Fitting a neoprene neck seal

[JeffG]

AaronBBrown once bubbled...
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.

Its not very hard....I would do it myself, but I'm the type who made his own BP, and has almost finished my canister light.

If you take it slow IMO it is very easy to do. The biggest mistake that I can see, would be to take too much off or it might not be as neat (you might have some glue "marks" around the neck seal)

So...Its your call?

 

[JeffG]

AaronBBrown once bubbled...
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?

Yes

 

[Dryglove]

AaronBBrown once bubbled...
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?

This may be a dumb comment but are you folding the seal over so the smooth side is next to your skin.

 

[JeffG]

lal7176 once bubbled...


This may be a dumb comment but are you folding the seal over so the smooth side is next to your skin.

He doesn't even have it yet.

 

[Soggy]

lal7176 once bubbled...
This may be a dumb comment but are you folding the seal over so the smooth side is next to your skin.

Yes. I don't have the new suit yet...I'm just being preemptive. My past experience has only been with latex seals.

 

[Dryglove]

Ooops...thats what i get for being speed reader

 

[bill harvey]

Aaron, i think you will find that you don't need to make the seal smaller usually they are very small and need to be stretched, i have a small neck and had no problems with it.