Sisler, Clyde wrote: > > I was on the verge of buying a dry suit [snip] > I drove an hour or so to the Kittery Trading Post, a favorite sports shop in > Maine, on Saturday and tried on a large (6', 185 lbs) Kokatat Gortex suit.[snip] > Anyway, I spent half the morning looking for 303 Protectant for the gaskets > without success. Is there a reasonable substitue? Not that I know of. I would echo the advice of others: stick with the 303. The latex in the gaskets is one of the least chemically-resistant rubbers formulated. (It is only a few steps away from rubber tree sap.) Many rubber-treatment products, marketed for restoring the shine of your tires, etc., contain silicone(s), which will destroy the latex, but not the rubber in tires (different stuff). (BTW: I am very surprised the paddleshop does not sell it. The stuff is critical for prolonging the life of the gaskets -- renew it every month or so when not using the dry suit, and *every* time you use the suit.) I believe any of the following will ship it to you mail-order, if you can not locate it in your area: NWOC: http://www.nwoc.com/ Pacific Wave: http://www.teleport.com/~pacwave/ Alder Creek: http://www.aldercreek.com/ -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Nov 23 1998 - 08:42:42 PST
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