Me again, When a gasket is too tight, it is possible to stretch it out without damaging watertightness. Go to a plumbing/hardware store, pick up about 3 feet of stiff 1 inch thick hose and a two male sided coupler. - Get the type used in the spray nozzle attachment on your kitchen sink - - Wrap it around your neck once to measure neck circumference (no strangling). Cut the length needed and fit it into a loop with the coupler. Wear it as a necklace under your suit. It will alleviate pressure from the tight latex, and can be reduced in size if it is too loose of a fit. If you cut it too short, do it again, this time allowing for more room. Wear this on several trips about halfway up the gasket and it will "break-in your latex without forcing you to size up suits. This adaption has saved many of my paddling customers from incessant MC Hammer jokes. Though for the first couple trips women might comment on your "sexy goiter" I think if you are paranoid on the loop look you could try storing the non powdered hoop in the gasket. Hope this helps, it has always worked in the past. Later, Phil Huck thekayaker_at_yahoo.com _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free _at_yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** 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 May 03 1999 - 08:18:50 PDT
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:07 PDT