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- What's up guys?
Matt from the Football Boots team and today,
we are gonna be doing a football repair type video,
using some stuff like a syringe, an egg, a glue gun,
a stapler and also some nail varnish.
So let's find out how these can help save your favourite
football equipment.
Hack number one is how to repair a punctured football.
Now I don't really know where the hole is on this
football, but the great thing about this hack is,
is that you don't need to know where it is.
Now what you're gonna need to do this is an egg,
a football pump, a football pump needle and also
a syringe.
So let's find out exactly how you can use an egg
to repair the puncture.
First things first, you need to crack the egg into the
bowl.
Put the shell aside, and now you need to get your syringe
and only suck up the white of it.
You don't need the yolk at all, so you just need to soak
up the white itself.
Once you've got your egg white into your syringe,
you need to then get the football pump needle, secure it
onto the end so we can squeeze it into the football itself.
Once you squeeze the egg white into the football,
remove the syringe and remove the needle, and then you
need to put the needle into the pump, and then pump up
the football.
Once about 3/4 of the way pumped up, remove the pump and
then just rotate the ball a few times just to make sure the
egg white inside the ball covers the internal puncture.
Once you've done this, now just add that last quarter work
of pumping, to make sure the ball is fully pumped up.
Fully pumped up.
Now just give it one final rotation, to make sure the
puncture is coated, and then leave aside to set for
a few hours.
Now the egg white is fully set.
It's created a coating inside the ball to make sure the
puncture doesn't leak and yeah.
So now you can take the football and use it as before.
Our next hack might be our most important one, and that is
how to fix sole separation.
A common problem with modern day football boots.
Now what you're gonna need is some waterproof sealant
and also a glue gun.
Now once you've got your sole separated boot,
you need to open it and clean it up a little bit
just to start with, and make sure it's fully dry.
Now once you've got your glue gun sorted out,
you need to squeeze the end of it to pull the trigger,
and put a generous amount on top.
And when you're happy with the amount, remove the gun,
put it to the side, and you need to carefully squeeze
onto the upper, to make sure that it's actually come
attached with the sole plate once again.
Once you're happy, just get a piece of tissue and wipe
off the excess.
Once you've cleaned it up, now you need to get some
tape to wrap around that sole plate, just to make
sure there's a tight finish with the upper and the sole
plate itself.
Now that you've finished taping up the boot, give it
a final press down and then add some pegs just to secure
the binding.
Once you've done this, leave overnight to fully set.
Now the sealant has fully dried.
Let's take off the pegs, take off the tape,
and have a look at the finished product.
And as you can see, it's actually a pretty tidy finish.
Now this isn't gonna last the longest amount of time.
It's more of a short term fix, but as a short term fix
it's actually a pretty decent once.
Our next hack is how to reattach a ripped off tongue,
and it's very simple, you only need a stapler.
Now the first step is to roll up your tongue.
Now once you've got it down to about that level,
you need to place it inside the stapler itself so
open it up.
Once you have it in place, then you need to place the
stapler and the tongue inside the boot to the desired area.
Once you've got it in place, close down the stapler,
and then puncture the upper and the tongue.
Once you've done that, you can then unroll the tongue,
and as you can see, you now have the tongue reattached
to the boot.
We've only used one staple, but you can use multiple
if you want a more secure fit.
Our last hack is gonna be great for leather football boots
and all you're gonna need is some nail varnish.
As you can see, leather football boots are prone to
fraying so, how can nail varnish actually
help the situation?
Well, all you need to do is actually go over the stitching
with the nail varnish itself, and the best one to use is
just a clear coat one, so you can't see the finish.
You don't need to use too much, and you only really need
to go onto the frayed areas itself.
Once you've applied the nail varnish, leave to dry
for an hour.
Once the nail varnish is dry, you've now got two options.
Firstly, you can just leave the boots as they are,
because the frayed stitching is now solid.
They won't fray anymore.
Or option number two, which is what I would do,
you can just snip away the frayed stitching, to leave a
cleaner finish.
So guys, there it is, our football repair hacks video,
but which one has been your favourite?
The egg white syringe, the glue gun, the stapler
or the nail varnish?
Vote in the poll card now for your favourite.
But that's it.
All wrapped up so thank for watching.
Cheers.