Reapiring armor and clothing

[Corvey]

So I grinded my maintenance to 20, made sure that I can't go higher than 20and bummer. Still can't repair armors or clothing, and yes i know there are different repair kits but i got them small and regular and either of those work. Doesn't matter if piece of armor/clothing is at 0% or higher every item is still greyed out and says I can't repair it.
Is this bug or am I missing something obvious?

[Galaxy Gas Wizard]

I had a chain coif that was at 42 condition, even a blacksmith couldnt repair it saying it was too damaged.

[SadisticNemesis]

I have a feeling it might be a bug mate :(

[Corvey]

As for now ~I confirmed that i can repair items at 60 durability or higher which basically makes maintenance useless. One camp clearing and I won't be able to repair anything.

[G.Strategos]

I'm interested as well. Let's see if it's a bug indeed.

[Haldi]

I think i've read a skill which allows repair kits to repair low durability armor.
But i cannot find it again -.-

Also, what's the differense between normal and small repair kits?

[Nerivant]

Originally posted by Ghetto Viking Apocalypse:

I had a chain coif that was at 42 condition, even a blacksmith couldnt repair it saying it was too damaged.

Check different smiths, the town blacksmith might not be able to fix chainmail armor, but the armorer in Rattay certainly can.

[Corvey]

Ok so after some testing and searching I found out few things.

1. If your armor/clothing is below 60% you can only repair it at either armor merchants for armor and at tailor for clothing.
2. At 60% and up you can use smithing/tailoring kits to repair it yourself with some exceptions apparently.

So if that's intended even for players with maintanance at 20 like myself it changes the way of playing. First of all when comapring armor/clothing pieces you not only check defensive values but max durability of said pieces, you can find let's say better helmet defensively but it's max durability may be lower than the one you have now at which point you need to decide what's more important to you. Also perk Well Groomed from Maintenance skill seems to be a must if you don't want to spend fortune on repairs.

@Haldi Difference between normal and small repair kits is number of uses before it vanishes.

[G.Strategos]

So it's a feature and a nice one as I believe.