2025

Well repel sales have gone mad. it was quiet during the heat wave, but now we have rain its gone nuts again. So tomorrow i will mix up another large batch. its on eBay, search repel by diver dave, but its also cheaper on our website https://sites.google.com/site/wadersrepairs/repel

28/05/2025

Well its been a strange wader repair season. One minute its super busy and then we hit a quieter spell. I think the lack of river water and fish is knocking on to less fishing and less waders being punctured. We are really never quiet in May and this week is like november. Last month was crazy busy, busiest ever April. Wader sales both new and used are busy, but i think thats down to our 2 year warrany on the new waders! The used ones sell as fast as i get and process them. Anyway, we are as up to date with repairs as we get, so i think i will get a bit of sea fishing and sailing in, before it goes mad for the Autumn run.

19/01/2025

This weeks most common question. How long will it take to repair my waders? Good question, difficult to answer. Make and model make a little difference, neoprenes are slower than breathables. The main thing that makes is what is wrong with them, and obviously a single pin hole will be a far faster repair than a full seamseal with 100 pin holes. However, we do this a lot and on average a full seamseal and loads of pin holes will take 2-3 weeks at this time of year. In summer its faster when they dry and cure faster in the higher ambient temperatures, even though we tend to be busier. That said, in summer its often just a few problems, a small barbed wire rip or a few small leaks after a trip, both fine and quick, whereas closed season repairs tend to be full seamseals, after sitting in a cold shed put away damp at the end of the last season! As they all go through a test, dry, repair, test, dry repeat process, the more they leak the more often they have to go round the circuit, to catch all the tiny leaks that only show as sealing the leaks allows us to increase the pressure.

In summary, we ask 2-3 weeks, sometimes they are quicker, sometimes a little slower, but when I have tested them I can properly advise. We get every make and model of wader in, they all share one of about 5 material and construction techniques, so we can repair basically every wader out there.

As always, full details,. Instructions and proforma booking in form at

2024 Wader Repair Process It is all very simple, just post them to the address below, including a note with return address and email address. We have an easy to use download form. Ideally write your name inside the wader or jacket and turn stocking foot waders inside out, you can just

13/01/2025

This weeks main question has been about our new wader unique 2 year warranty. Its very simple,. All of our new waders have our unique 2-year guarantee. All you do is fish all season and then return them to us at the end of a year / season. We seamseal then test them and if they have no leaks all you pay is the postage. After a year's use your walking gait and fishing style will have left marks, creases and scuffs on the waders. If we seal and strengthen these areas if reduces the risk of these areas breaking down and leaking. After this we are confident enough to give the waders another years guarantee. We repair and seal all warranty leaks at this stage, but matter how many leaks, cuts, pin holes we will repair them at this point for £10 plus postage, and then they have another year’s guarantee.

08/01/2025

Well its that time of year again, the calm before the storm of wader repairs, as all the various river fishing seasons start, and folks remember their waders were leaking at the end of last season! We hate rush jobs, so get any repairs in as early as possible. Its also mouse damage season, so i advise checking your waders over well before the start of your season. It often looks worse that it is, and generally fixes well. This before and after shot shows a low cost repair, we did not even need to replace the sock.
Full details of how to get your waders repaired at www.wader-repair.co.uk and you can also buy our water repellent Repel from here at a discounted price.