> Best way to remove the old gasket? Does the hairdryer (to soften the > glue) work because tugging sure doesn't. Scissors. Forget trying to remove the old glue etc. It would be difficult to attach the new gasket to the drysuit material. If you leave a small ring (say 1/2 inch) then you have a good surface for the new glue that is certain to accept it... I've done this on my gaskets and no regrets yet. > > My current gasket has a bead of Aquaseal on the inside as well as the > outside. The Kokatat tutorial doesn't mention gluing both sides. > What's the best way to do this? Allow it to cure overnight on one > side and then just flip? I'd put a thin layer of aquaseal on the outside of the old ring and the inside of the new gasket. Give them a little while to dry, then very carefully stick them together. Probably that Nalgene bottle would be a good form to keep it all stiff. If you have some Cotol use it for the Aquaseal. Cuts drying time to only a couple of hours. You might want to the the Nantahala Outdoors Center site. There used to be a good tutorial there about replacing gaskets. Don't know if it's still there... Joe P. *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Mar 02 2004 - 10:51:09 PST
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