Kwbyron
Contributor
Hello, long time no post.
I've just hopped back into diving after a 5-year hiatus and I'm trying to get my drysuit back online... it's always been a 'damp suit' but I'm determined to end that (Oh, BTW, if you leave your drysuit hanging in the garage for a year and a half at the end of that 5-year period, your latex seals may melt and drip all over the suit). I replaced my seals last weekish, and did a test dive! it flooded.
I'm hoping for something available at big-box stores... I'm thinking like a pool-float repair kit since both are PVC? Although, the zipper is rubber I suppose. Or, should I pull up the tape, clean it off, put it back on with the neoprene contact cement and aquaseal the edges?
thanks for the help!! The water is getting cold and I want to play among the kelp.
I've just hopped back into diving after a 5-year hiatus and I'm trying to get my drysuit back online... it's always been a 'damp suit' but I'm determined to end that (Oh, BTW, if you leave your drysuit hanging in the garage for a year and a half at the end of that 5-year period, your latex seals may melt and drip all over the suit). I replaced my seals last weekish, and did a test dive! it flooded.
I re-pressure tested, and it looks like the seam tape along the zipper is coming up. I've found a few other places as well, just not as bad (aquasealed). This would take a whole tube of aquaseal to repair and I'm wondering if there isn't something more appropriate??I'm hoping for something available at big-box stores... I'm thinking like a pool-float repair kit since both are PVC? Although, the zipper is rubber I suppose. Or, should I pull up the tape, clean it off, put it back on with the neoprene contact cement and aquaseal the edges?
thanks for the help!! The water is getting cold and I want to play among the kelp.