vam
Contributor
I did my first drysuit dives on Monday with my new CLX 450. Hurray! The first dive went really well. I did bottom out a couple of times, but I've seen first dives of the season go a lot worse for others, so I was really happy with everything, and buoyancy wasn't as difficult as I had imagined.
On my second dive I tried to reach into my right hand pocket, and I could feel water pouring into the glove near my pinky. I have the blue Zip Gloves. I was unable to re-seal it underwater, so I tried to keep that arm low, but I got soaked through my torso and down to my knees. The water was 48F, so this was somewhat uncomfortable, but the liner that came with the glove did a good job of keeping my hand warm enough.
So this morning after drying things out I tried to re-attach the glove. I followed the directions, except I used a slightly higher ratio of soap, and I used baby shampoo for the soap. I figured this way it could double as defog in my kit. Other than that I think I followed everything closely. I did the pull test, and it seemed solid. Then I tried just poking it with my finger. I'm not holding onto anything else, it is just hanging on a hanger. I applied enough pressure for it to swing back a little, but not much, and the zip separated, as shown here:
I have a feeling this is what happened more or less when I tried to reach into my pocket. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong but unless the soap is really a big factor then I don't know what it could be. I ran my hands around the seal more than once with the glove inverted and it felt good. I can feel and see it shift a little when I deform the ring into an oval, but I imagine this in normal.
I would really appreciate any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong here. I don't recall the seals that were on it when I bought it coming off so easily.
On my second dive I tried to reach into my right hand pocket, and I could feel water pouring into the glove near my pinky. I have the blue Zip Gloves. I was unable to re-seal it underwater, so I tried to keep that arm low, but I got soaked through my torso and down to my knees. The water was 48F, so this was somewhat uncomfortable, but the liner that came with the glove did a good job of keeping my hand warm enough.
So this morning after drying things out I tried to re-attach the glove. I followed the directions, except I used a slightly higher ratio of soap, and I used baby shampoo for the soap. I figured this way it could double as defog in my kit. Other than that I think I followed everything closely. I did the pull test, and it seemed solid. Then I tried just poking it with my finger. I'm not holding onto anything else, it is just hanging on a hanger. I applied enough pressure for it to swing back a little, but not much, and the zip separated, as shown here:
I have a feeling this is what happened more or less when I tried to reach into my pocket. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong but unless the soap is really a big factor then I don't know what it could be. I ran my hands around the seal more than once with the glove inverted and it felt good. I can feel and see it shift a little when I deform the ring into an oval, but I imagine this in normal.
I would really appreciate any ideas as to what I'm doing wrong here. I don't recall the seals that were on it when I bought it coming off so easily.