From: "Mark Z" <canoeist_at_dotzen.org> > On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, tfj_at_interaccess.com wrote: > > > I can imagine that repeated exposure of nylon coated sprayskirts to chlorinated > > water will degrade the water repellency no matter how thoroughly you rinse the > > skirt. > > in short -- DON'T DO it!!! most folks i know use an old nylon > "pool" skirt... neoprene gets eaten pretty quickly... On the other hand, when I asked my scuba instructor years ago how the chlorine affected his wetsuit, he said (after years of teaching and using the a wetsuit over and over in the pool) that it doesn't affect it much other than to bleach the nylon outer layer. If, as Dave K. has said, the chlorine does eat the neoprene, it seems to take a long time. I agree with the approach of using a battered old skirt in the pool - if only because the fading makes it look awful pretty quickly. In all the time I've spent in the pool with wetsuit and/or skirt, I've found the degradation to be minimal. Mike PS - since there are several mixtures and strengths of water purifiers used in swimming pools, YMMV. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Dec 09 2000 - 11:33:07 PST
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