Jan 18, 2009 11:22 pm US/Pacific
Buy It And Try It: Mighty Mendit
SACRAMENTO (CBS13) ―
Nobody likes it when you split a seam or a hem falls apart, but the Mighty Mendit is supposed to fix it. Let's see if that's true.
For 20 years, Mary Collins of Mary's Alterations Plus has helped generations of people look good in their clothes, and the tool of her trade is her prized sewing machine.
"I do it all, I hem, take in, let out, make shorter, make longer," Mary said.
The Might Mendit says you can ditch the thread, saying the trick is a flexible bonding agent that's not glue.
"To me, a 'permanent bonding agent' means glue," Mary said.
She tries it first on her own polyester dress. "We're going to try it on to put the hem back together again," she said.
Following the directions, she applies it to the washed fabric, and we learn it's not instant like it claims in the infomercial. It takes two hours to dry.
She then tries it on her denim dress with a ripped seam, again applying the bonding agent the full length of the seam.
We also try it on our photographer Dennis' leather belt that's falling apart, giving us three tests.
We give it a full 24 hours to dry and return the next day. The hem held, but she says it's bunched up and the glue soaked through.
"I don't like the puckering and I don't like how hard it is," Mary said.
She tried on her denim dress to see if it would hold, and it tears with little force. She then pulls on the seam, and it doesn't hold at all.
But it does seem to work on photographer Dennis' belt.
What does Mary think about Mighty Mendit?
"Something that doesn't move or doesn't bend, it will probably work great, but when it comes to mending a seam together or a hem, I wouldn't try it on that," Mary said.
I paid $19.99 plus shipping and handling and bought it from MightyMendit.com
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