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Re: A wacko idea
By:Tom Yost
Date: 8/20/2003, 9:11 am
In Response To: A wacko idea (Wayne)

: First, it should be known that 90-95% of my unconventional ideas are truly
: bad. But now and again I get one right. Here's one, and I have absolutely
: no idea if/how it could work. Why not purchase a top/bottom out of goretex
: or waterproof/breathable fabric, ideally at a discount, then modify them
: to create your own drysuit?

: Also, if you don't care much about waterproof/breathable, you could get a
: cheap cotton jumpsuit, dip it in a vat of thinned silicone, hang it up to
: dry and Presto-Chester!, you've got yourself a dry suit. Secure the
: neck/arm/leg holes with duct tape and there you are. AND THEN there's the
: purely duct tape version: put on long underwear and have a friend duct
: tape like a wild man. Then cut a slit (verrry carefully) down the front
: and there's your entry/exit hole.

: ad delirium,
: Wayne

Wayne,

I warned you about not wearing a respirator while using that vinyl cement.

Between the two of us we could publish the "Duct Tape Chronicles". Ha!

Tom

Messages In This Thread

Other: Making a drysuit
Jim Pace -- 8/19/2003, 10:09 pm
On a more practical note
Brian Nystrom -- 8/21/2003, 12:56 pm
Re: On a more practical note
Jim Pace -- 8/21/2003, 11:09 pm
So true... ;) *NM*
Brian Nystrom -- 8/22/2003, 12:26 pm
And then there is something else to consider
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/21/2003, 11:59 pm
Re: And then there is something else to consider
Brian Nystrom -- 8/22/2003, 12:43 pm
DIY projects
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/21/2003, 8:43 pm
Re: DIY projects
Brian Nystrom -- 8/22/2003, 12:25 pm
Re: Other: Making a drysuit
Marcel R. in Portland, Or. -- 8/20/2003, 10:26 am
Re: Other: Making a drysuit
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/20/2003, 1:40 am
Re: Other: Making a drysuit
Jim Pace -- 8/20/2003, 9:49 am
another thought *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/21/2003, 1:59 am
Re: another thought
Jim Pace -- 8/21/2003, 10:06 am
Re: Other: Making a drysuit *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 8/21/2003, 1:17 am
Re: Other: Making a drysuit
Malcolm Schweizer -- 8/21/2003, 6:48 am
A wacko idea
Wayne -- 8/20/2003, 7:54 am
Re: breathable chest waders
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 8/20/2003, 12:11 pm
Re: breathable chest waders
Shawn Baker -- 8/20/2003, 6:29 pm
Re: A wacko idea
Tom Yost -- 8/20/2003, 9:11 am
Re: A wacko idea
jimkozel -- 8/20/2003, 11:28 pm
Re: Other: Making a drysuit *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 8/19/2003, 11:32 pm