>> Sewing neoprene with a regular home sewing machine is difficult, because the home machine isn't heavy duty enough and the neoprene is thick and kind of sticky with being like rubber. >> Wouldn't it be easier just to glue it? I once made a sprayskirt with a neoprene deck and a nylon tube. Instead of trying to sew the tube to the deck, I glued a one-inch high circle of neoprene to the hole in the deck, and then glued the nylon tube to that. I used wet suit cement to assemble the pieces, because it works as a contact cement. To reinforce the seams, I ran a bead of Aquaseal over them afterward, having tested both glues and found the Aquaseal stronger. I never had one of those seams blow out on me. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Jan 19 2000 - 07:50:17 PST
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