ALICE PACK lid repair UPDATE! 

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We are impressed! Great video, Brent0331!

Don’t even own a Alice pack but I love your content man, keep it coming!

Yeah, brown is definitely the way to go the green is just too bright and the almond is too. Maybe you could like layer the almond with some brown and it wouldn't look so bad like with a camo pattern but that's too much work. Nice vid.

That's awesome that flex seal sent those out and support you! Maybe I'll have to go buy some of the brown! (The green and tan were too bright)

Great. Now you've got me wanting to break out my old ALICE and give it a refurb.... Wonder what all else I could use this on (ponders in grunt).....

I'm down with the brown. The other colors are cool too but really like the brown. Flex Seal should make a Tactical commercial starring you and your crew.

That Flex Seal is some amazing stuff. Thanks " Semper Fi!"

Im binge watching all your videos!

I used flex seal on GI issue water proof bags that are used in the 3 exterior pouches on a large Alice ruck.

Now you can go to the cloth store and have them cut you a piece of camo for a pack cover. Flex seal the non camo side. Add bungie cords or paracord around the perimeter. Waterproof pack cover. 🤔

I just flex sealed my 2 Alice packs 👍👍👍

I was only able to pick from black or grey locally that I could find, so I went with grey. It’s kinda light colored but it’s on the inside of my ALICE pack lid and the inside of my butt pack. So far I’m very pleased with the result. Thanks for sharing the idea!

Here’s that comment you wanted me to leave.

Good stuff, thanks for sharing👍🏻

thank you so much

This is awesome.. Thank you for doing this video.. And thank you for sharing... Now I can repair my old backpack...

That tan might work good for similar repairs on a pack which is in some desert tan colors or desert camo colors. The green is nice, but too bright. Maybe would be great if you wanna fix your favorite garden hose with it because you can't find a new one like it or the newer ones just suck. Maybe it might help if you have some sorta signal green colored piece of kit that has lost water repellency, like a goretex-like green police or mountain rescue jacket or smth similar... Wish I could find similar handy products like this on the other side of the planet... you can really find a good deal of use for these sprays.

I like how Flex Products aren't just a meme, they're actually a great company that makes good products

Very nice never thought of using this product but it makes sense. Thanks for the info love the videos

Hey cool video thank you for the info..

This is a great idea , I might try to paint the seams on my TCOP tent to keep them from leaking.

Painted some trouble spots on a boat bottom with black flex seal . It's not leaking any now . It has a sticky rubbery feel to it and paint will definitely not stick to it and neither will primer . Slides in and out of the truck with no problem , but wouldn't recommend coating the entire bottom . Just hit the necessary places . It's pretty tough too .

Took your idea and applied it to the entire inside of my buttpack. It worked great it did darken the outside a little. It jus t added character. My alice pack lid looks great. Thanks

We used a New Zealand DPM Camouflaged large ALICE one back in the early 90's. I used to carry The ANPRC77 too. They are the work horses of the battle field (until that rivet pops)slot of guys sewed more pockets on them above the threshold large ones already there.

Ha! I've been thinking about this for ages, but my large alice has a good lid still. Just ordered a new medium alice, so may need to try this out.

Watched both videos, great content. I ended up using clear flexible seal from Gorilla Glue and the pack lid looks brand new. There were a couple small holes that I used clear Gear-Aid tape over them before sealing the lid. While these colors are pretty awesome clear is perfect for keeping them looking old school.

Great idea. I will try it on some of my gear that is showing age. But I love that old gear so don't want to replace it.

Outstanding, best flex seal commercial I've seen! Can't believe it's been a year since the first video. This is what all us old jarheads need for our old packs! Keep up the great work, Brent! Are these available for us?

Great stuff!

Awesome thank you

That Brown is sweet I'm gonna do the whole inside of My ALICE packs.Pockets n all

Was thinking of doing this to my alice pack. I couldn't think of any way of repairing the lid on her.

Great idea. If you turned the pocket liners inside out, and sprayed them, would it remove/cover up the stink? Thanks

All in all you found a great way to revitalize the lids of the ALICE ruck, which still (in my opinion) has a place out there. I have a few I've scratched my head over wondering what to do about the undersides but thanks to this info problem solved. Great info, thanks man!

C'mon, man, do the whole pack!

Great Video! We would love to send you our new Fortitude frame to try out, shoot us a line when you get the chance!

Nice man cave very creative 👍.I just to tell you gunnery Sgt putt out really good vedio have using your video for training good content very perfusonly done Good job ya have a lot more content to gruel over me personally I use the L B E back in the day that's what I. Was trained with 80 / 84 U S Army who ya yes do own T A 50 an use it

We were issued the Large Alice, its in storage, very cool. Btw I am circa 1980

Awesome stuff!!!🤜🤛🇺🇸🇺🇸

I love the Flex Seal idea, I wanted to ask, did you go right over the old rubber on the lid? Did you remove any of the old before applying, If so, How did you do it other than letting it wear out naturally.. I have a waterproof bag and Alice I would like to do .

MRE brown lol!! Here goes another quarantine project, gonna flex seal every fuckin bag I got. Stay safe bro

Mike 0331 here turn pack inside out and do the whole thing stuff works amazing

Definite win on the brown. But I don't see why not wouldn't be possible to use a stencil and give it a camo job

Looks great, but I think the green could be darker. More of an olive green.

Enjoyed this tip! Any recommendation on cleaning an old Alice?

Nice

A new market for their product. get the colors closer to traditional camouflage and you got a winner

If Flexeseal makes a darker color green, like an Olive Drab green. They got a customer. Been looking for something to re-coat the top flap on my ALICE, large ruck. An Olive Drab green would be a fairly close match to the original coating.

Imagine what Macgyver could’ve done with that!!

WEAPON COVER ...great it did hold up outstanding . Great stuff would work on web gear ?

Yeah that brown is amazing. The other two need toned down a lot in the brightness scale, way too bright

I have used my home brew bees wax/mink oil/pitch to water proof hats like straw cowboy hats, for years...I will have to give the brown and tan a try. Looks awesome! Think I will try the brown on one of my old oilskin drover coats... So many possibilities! Would like to see an FDE version.

Looks like old 80's-90's MRE packaging

"Clear flexseal then OD green followed by flexseal. Really came out nice and waterproof. Thanks again for the vid. 90ALPHA03

Impressive, excellent video, congratulations. Happy New Year.

Where can the brown, green, and tan flex seal be sourced from? I have checked Home Depot, Lowes, Ace Hardware, Walmart, and any other store that Carrie’s hardware or home improvement items. The only flex seal I can find is white, clear, and black. Guess I can just use clear and paint it green. Have you tried using it on the waterproofing on the back side of the USGI Poncho’s? I have an old OD Green poncho that all the rubber water proofing has come off and will probably try the product on it, just wondered if you had tried it and how it worked out. Enjoy all your videos and love the content. Keep it up Devil Dog! Semper fi

Semper Fi fellow machine gunner. I was 0331 with1/8 87-90. Have you ever considered spraying the whole ALICE with the Flex Seal?

Nice video. Love ALICE. With gear in plastic bags.......good to go!

Nice need to square away Some of my ALICE gear. I may try it on my buttpack. All my tac gear has been spray painted with rust oleum dark brown krypton tan and a semi gloss medium brown. Browns work all seasons here in the mountains of Virginia and gives me imho a non military look as a civilian now. Did my large ALICE pack in browns but the paint doesn’t stick as well. Lot of touch up. If I remember right you did the same before you deployed to Iraq and all the paint was gone at the end of your tour. I over lay the colors till it matches the leaf duff. Looks good contrasted with civy clothes. As you know surplus and new ALICE pouches do not have a consistent green color and MOLLE is desert colors shock is to bright. I run a condor tac belt with a mix of MOLLE pouches and ALICE pouches held by zip ties. I sewed up my own front chest rig/ dynema plate carrier. Luv your channel. I was a Sgt in the 1970s. Your cammo and other vids KA. Although my back has had surgery I keep my carrying weight low and distributed evenly. At 67 yo I ruck 30 lbs at 3 mph up and down two big hills over each mile. Trying to keep in the fight. I’ve been using a SOL double sized Mylar heat sheet that is bonded to plastic less noisy and have put clear packaging tape in critical attachment points when safety pinning it to a woobie. It pluses up the temp rating and improves it as a expedient shelter.

Great video tutorial and looks like the colors add character to the kit by changing the color scheme. Glad they sent that out to you and support your channel as well as enjoy it.

Hey Devil Dog, Have you tried turning the Alice pack inside out and spraying the inside of the main compartment, if so, how did it work out for that? Or do you prefer to just use the willy peter bag to water proof your gear inside the pack. Great videos, great content. Semper fi brother

Hey Brent. I’ve got a molle Pack and the two sustainment pouch’s are super sticky. I have no idea why. Is this just something flex. seal might resolve, or do you have any other ideas? Thanks in advanced.

Spray the rest with silicone spray like scotch gaurd or the Walmart brand from the camping section.

Have You Thought About Turning The Alice Pack Inside Out And Apply Flex Seal To Make It A More Water Repellant Pack

Harmony Church B-8-2 1984 good work 👍

Id suggest cupping The pocket with like a baseball to give a more round even surface so you're not sprying around the creases

It looks like something i want to do with my alicepack. Would it be an idea to do the entire inside of the pack too? Its probably a good idea, it wasnt done originally because its more expensive i suspect. Greetings, Jeff

That's a Brilliant job Mate, and a great solution to the lid problem... Bloody well done

Those other flex seal colors could work well to texturize old USGI mags.

Just wondering if the dried Flexseal is rubbery or a plastic texture. Wonder if things would drag on it.

I wonder what would happen if you sprayed a base coat of brown or black and then sprayed the green on top before it dried? Would the colors blend? If that works to darken the green, then the same should work with almond by spraying down a base coat of brown.

Yeah that flex seal is good I didn't know they came up with the other colors though that's nice and one day I'm going to get me an ALICE pack it's going to be a large one and that is what I was going to do with it I mean when I saw your video when you first did it and I was thinking I'll bet you two to one he's going to use flex seal and when you mentioned it I was right cuz that stuff does work you have a good day and take care later

Thanks so much for these videos. Have a number of lc1 and 2 packs that need this treatment.

I wonder if you could turn the pack inside out and spray it to make it water proof. I mean, I have dry bags but it might be worth it.

Hey, so this just will work fine to repair a us army poncho. Right? I got one that has no water repellency so i only use it as a sun shade.

I tried this on my pack and the flex seal just cracked off when dry. Any tips? I used the clear if that matters.

The green is a little bright but the brown and tan are cool. If I could find it I’d buy it ! Did they say these are special order or available soon everywhere ?

Nylon tent water proofing. Does in come in navy blue? Flexseal take note camo colors a big plus. I do have an Alice and frame.

11/10!!!!

Nice. I'm wondering if you could turn the pockets inside out and get some inside them too

Is there a reason you don't do this to the OUTSIDE of the flaps?

Did you lose weight or something? You look younger here than videos from years ago

Could you do this to the entire pack on the inside but leave some space at the bottom for drainage have you ever done that?

My niece was highly disappointed in the time it took me to dig up a steel water line and repair it because I could have just sprayed Flex Seal on it and been done like on TV!

Will do this to my alice and the main compartment. Its going to be awsome.

Would it work OK if you done the whole outside of your ALICE Pack Brent or would it crack up 👍🏻🇦🇺 cheers Brother from across the pond ;)

Right, I did the same thing to my M-1945 sleeping bag case, and some of my canvas tarps. Yeah... it adds weight, but increases the durability by far.

Brent - Watching your video last year, I re-sealed the top of two of my ALICE rucks with black Flex Seal. Man, I really like that brown! I had no idea that was even an option. Plus, I hadn't thought about sealing the external pocket lids. Looks like I have another project. Fun stuff. Thanks.

Outstanding idea!! My lids were trashed.

Awfully nice for FlexSeal to provide a "Gift Pack" to you. Brown... definitely brown.

Awesome video !!! I am going to buy a can for My Willy Pete bag. It has a lot of pin holes in it. Do You have a video on the large A.L.I.C.E pack? SEMPER FI. 0331 95-03

Bravo-Zulu! Thank you for the Heads up on the Flex Seal Devil Dog I have an Old Alice Pack that I have owned for over 25 years now and has gone with me everywhere it has lasted longer than the Pack that I was Issued by the Navy back in '05 and only lasted one deployment. I have been wondering what I could do to make the cover water repellent again that this looks GREAT will be going out to my local wallyworld tomorrow to get some FLex Seal.

Brown is definitely the best of the three. Looks a bit shiny but maybe it will dull out when fully cured. FLEX SEAL if you can use true camo colors your product would be very useful. Thanks Brent0331

The green is kelly green. I tried it on my Alice.

My dad had an Alice Pack he used for repelling, rock climbing, and hiking in Zion National Park, I grew up using the same pack as a combat bag fighting invisible VC by the time I was 8, and use it currently (I'm 19 now) as my airsoft bag. I got everything I need in there and my HPA Tippmann ziptied to the side. Grab the bag and it has everything I need. All I gotta do is throw own some surplus fatigues and it's killing time. The pack is freaking invisible.

What are your thoughts on Tactical Tailor malice packs?

Why not do the whole interior of the pack?

Just picked up another Canadian Digital camo rucksack now I got a buy a can of flexseal I just had an idea popped in my head I got a couple of spots I want to Stephen up in the bag i’m gonna try to use some of that JB Weld reinforce some parts of the bag make it stronger I really miss surplus stores there’s none here in Newfoundland everything is online today that sucks There’s no experience when you go online shopping it takes the fun out of it

Awesome