Household Repairs Tear in vinyl. Cut strip of vinyl to cover tear or use patch in plastic-mending adhesive kit. Apply plastic-mending adhesive to patch and smooth in place over tear.

Tear in polyethylene. See polyethylene.

Tear in rubber. Cut a patch out of rubber. Roughen undersurface of patch and area around hole with sandpaper. Apply thin coat of rubber cement to both surfaces and let dry. Then apply a second coat to the patch and smooth down.

Tear in cloth. Out of similar material cut a small round patch and glue under tear with Devcon Patch glue.

Placket ripped in cloth coat. For a small rip, see clothing—plackets. If rip is large, rip out stitches in the entire back seam, pull edges together so that rip is concealed and sew a new seam on a sewing machine. There is generally enough fullness to raincoats to make such a repair possible without materially changing the appearance of the coats.

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Febuaury 10, 2012