Nicked a new boot during install - repair suggestions?

[lil_Blue_Ford]

No… bacon grease is for the flat top or cast iron cookware. You don’t use it for plebeian duties. There’s barely enough of it to go around for cooking duty unless you eat a ton of bacon. Even then, it’s still important for cooking.

 

[lostranger2026]

I dove into the rabbit hole of glues and I had an idea; because it's a only a nick and not a full blown tear it can probably be glued back together with the right glue. Neoprene is used a lot in wetsuits and there's a good product called aquaseal. It's a urethane glue that can actually glue neoprene, dries up clear and stays flexible.
I ordered a tube (~10 USD) and once I patched it I'll post an update. Thinking if I should use silicone tape on top, I'll see if the aquaseal by itself holds first.

As long as I can "see" if grease stays under the patch it's good.

 

[lostranger2026]

Update - the patch held!
First I cleaned the boot with alcohol, then I lightly scuffed it with some sandpaper.
Applied the aquaseal FD to an area slightly larger then the damage and filled any gaps with glue as well. The glue itself is fairly goopy, I used a tiny brush to smear it around while pulling the boot down.

Gave it a few days to really cure, tube says 10-12 hours. I applied it a lot thicker then in their videos, hence a gave it a few days.
Greased it up until the grease squirted out of the overflow hole. So far, so good!