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Re: Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
By:Mike Savage
Date: 3/8/2012, 9:39 am

: I've used an iron on medium heat to remove the gaskets from my
: drysuits with great success and no suit damage. I think the big
: thing to watch out for is the type of material that your suit is
: made of. Suits, like the Kokatat Tropos, with the urethane
: coating, require special care not to overheat the fabric. See
: this link:

: http://www.kokatat.com/media/pdfs/KokatatNeckgasketW.pdf

: I've replaced gaskets on both Tropos-like materials as well as
: Goretex-like with no incidents.

: Sean

Thanks, Sean,
The suit I have is a Henri Lloyd, not sure if it has urethane proofing or not. The interior seam is taped, so I'll probably start on that first to test.

Mike Savage
South West Cork

Messages In This Thread

Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
Mike Savage -- 3/7/2012, 6:06 pm
Re: Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
Sean Dawe -- 3/8/2012, 9:04 am
Re: Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
Mike Savage -- 3/8/2012, 9:39 am
Re: Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
Sean Dawe -- 3/8/2012, 10:12 am
Re: Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
Etienne Muller -- 3/8/2012, 12:24 pm
Re: Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
Kirk Fredericks -- 3/8/2012, 2:01 pm
Re: Other: Removing socks from drysuit question
Etienne Muller -- 3/8/2012, 2:31 pm
No need to remove them
Brian Nystrom -- 3/9/2012, 7:21 am
Re: No need to remove them
Mike Savage -- 3/9/2012, 1:05 pm
Re: No need to remove them
Sean Dawe -- 3/9/2012, 10:31 pm
Re: No need to remove them
Mike Savage -- 3/10/2012, 5:10 am