Re: [Paddlewise] Dry Suit Field Test

Dave Kruger wrote:
>Silicone can ruin latex; ditto Armorall and similar.  (Silicon is the stuff
>in transistors and integrated circuits -- hard, brittle, grey, shiny.)

Gee, Dave, if I remember my chemistry right, silicon is a major component
in beach sand and in dirt.  Will those hurt my drysuit gaskets?  Do I need
to take a chair along on trips (or another such protective "filtering
device") so I don't sit directly in the sand?  

<grin>

Thanks, 

Hank Hays
Paddlemaker, not chemist
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