Smiler1968
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No not yet. I got the G2 seals fitted in the end. I've not needed to replace them yet. When I do I will have a go at reusing the rings.
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I could get the suit with zip seals as they do not cost any extra
Ever find anything out on this? I was considering mounting a new neck seal to an old set of rings as well. Heat seems like it'll melt the rings before it'll release the glue though.
OK, I tried it this weekend. First, I took an old zip seal and tried to remove the two halves using heat. The rings started acting like they would melt and the glue was no where close to releasing. I decided to try cutting the seals apart using an exacto knife.
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I cut away at the neck seal that's sandwiched between the two rings. I cut all the way around. I could then use heat to remove the latex seal from the rings. In retrospect it probably would have been easier to cut the rings apart enough to separate them a few inches then just pull them apart.
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Next I sanded the rings and prepped the new neck seal.
* The neck seal I had purchased had a larger diameter base than the Zip seal rings. Make sure that the base of your new seal is the same diameter as the rings before gluing. I had to trim mine.
Next I applied three coats of cement to one of the rings and to one side of the new seal.
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Next, I put some cut up strips of Zip Lock bags over the cemented areas once it became tacky. I put the ring on my work bench and placed the seal onto it, a bit at a time, pulling zip lock bag strips off as I went. I tried to match up the edges exactly but wound up having to trim away a little bit of the seal that was sticking past the edge afterwards.
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I then sanded the other ring and edge of the other side of the seal and applied three layers of cement each to them.
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I now placed the other ring on top of the seal and paid close attention to match the edges up. I noticed that once together the whole thing looked a bit wavy and not flat so I put the newly assembled zip seal between card board with some weight on top and allowed it to set for a few hours. This seemed to help it flatten out a bit.
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Below is my new (to me) zip seal along with a factory zip seal. I've installed it in my suit and it snapped in like it should. I plan on testing it this weekend and will update this post if there are/aren't any leaks.
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