Repair Your Daypack

If you rock scramble in Red Rock for very long, your daypack will take a beating. Instead of buying a new daypack, you can easily fix your old one. Normally small holes begin to form in the bottom of your daypack. This happens when the abusive sandstone rubs the bottom of your pack.

What You Need:

Duct Tape or Guerilla Tape.
One can of Plastic Dip or Tool Dip (not the spray type).
A one inch, cheap paint brush. You will throw it away.
Old pair of gloves. You do not want Plastic Dip on your hands.
Newspaper or an old towel. You do not want Plastic Dip dripping on the floor etc.

The Procedure:

Empty your daypack.
Start taping the holes from the inside of the daypack first.
Note: If the holes are huge, this is probably not going to work.
Next, tape the holes from the outside, bottom of your pack.
Now, take your pack outside (the smell from the wet Plastic Dip is bad)
Paint the bottom of your pack with plastic dip. Really brush it on thick.
Let it dry ~ 30 minutes, maybe longer if in a humid climate.
Apply a second coat of Plastic Dip.
That's it!
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The Plastic Dip will protect the bottom of your pack without making the bottom of your pack rigid.

New Packs:

Some hikers apply the Plastic Dip to the bottom of a new pack. If you do this, you do not need to tape the bottom of your pack with Duct Tape.