"Wayne P" wrote in message
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I had a small hole that was tough once. I put air in the leg where I
thought
the hole was and held it under. No luck. I put water in the leg to see
if it
would leak, again no luck. I ended up finding the hole this way: I
turned
the waders inside out. Then I filled the leg with water, held it shut
with
my hands, then dried off the area where I thought the leak was. Now keep
in
mind that I am drying the inside wader surface off since the wader is
inside
out. After a minute, I noticed a small spot of discoloration appear and
gradually grow. I was able to dry the spot off, then the discoloration
would
go away. It would come back after another minute or so. . . . .The leak!
Very small and slow but found. From there, mark with pen and repair!

wayne

That worked!

Thanks. The leak was at the seam, on the tape. Maybe that's why I
didn't notice it when I tried rubbing alcohol.

Cool, Glad to hear it!


Me too! Apparently my 'pool experiments' stressed my waders somewhere, and
now I have a small leak on one of the lower legs too. I was going to do what
I do to test raingear: put on some long underwear and see where the wet spot
forms (no jokes, puh-leeese!) But I like your method better.

Funny thing happens to me often, though. Maybe I'm just paranoid about
getting leaks, but everytime I wear my waders and I'm standing in water, I
can SWEAR that I feel water trickling down the inside, near my ankles. And
my socks are often a little bit damp, but its nowhere near the amount that I
imagine, and is probably just sweat and not even a leak. But I always can
feel it: I suppose it might be from the water currents moving the material
around, but it always makes me feel fatalistic (Damn, there go the waders!)

--riverman