Duct tape would be the only thing I could think of for an easy on-water repair. For a permanent repair, it would depend on the type of tear. If it's just a simple straight-line tear, you could probably whip-stitch it shut with a needle and nylon thread, and then coat both front and back of the repair with Aquaseal. For just about any repair, you could also find a piece of waterproof, coated nylon the slightly oversize and the shape of your tear. Tape the tear together on the outside of the drysuit. Coat the patch material with Aquaseal and place it over the back of the tear. When it cures, take off the tape and put a thin layer of Aquaseal over the tear on the outside of the suit. Shawn >In a message dated 11/9/99 3:40:46 AM, twobeans_at_worldnet.att.net writes: ><< Went kayaking in my drysuit this past weekend - lots of in the water >rescue practice. During a break I discovered my thermals were soaked. >Thought at first I had torn my drysuit during a reentry. <snip> >Now the question. If I had torn my drysuit, I am uncertain as to how to >address an on water repair and a following permanent repair. The only thing >for on water that came to mind was duck tape. What's the best way to do an >emergency repair of a tear in a Goretex dry suit and what's the best way to >do a permanent repair? >Thanks, >Melinda -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
One addition to these suggestions - I had a small catch in the fabric of my drysuit. I aquasealed it like crazy, but was still concerned, so I called Kokatat. They sent me a small piece of fabric to match my drysuit, which I aquasealed over the aquasealed catch. I didn't think the piece of material would stick, because it looked like the edges were coming up. But I've worn it several times since, & it's still stuck on. (Besides, even if it comes off, I think there's enough aquaseal under it to maintain the water-tightness of the fabric.) Also, the fabric piece KoKatat sent me was enough larger than the small catch that I can fix a dozen more, if I need to. Joan On Wed, 10 Nov 1999 09:17:11 -0700 "Shawn W. Baker" <baker_at_montana.com> writes: > Duct tape would be the only thing I could think of for an easy > on-water > repair. > For a permanent repair, it would depend on the type of tear. If it's > just a simple straight-line tear, you could probably whip-stitch it > shut > with a needle and nylon thread, and then coat both front and back of > the > repair with Aquaseal. > > For just about any repair, you could also find a piece of waterproof, > coated nylon the slightly oversize and the shape of your tear. Tape > the > tear together on the outside of the drysuit. Coat the patch material > with Aquaseal and place it over the back of the tear. When it cures, > take off the tape and put a thin layer of Aquaseal over the tear on > the > outside of the suit. > > Shawn > > >In a message dated 11/9/99 3:40:46 AM, twobeans_at_worldnet.att.net > writes: > ><< Went kayaking in my drysuit this past weekend - lots of in the > water > >rescue practice. During a break I discovered my thermals were > soaked. > >Thought at first I had torn my drysuit during a reentry. > <snip> > >Now the question. If I had torn my drysuit, I am uncertain as to > how to > >address an on water repair and a following permanent repair. The > only thing > >for on water that came to mind was duck tape. What's the best way > to do an > >emergency repair of a tear in a Goretex dry suit and what's the > best way to > >do a permanent repair? > >Thanks, > >Melinda > > -- > Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N > © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W > ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ > baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ > ************************************************************************* ** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author > and not > to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission > Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net > Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > ************************************************************************* ** ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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