DIY hockey helmet repair

In detail: DIY hockey helmet repair from a real master for the site my.housecope.com.

Everything, someday falls into disrepair, hockey uniforms are no exception.

Let's try to figure out what can be done with hockey ammunition, which has already served you faithfully for several years.

We have several options - to hand over our hockey kit in Moscow to the commission department of the Ice Arena store, give it to friends, just throw it away or try to reanimate our hockey equipment on our own.

Let's start with the head. Hockey helmet.

Most often, buttons on the strap, adjusting screws and appearance deteriorate in this item of equipment. With the appearance, almost nothing can be done. Your helmet is either already covered in scratches, or "still handsome". The appearance of the helmet will last longer if stored in any soft bag between battles. And if there is also a visor, even more so.

With bolts and straps, it's easier. Bolts that are sour or rusted are simply replaced with new ones. Repair kits are almost always available at any hockey store. With straps, the same picture. The button on the clasp is out of order, the repairman will put a new one. Well, if replacement is not possible, go ahead for a repair kit.

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Last but not least, hockey helmets. Any helmet is periodically recommended to be disinfected or simply wash. Microbes and the smell of health do not add. Therefore, the picture, when in the locker room, the player goes to the shower without taking off his helmet, is not such a rarity ...

Hockey bib and hockey elbow pads.

The plastic cups of the shoulder pads that protect the collarbone or the elbow pads that protect the elbows rarely fail. The main problems with these parts of a used hockey uniform arise from stretched rubber fixing straps or from broken Velcro. We find new "spare parts", take a needle and thread in our hands and change it. With your own hands. Cheap and cheerful! We could not change it ourselves, forward to the next "clothing repair".

Methods for dealing with unpleasant odors are varied and well known. Timely drying and airing, the main weapon in the fight against "stinkers". If you still smell, try washing your hockey gear with regular detergent. And dry well. If there is a physical and financial opportunity to give your equipment to a specialized dry cleaner or laundry, do it boldly. The smell will be defeated.

The most important part of a hockey player's outfit. It is she who, more often than all other parts of the form, takes the blows. A direct hit from a puck fired with great force can severely ruin the integrity of your favorite shin guards. Cracked plastic parts, almost impossible to fix. Of course, you can mend a crack or put a patch, but all these measures are short-lived ...

Other problems of used shields that can and should be dealt with, the fight against stretched elastic bands, Velcro, and smell are described above.

Without them, nowhere. Even if you are going to chase the puck in the yard, it is better to take care of the safety of your hands and put on this piece of protection.

The main weak point of used hockey gloves, palms. The first thing that people pay attention to when purchasing played leggings is they. Rubbed on your loved ones or bought used ones with holes in the palms, it doesn't matter.Look in some "shoe repair" and put patches on holes with holes or ask to change palms entirely. Offers for the sale of new hockey palms on the Internet are quite common.

The second common problem with commissioned hockey gloves is smell.

The fight method is simple. Played, dried. If there is a smell in your leggings, wash or dry cleaning.

This is a hockey uniform, which, if desired, can also be given a rebirth. The buttons for attaching the suspenders rotted and fell off? Sew on new ones. The zipper on the inside of the shorts, which made them wider, has ceased to be fastened? Visit "clothing repair" and insert a new one. Even through holes on your shorts can be patched up or you can buy hockey shorts covers separately. They will look like new!

The hardest, most expensive and most durable piece of hockey equipment. Skates, goggles, horses. The vast majority of hockey players treat them with special trepidation and attention. The more closely you monitor new and used skates, the longer they will serve you faithfully. They must be dried after each skiing, stored and moved outside the ice in covers. These actions, as well as replacing the laces, can be done independently. But, sometimes problems arise with skates that only a specialist can eliminate. Work on replacing cracked "glasses", "pieces of iron", rivets, eyelets are subject only to the hands of the master. Of course, it is much better if there is a hockey store near you. Buy the necessary new or "live, used" spare parts there and change them there. If you are far from such a store, then you can use the Internet to purchase broken parts of the skate, and you can carry out the repair itself in any "shoe repair".

In conclusion, let's summarize.

Anything, including hockey equipment, requires proper care and attention.

The used form, in which you have been playing for a long time or which you have just acquired, will serve for a long period if it is properly looked after, stored, repaired.

Greetings to dear readers. I think it's not a secret for anyone that today you and I live in the era of the consumer economy, when the service life of almost all goods and the durability of materials is decreasing every year, and design and marketing come out on top. Interestingly, the starting point of this process can be considered as early as 1924, when, as a result of the collusion of the largest manufacturers of incandescent lamps, the service life of the lamps produced decreased significantly.
But I don't want to bump into memories of the times when the grass was greener, but I want to share my ideas and hear about your experience in repairing and restoring skates and hockey equipment and other hand-made products.

At the moment, from my experience, one of the most short-lived places of most skates is the area of ​​contact of the tongue with the boot, where solid holes are rubbed during the season, often up to thermal foam.

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To fix this problem, I used the solution that manufacturers offer in their top models, for example Bauer Vapor 1x and Supreme 1s:

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Image - DIY hockey helmet repair