mossym
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glad to hear whites treated you good, i got my frist drysuit, a whites, and as it's second had i mailed them and ased them for the manual..still waiting after 3 weeks..hope it comes soon
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wedivebc:I was told that as well by an employee of Whites. He said the ozone can break down the latex seals.
Rick Inman:My gear is in a completely enclosed and insulated room I built within the garage. I can't believe ozone would be a factor.
Rick Inman:The VP, Paul-Andre called me today ...
This is the only thing I can think of: I built a gear storage/cleaning room (insulated) in my garage, and I keep it heated at 52F with an electric space heater. I know that these heaters are very dry and suck the moisture out of the air. Could this have effected the zipper condition?? Could this be effecting the rest of my gear??
The other thing is, he said to wax the inside of the zipper as well, and I have only been waxing the outside. Opinions? I don't want to have issues again.
Bottom line is...
Well, since this thread has been resurrected, here's an update:Scubageezer:Rick, I'm not familiar with White's, but my DUI manual specifically says DO NOT wax the inside teeth on the zipper. I'd be interested to know if the Whites has the same type of zipper with the small flat teeth on the inside. Good luck!
Tod:I know this is late in responding, but ozone WILL oxidize rubber!
Case in point: I grew up on the coast (Santa Cruz, CA) and never seemed to ever worry about the windshield wipers on my vehicles (they'd last for years). I now live in the Sierra Nevada range (Nevada City, at 4000') in eastern California. If you think that because I live in the "mountains" I'd have really good clean air, you'd be wrong. Our air quality up here is actually some of the worst in the State! Why? It drifts in from two major metropolitian regions from the west (San Francisco Bay Area and Sacramento) and "bombs" us up here in the foothills. Part of the lovely package of air quality we get up here is HIGH ozone content.
Normally, I would have never noticed it (but older people and those with aesthma really do). However, after living up here for 17 years I've really noticed that all the rubber products on my vehicles seems to "wear out" really fast. I find that I need to replace my windshield wipers every year (they don't make them like they used to?) as they tear apart and dry out!