Soggy
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I have a Bare ATR-HD on order which has a neoprene neck seal. I'm quite certain that it will need to be trimmed, as I have a very small neck. Is this something that I can do myself with relative ease?
Fitting a neoprene neck seal
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JeffG
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You could also cut a small vertical wedge out and then re-glue (with neoprene/wetsuit glue).
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Soggy
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Right, but how far down the seal should I make the wedge? And can I just use AquaSeal w/ Cotol to reseal?
JeffG
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The longer the "cut" the better chance that the neck seal won't have a strange "buckle" in it.
What I would do (and I am thinking of doing with my neck seal) is to figure out how much you want to shrink the neck seal.
Divide that by two, and cut two wedges on either side of the neck...and again longer the better.
Use wetsuit glue only.
Appy glue to the neoprene edges (let dry for ~10min check the instructions ... not all wetsuit glues behave the same)
...Then reapply (dry for ~10 min)
Apply again, when tacky (sp?) hold the edges together.
Let the seams dry and your done.
Jeff
JeffG
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And if you take out too much, just strech the neck seal over something (scuba tank maybe) to Stretch it back out again.
But try not to do this, try to get it right the first time. But at least neoprene is a bit more forgiving than latex (but it leaks more)
But try not to do this, try to get it right the first time. But at least neoprene is a bit more forgiving than latex (but it leaks more)
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Soggy
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How is wetsuit glue different than AquaSeal? Link?
Have you done this before, or are you just speaking hypothetically?
JeffG
Contributor
I have repaired wetsuits, and I have done some mods on my dry suit (just not the neck seal, I removed my neoprene wrist seals and put on latex)
I think the glues are different, but I am not at home to look at my aquaseal vs wet suit glue bottle to see if that really is the case.
Jeff
JeffG
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I found this link for whites drysuits
whites dry suit manual
And its almost word for word what I said above.
whites dry suit manual
And its almost word for word what I said above.
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Soggy
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Thanks for your help....
The real question is, do you think, having no experience working with neoprene, that this is something I can do a decent job at or is it better left to my dive shop which isn't happy that I bought a suit from another shop at $1000 below what they were offering.
The real question is, do you think, having no experience working with neoprene, that this is something I can do a decent job at or is it better left to my dive shop which isn't happy that I bought a suit from another shop at $1000 below what they were offering.
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Soggy
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What about the heat tape mentioned on the white's website? I'm assuming that would go on the inside (non-shiny side) since it would be likely to cause a leak if it were on the other side, right?
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