Date: 3/8/2012, 9:39 am
: 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
Thanks, Sean,
The suit I have is a Henri Lloyd, not sure if it has urethane proofing or not. The interior seam is taped, so I'll probably start on that first to test.
Mike Savage
South West Cork
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Mike Savage -- 3/7/2012, 6:06 pm- Re: Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
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Etienne Muller -- 3/8/2012, 2:31 pm
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- No need to remove them
Brian Nystrom -- 3/9/2012, 7:21 am- Re: No need to remove them
Mike Savage -- 3/9/2012, 1:05 pm- Re: No need to remove them
Sean Dawe -- 3/9/2012, 10:31 pm- Re: No need to remove them
Mike Savage -- 3/10/2012, 5:10 am
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