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Prince Buster
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Topic: Drysuit seals... Posted: 08 Jan 06 at 8:34pm |
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With good flexibility and with some practise and technique i'm sure you can do it yourself.
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international moth - "what what?"
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*GM*
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 06 at 8:35pm | |
Always used to be able to do the back zip on my old suit on my own. That's what happens when youur knuckles drag on the ground... Neoprene is indeed waterproof but neoprene seals don't fit as tightly as latex ones. I've been using a neoprene suit and can vouch for the wrist and ankle seal being unpleasantly less than watertight - paled into insignificance once I managed to put a two inch rip in to it though... |
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Strawberry
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 06 at 9:48pm | |
That I would like to see! |
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Isis
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 06 at 10:17pm | |
I could do the back zip on my old drysuit myself but usualy ended up straining a muscle or something in the process
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Strawberry
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 06 at 10:24pm | |
I can barely get in or out my front zipped dry suit without pulling a muscle or getting stuck and feeling claustraphobic! So maybe I'm not the best person to help. |
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Isis
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 06 at 11:10pm | |
Im never gonna be able to see you again without the image of you stuck
halfway in a drysuit wimperning about small enclosed spaces...
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Strawberry
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 08 Jan 06 at 11:15pm | |
If you get it wrong, that's it, your stuck in a straight jacket!
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Prince Buster
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 06 at 4:30pm | |
I don't wear a drysuit any more. But i'd show you how to get out of a back zip one with some slick techniques if i ever saw u. |
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international moth - "what what?"
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 06 at 5:24pm | |
doing that is easy its not esaky hard
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Prince Buster
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Post Options Quote Reply Posted: 09 Jan 06 at 5:32pm | |
Yeah that's kind of the point i'm making. |
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