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Location: TN | What do you do? I can say I don't really know too many people who get theirs repaired. They just buy new ones. Unfortunately, I can't afford to do that, lol. $80/ blanket is a lot of money to me!! So I'm just curious what you all do when yours rip, tear, straps come off, etc.
Also, if you do repair them or send them off for repair, what or whom do you use?
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Location: Central Texas | I understand your pain. I have some new ones now but before I got them, I had some of the old canvas type blankets that have more duck tape on the rips than material and I still use them when the weather is a muddy mess and save my new ones for going to the races. lol. Gorrilla tape works really well. Looks horrible but it works. |
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Location: ND | I repair my own.....it's really not that bad. I've found fishing line is the best for sewing them back together. |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | I second the Gorilla Tape and the other thing I've found works well is after I sew the spot back up my hand I take that Flex Seal "as seen on TV" stuff and spray it over the top of my repair job. Again, not pretty but it is effective. They have a clear one but it is not as thick as the black one. |
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Location: Kansas | A friend of mine sews on heavy duty leather patches for free. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest | I have so many blankets that if one rips during the winter I just put a different blanket on them. Then when summer gets here I look over them and decide which ones really need fixed and I send them off to be repaired.
Generally, my horses have nice blankets underneath and I put a waterproof, no fill sheet over top. The sheets are cheaper and that way they're the ones getting ripped and not the nice $100+ blanket underneath. |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | i wish it cost 80 for a blanket......the cheapest winter blanket i have in 140.00...i sew mine by hand and i use goop glue and then sew and i use fishing line.....im working on my rambo right now and its taking me forever(the asshat ripped it almost in 2)..................
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| If there is a saddle or boot shop close by take it to them and see what they'd charge to repair it. |
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 A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | Freesole, its a waterproof glue like substance that we get at work to make our gloves last longer. and then duct tape until the end of the season when I either send them all off or repair and clean my self. ;) |
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| Who do you send them to if you do send them off for repair? |
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 I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Jansbarreed - 2015-01-07 4:22 PM Who do you send them to if you do send them off for repair?
Realitycheck (Jeri Martin) repairs blankets. |
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Location: TN | I'm thinking I may have to duct tape mine to get through the winter. I dont have the time to try and sew it up. Where do you all recommend sending them in the spring? |
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Location: TN | Schneiders sells a repair tape on their website sstack.com. I've not used it, but should probably order some. |
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 I Chore in Chucks
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Location: MD | I've repaired with the fishing line as well. I just don't have the patience to sit there and freeze my pants off because I refuse to bring smelly blankets into my house. I have learned even though people can repair it, it's likely to get ripped again anyway so I don't bother spending the money on repairing it. I've never had lasting luck with paying someone to repair my horses blankies :( Hence why I stopped using them for a few years.
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The Advice Guru
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| I send mine to a professional who clean and repairs them. She pulled apart the blanket and only sews through the damaged layer |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-01-07 4:01 PM A friend of mine sews on heavy duty leather patches for free.
and the blanket I got from you still is in great shape though Cliff has barely had it off since we got it. The leather patches are really nice on the chest area. That is the most-patched area on my other blankets.
OP - I bought some cheap nylon fabric from Joann's Fabrics and I slide a piece of it in between the outer layer of the blanket and the insulation, fold the loose edges over, and sew around it. My nylon is green so it looks a little silly on blue blankets, but the horses don't care. If I catch the rips soon enough, I can sometimes patch them without the green nylon showing. Matt and I each have one extra blanket so that I can patch the "good" ones as needed but the horse doesn't have to be naked while I have the blanket. He's got one right now that is temporarily patched with athletic tape until I can get up there with my sewing machine and patch it right.
I've had the same blankets for Chance and Joker since 2011 and my extra is even older than that. Even though I buy them on sale for $60 or less, I can't afford to replace them every time a horse rips one up. That nylon fabric didn't cost much and my only other investment is my time and a little thread. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I bought heavy cotton cross stich thread from Wallyworld and a curved needle from the same section. Be sure you have a thimble to push the needle through thick canvas blankets. I buy my leg straps from Teskey's and sew them on my self. All of mine have closed fronts as well so I don't have chest straps to repair. I wash them at the laundromat before each winter. (Be sure you run an empty cycle with soap to clean the machine afterward.) I repair them from the last winter and then I store them in huge plastic ziplock bags until time to wear. Keeps the creepy crawlies that seem to hidde all summer and get me when I need my blankets in winter LOL.  |
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Location: WI | I send mine out, there is a local gal here that makes the rounds at all the boarding barns once a week. Picks up and delivers. I live in a college town that has a big horse program. The last one I sent had a broken buckle on the front and broken belly strap, that was only $16. It gets really spendy if there are a lot of large rips (like total destruction), so I'll just toss those. I will say the Weatherbeeta's really hold up well and generally don't get totally destroyed. But, they are spendier. Can't say the same for a Tough-1 and Schneiders I've had... |
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 Playing the Waiting Game
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| I patch mine up myself.. I keep old blankets and hardware for future repairs. |
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Location: Probably On the Road to the Next Barrel Race! | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-01-07 4:01 PM A friend of mine sews on heavy duty leather patches for free.
...now THAT is a friend... :) |
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