: Hi all,
: Anyone know what the best temperature is for softening the glue
: used between latex socks and a laminate suit leg?
: I'm not worried about the socks, they're being binned, I don't want
: to heat damage the suit material.

: Mike Savage
: South West Cork

I've used an iron on medium heat to remove the gaskets from my drysuits with great success and no suit damage. I think the big thing to watch out for is the type of material that your suit is made of. Suits, like the Kokatat Tropos, with the urethane coating, require special care not to overheat the fabric. See this link:

http://www.kokatat.com/media/pdfs/KokatatNeckgasketW.pdf

I've replaced gaskets on both Tropos-like materials as well as Goretex-like with no incidents.

Sean