Repairing my boot top and holster

[flashcove]

As you all know, my biker scout holster was heavily damaged by some "parentless" boys at the Mudbugs game. It needed repair. All four corners were dammaged, as was the backing plate supplied by SC.

 

This necessitated rounding all 4 corners as shown on the front corners. The boot shaft had to be replaced as the original holes would not be covered by the holster.

 

We decided to double the thickness of the shaft vinyl by folding it over at the top and coming down to a little below the top of the work boot inside. We cut the edges where the velcro would be attached to make it easier on the sewing machine. After all the sewing was done, I glued the front and back together with liquid Barge cement. The velcro to hold the boot up with the pants of the suit was self-adhesive helped with a generous coat of E-6000 after roughing the area where it would be attached with sandpaper.

 

The boot now stood without other support.

 

I had folded the vamp cover down after I detached the old shaft and reglued it with E-6000. I lowered the holster about 3/4" from the top of the boot istead of lining it up with the top as I had done before. And now the boot with the holster and blaster stands on its own. I still use the egg carton with velcro attached to store it.

 

 

I'm quite relieved to have it done, and considerably cheered up

[Chex]

NIce job...did you take any pics of the damage before you fixed it?

[Dart]

Looks good! I wish my right boot stood up on its' own with my blaster in it, ha!

[Darth Thaddius]

Glad to see that you were not out of the fight for too long. Got it all repaired and now your ready to be deployed back out in the field. Good work sir

[flashcove]

Thank you all. I didn't take any pictures of it damaged. Both front rivets were hanging free. The upper front corner had the rivet pulled out of the backing plate by breaking it. The lower front corner was broken off from the rivet hole out. The 2 rear rivets had star cracks outward from the rivet, and the backing plate that SC supplies was broken on that end also.

[4505Marcel]

Mate thats sucks, glad your up and trooping again though

[flashcove]

The repair turned out to be much easier than I feared. The "oh no, that's too hard" reaction kept me from doing it sooner. Other than waiting for glue to dry, it probably only took a couple of hours.