lube for 5mm wetsuit gloves with a drysuit

[chironomidkraut]

i have a new bare trilam tech dry drysuit with neoprene wrist seals and when i am all suited up and the last thing to go on is my gloves , and by that time they are hard to put on because my hands are all sweaty i used to put some 50/50 mix of conditioner and water on my legs when diving in a wetsuit to help slide in it, my question is, if i do that with my 5mm bare gloves and some conditioner gets on my drysuit wrist seals, will that damage them in any way??

 

[Belmont]

I tried that and my latex seals did not suffer. The hair conditioner should be oil free.
However, when I used that lubricant to help don my gloves they felt slippery on my
hands and they moved when I handled my equipment, not a pleasant experience.

 

[Randy g]

We use hand soap on the gloves. A little drop about an inch into the wrist seal, rub wrist seal togather to disperse soap around glove neck and they slip right in.

 

[Peteco]

Use plastic "lunch lady gloves" under the wet gloves.

 

[cloudflint]

Use plastic "lunch lady gloves" under the wet gloves.

Yeah, go to the nearest fuel station that has those plastic gloves you can wear and stick a bunch of them in your car.

They make gloves slide on great and also provide extra warmth too!

 

[RTee]

...also helps promote safe diving...;-). A tiny bit of conditioner might help...too much and it will feel squishee (squishy, squeeshee, whatever)

 

[Belmont]

Like you said.

Squ.......