Great job Rick!! You should have no issues with that velcro...but I bet getting up the nerve to scuff up that inner bladder took a bit sandpaper and drysuit...LOL
No kidding. VERY light rub with very fine grit.
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Great job Rick!! You should have no issues with that velcro...but I bet getting up the nerve to scuff up that inner bladder took a bit sandpaper and drysuit...LOL
Hey Phil. The lycra doesn't fray. I made the hole smaller than the diameter of the P valve so the material stretches around it. The hole has been there since before my first dive and there is zero spreading or fraying. So, the inside diameter of the velcro ring I glued on is slightly larger than the hole in the lycra, so now it can't spread past the velcro ring anyway.
It's hard to describe, and the only way I can take a picture is to remove the outer layer because the velcro is between the two layers and not visible from the outside.
Nope, I just jammed the tip of my scissors through it to start the hole, then cut a ragged uneven circle. But when it's stretched around the valve all the imperfections disappear as it snugs up around the P valve.Thanks, so did you cut the hole with an exacto knife, or do you think that it really matters?
Nope. I've had this one for a few years now. It's an OMS. I forgot what it's made of, but it's not the heavy steel one. Switching it to the new DS gave me an excuse to give it a nice bath in the ultrasonic cleaner, too. Although the hole I cut in the outer skin is imperfect, I use an actual punch to make a perfect hole in the dry core.Was your P-Valve factory installed?
Well, bad picture just taken with my phone. I don't know if this shows anything at all... But you can see that I cut the hole only in the lycra area, not the neoprene.Perhaps a picture on your dry suit would be appropriate!
Phil,Thanks, so did you cut the hole with an exacto knife, or do you think that it really matters? I am more nervous about putting a hole in that than I am the core . I am going to have to find someone that has the DR Valve in stock? What kind of valve are you using?
Don't you mean the part that goes through the dry core?The part that goes through the fabric is the same diameter as a .45 round.
My suit doesn't have a dry core, but yes - "the part of the P-valve that goes through the suit is the same diameter as a .45"Don't you mean the part that goes through the dry core?