G'Day, I recently bought a neoprene cockpit cover. Recently, after leaving my boat out in the rain with the cover in place, I found the cockpit contained a fair bit of water. Also the underside of the neoprene felt damp. Is it possible for neoprene to leak water? If so is there a treatment to stop this? Again, thanks for any advice and all the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 5 Apr 2004 at 21:13, PeterO wrote: > Is it possible for neoprene to leak water? Open cell neoprene can leak, but lots of neoprene, especially in water sport use, is closed cell. I'd suggest a test to make sure - pool some water on the cover and see if it leaks - leave it for quite a while to make sure. Are there any sewn seams in the cover? If so, they could be leaking. Aquaseal will do the trick on that. If the whole cover is leaking (as in open cell) there's not much you can do - except take the maker to task over his choice of materials! Mike *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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