Buz Groshong wrote:JHH60 wrote:One caveat - if you are repairing a cut in a waterproof breathable fabric that has an exposed membrane on the inside (e.g., Paclite Gore Tex), don't put duck tape on the inside (on the membrane) as a temporary repair. I learned the hard way that the membrane often sticks better to duck tape than it does to the original fabric, and peels off when you peel off the tape to make a permanent repair. Obviously, without the membrane the fabric loses its waterproofness, and you then have to either sew in a whole new piece of fabric, or seal up the area where the membrane came off with more seam grip or duck tape...
So just use duct tape as the permanent repair!
You could do that. My warning was simply for someone who might - like I did - slap duck tape on mid climb, with the intent of fixing it properly (stitching, sealant) when they got home, only to discover that peeling off the duck tape makes the problem worse.