Re: [Paddlewise] Dry Suit Field Test

        Clyde:
            All good points, and well taken.    A couple of embellishments:

-----Original Message-----
From: Sisler, Clyde <Clyde.Sisler_at_wang.com>
To: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Monday, May 03, 1999 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Dry Suit Field Test


>Zipper:
>
>Make sure the zipper is pulled all the way closed.  I have to eyeball it
>because it has felt closed when it wasn't.

        I made a bad mistake on my Kokatat suit ( an older model).  There
was a strip of nylon tape near the bottom of the zipper and I found it
difficult to thread the zipper pull and its pullcord through it.  One day I
just cut it off.  DON't DO THIS!  That little strip of cloth keeps the
bottom of the zipper from tearing apart as you enter or leave the suit.  At
that time there is a considerable pulling of cloth at that point.  It
ultimately caused the zipper to split there.  Such a small tear, so much
water.......
>
>Zipper care:
>
>I think candle wax was a suggested lubricant for cold weather.  I think
bees
>wax was deemed too slippery which might make it to easy for it to open on
>its own(?).
        I used Chapstick.  Worked fine.
>


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