Drysuit leak testing idea

[rhlee]

Mo2vation,

What do you use to "clamp off the seals" with the fill with water while inverted method? I'm assuming that plugging the seals with soda bottles wouldn't do the trick if you are filling with water...

 

[Mo2vation]

Mo2vation,

What do you use to "clamp off the seals" with the fill with water while inverted method? I'm assuming that plugging the seals with soda bottles wouldn't do the trick if you are filling with water...

For the Wrists, I have dry gloves. So mine was easy (!) For Jake's suit, I folded the wrists over a couple of times, put a T shirt between a couple of wooden rulers and just used a spring clamp.

For the neck, I did the same. But I used 4 small C clamps.

Very water tight. Don't plan on moving the thing when its full. I tipped the shoulder up to take pressure off the neck seal. No need to flip it. You can find the leaks by simply lifting the legs, torso, etc.

DO THIS OUTSIDE! I did. I've read about several people that had a clamp come loose, etc.... doing this in the house is not recommended.

It SO works. You'll find them all. I found a dozen that DUI themselves missed. Mostly along the shoulder seam and knee pad seam where their Aquaseal filled the thread holds and just didn't fully seal.

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Ken

 

[bnelson]

i've been tracking this leak for about 2 weeks now...