How do I use a heat patch?

Do you have a small hole in your down Jacket or Sleeping bag? Or did you manage to rip/tear it ? 

Drop us an e-mail: support@alpkit.com and we can sort you out a patch to repair it, don't forget to let us know the colour of your kit!! - 

The first thing to do is to clear all of the down out of the way, in a sleeping bag give it a good shake while holding the hole closed, to make the down all go to one end of the baffle, just so it is away from your rip. With a jacket it is a little bit harder, but try to get as much out of the way as possible while still keeping it in the jacket.

To place the patch on top just peel off the back and lay the shiny side down and iron for 30secs or so. However to give it a professional look, you can always patch it on the inside - clear as much down away from the areas as possible, get a zip-tie or end of a spoon in there to push all the down away from the hole;

The next thing to do is to roll up the patch with the shiny side on the inside of the tube. That way you can slot it into the hole and unroll it inside,

Once you have got it in, make sure there isn't any down in between the Jacket and the patch. If there is, once it is ironed on and the glue is set it will show every lump where the down was stuck.

Before ironing the patch on make sure to smooth out the jacket and place it in the best way possible. It is worth spending some time at this point to straighten out the fabric, trim any loose bits and hide as much of the patch as possible. 

The last thing to do is get the iron on it!!! The zip, poppers and zip grips don't like being ironed, so be careful not to melt these. Squash all of the air out of the jacket, turn the iron up and hold it on the area the patch covers for 10 seconds or so. Repeat this twice more and there you go, good as new - 

If you do have any trouble, don't hesitate to get in touch, give us a call on 01159325050, drop us an e-mail or message on Facebook or Twitter.

Have fun - Jay

Created: Feb 07, 2012
Category: Products

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