Drysuit repair - scrape off nylon?

[aerodiver88]

Hi All,

I’ve a question that I just can’t find the answer to anywhere else & hope this audience can offer some advice.

I have a compressed neoprene drysuit that has a leak, I followed repair advice to turn it inside out & applied Black Widow liberally to the hole several times in a wide margin but it still leaks.

I’m sure I read somewhere you need to scrape off the nylon lining before applying glue or patches else water will just come through the hole & soak through the nylon around the glue/patch. But most instructions don’t mention this

Anyone else think this makes sense?

 

[Bald Wookie]

Yes. Remove the nylon on the inside so the aquaseal or repair glue can cement the neoprene. The nylon can act as a sort of capillary to move where the water is coming in.
You can carefully use a sharp pair of scissors to take that layer off, without taking any neoprene off, then apply the glue.