I got fat!

[coldsmoke]

Hi All,

I need to expand my wetsuit a bit - mostly in the mid section. I don't want to spend much as I am saving up for a drysuit. Anyway, I have purchased some cement called "Plyobond" at the hardware store. It is a contact cement for rubber, vinyl, etc. Any experience with this glue. Aslo, I don't know much about neoprene. It seems that besides thickness there are different grades. What is the right kind for diving. Thanks.

 

[Cacia]

My parents used to make wetsuits, believe it or not.

They would paint the neoprene glue on the seams and approximate the edges together. Certain seams got a whip stich.

I think you should call a custom wetsuit maker and ask what the glue is. It used to come in a can, with a brush in the lid. It smells great, if I remember right.

Walter, or Nemrod would know for sure.

 

[cool_hardware52]

My parents used to make wetsuits, believe it or not.

They would paint the neoprene glue on the seams and approximate the edges together. Certain seams got a whip stich.

I think you should call a custom wetsuit maker and ask what the glue is. It used to come in a can, with a brush in the lid. It smells great, if I remember right.

Walter, or Nemrod would know for sure.

McNett Neoprene Cement. Most dive shops can sell you a small tube. You can get in larger cans, but it goes bad in the can pretty fast after you open it.

Tobin