Goose fat or failing that Crisco would be the more durable choice.
Hot Olive oil inside your wetsuit / drysuit
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drl
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I bet it leaves your skin nice and soft!
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You know... if you don't want your evil twin brother to borrow your dive gear, there are easier ways to approach the problem.
I'll be damned if I'm going to marinate myself for some predator!!!!
al248005
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Do you have an Exxon Valdez oil slick trailing you in the water everywhere?
Tigerman
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Although the parcticality of this oil thing is probably not..
It IS a point that your skin being fatty actually help with the cold. Try shaving just before you go out into subzero tempratures vs going out in the same weather having shaved the night before and youll find a noticeable difference.
There is also skin creams for sale for this specific purpose, although not intended for application all over the body, nor scuba diving..
It IS a point that your skin being fatty actually help with the cold. Try shaving just before you go out into subzero tempratures vs going out in the same weather having shaved the night before and youll find a noticeable difference.
There is also skin creams for sale for this specific purpose, although not intended for application all over the body, nor scuba diving..
CT-Rich
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For starters, lets look at why using warm oil, would you really want to use cold oil before a dive? As for why use olive oil there could be a number of reasons, for starters oil is more viscous than water and it would reduce the rate of movement over the skin, the oil would fore a layer that would reduce heat loss during the dive. Although I am not positive and too lazy to confirm oil is also poorer conductor of heat than water and since it is also not miscible in water, it will remain in the suit much longer than a most lotions. Why olive oil instead of canola? I'm not sure, it might have something toe do with the olive oil and the skin or maybe it has a higher viscosity than other cooking oils.
I agree it would make a mess out of a wetsuit, but I doubt it would ruin it. Soap and hot water would get it out pretty easily I imagine. I do know that ocean swimmers will put oil or grease on their bodies to help stay warm.
This isn't something I would try, but I could certainly see this as option if needed to up the insulating property of a wetsuit. I think in a drysuit it would just be a mess of no value.
I agree it would make a mess out of a wetsuit, but I doubt it would ruin it. Soap and hot water would get it out pretty easily I imagine. I do know that ocean swimmers will put oil or grease on their bodies to help stay warm.
This isn't something I would try, but I could certainly see this as option if needed to up the insulating property of a wetsuit. I think in a drysuit it would just be a mess of no value.
Peter_C
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Why not some warming massage oil...and a partner to apply it?
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I'd think that adding a lycra dive skin under your suit might be a more practical way to achieve additional thermal protection ... at least, that's what I see wetsuit divers doing around here sometimes. I wouldn't know though ... if it's that cold, I'm wearing a drysuit ...
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