Like a Nine Stone CowboySparkle sparkle.....and under a tenner
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This will actually work, just use iron on waterproof tape to seal the inside.
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Its not so good for the water proofing though
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I’ve made little embroidered waterproof covers for metal detector control boxes, and the waterproof tape is amazingly effective. It just needs to be properly applied.
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Is that the same as iron on seam tape for tents? I’ve tried some, stuck really well until it rained
I'm with @mrsbruce - waterproof tape keeps the water out on my bike waterproofs and tent through some serious storms. You could use tent seam seal on the inside over the stitches which would do the same job and not show. You can get custom embroidered patches made even iron on ones, but personally I'd sew and seam seal.
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I used a soldering iron with a ‘foot’ made out of copper nail, to apply the tape. Once you get the knack of applying it, it sticks really well. There are two main types I used, and always bought from the same ebay seller. I shall see if I can find a name for the stuff I used.
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This is the chap I used to buy my tape from. If you decide to go down the road of an embroidered patch, give me a shout, I do embroidered stuff on me little embroidery machine.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/wbm_seam_tapes
https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/wbm_seam_tapes
I've got a really nice orange goretex hi viz that my dad gave me. It has a logo of a fairly major company on. I would imagine it would have cost a chunk on money as it has a separate removeable vest inside it and the quality is superb. I haven't use because of the logo but I guess nobody really cares. I also don't want to get it dirty because it's too nice 
Sad really because I got if for nothing as it would have been binned.
The letters are rubbery, I may try the freezer trick, I guess it's ike using an icecube to remove chewing gum
Sad really because I got if for nothing as it would have been binned.The letters are rubbery, I may try the freezer trick, I guess it's ike using an icecube to remove chewing gum
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My brother in law passes down his previous years post office jackets, same removable linings, great coats.
My wife spent an evening carefully unpicking the threads holding on the post office logos. Patience...
My wife spent an evening carefully unpicking the threads holding on the post office logos. Patience...
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I put my very new bright orange Hi viz softie water proof jacket that was given to me in the chest deep freezer , then after an hour or so carefully picked off bits of the logo . It took many such freezes till it was all done but you could still see the outline of the lettering so I used a 20 mm thick permanent black marker to do a bit of artistic coverup .
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They are only for repairing cuts rips & tears from the inside .
They used to be stuck on the outside! I was a 'gore-tex consultant' many years ago, I shall now go and hand in my certificate in shame!
Thanks for all the replies, some of which were actually helpful.
And I might just take @mrsbruce up on the offer of an embroidered patch, if I can design something suitable for such a devilishly handsome and talented boy like me
Be aware that if you require to wear this orange Hi Viz on Network Rail sites their rules stipulate that all contractors must wear full orange PPE with the company logo prominently displayed on the rear of the vest/jacket - this is to make contractors easily identifiable to Network Rail.
I could get you the exact wording of their rule, but I'd have to go and dig out my Network Rail Sectional Appendix in my work bag, but that's in my locker at work.
That sounds like good old Network Rail
.The reality however, unsurprisingly, is that for the past 7 years I've delivered rail products to hundreds of sites, usually trackside, wearing my bog standard non-logo'd (spelling?) hi-viz boiler suit, and have never had a problem. And quite often I just put my jacket on over which I wear a Canadian style hi-viz vest. I bought it some years back from a workwear shop in Hull because I wanted to look as butch as the chaps on Ice Road Truckers. Sadly, I generally lapse into my Larry Grayson persona which tends to spoil the effect
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