Dry suit repair

[dizzyfish]

I have a dry suit (goretex rig survival suit) and I have ripped one of the latex wrist seals - I am sure I read somewhere that they can be repaired (hoping I can do this as a DIY job).

 

I am hoping someone can give me some more information.

[SpeciMan]

Hi Dizzy

 

I've replaced wrist and neck seals on my drysuit.

 

They can be repaired by yourself providing you take your time over it. Neck seals are harder to replace than wrist seals.

 

For wrist seals if its the first or second replacement:

 

Cut back existing seal but don't cut into drysuit material - a ring of latex about an .5-1inch thick should be left.

 

Some instructions here:

http://www.kokatat.com/documents/cserv/KokatatAnkleWrist.pdf

 

Save yourself hassle and buy a kit - it comes with the glue which can be expensive/hard to get hold of on its own

http://www.sailboats.co.uk/Catalogue~Latex...4020~c4704.html - that kit also comes with instructions.

[dizzyfish]

SpeciMan - That is spot on - thankyou very much indeed.