leaking dry glove.

[swimmer_spe]

SI TECH Dry Glove Systems
Glove Lock QCP

Those are what I have.

One glove leaks. I am not getting a leak into my suit. My one glove is wet, the other is dry. It feels like it is leaking at the connection. I have tried to soak it in clean fresh water, but it still leaks, although less than before.

How can I fix this?

 

[Peter_C]

First determine where the leak is. Then repair it. So where exactly is the leak? Have you pressure tested it yet?

 

[swimmer_spe]

First determine where the leak is. Then repair it. So where exactly is the leak? Have you pressure tested it yet?

I think it is the connection. I do not think there is a rip in the glove itself.

Pressure testing it?

 

[fstbttms]

Attach the gloves, seal up the neck ( I use a 6" PVC slip cap and a zip tie), close all zippers and fill the suit with air. Fill it tight. Then squirt the area(s) you suspect of leaking with a soapy water solution. The leak will identify itself by rapidly emitting bubbles.

 

[swimmer_spe]

Attach the gloves, seal up the neck ( I use a 6" PVC slip cap and a zip tie), close all zippers and fill the suit with air. Fill it tight. Then squirt the area(s) you suspect of leaking with a soapy water solution. The leak will identify itself by rapidly emitting bubbles.

That sounds more difficult than putting up with the damp glove.

I would rather just take it apart, clean it, and then put it back together.

 

[Peter_C]

How can I fix this?

Attach the gloves, seal up the neck ( I use a 6" PVC slip cap and a zip tie), close all zippers and fill the suit with air. Fill it tight. Then squirt the area(s) you suspect of leaking with a soapy water solution. The leak will identify itself by rapidly emitting bubbles.

That sounds more difficult than putting up with the damp glove.

I would rather just take it apart, clean it, and then put it back together.

10 minutes of work is too much? I use a Costco size sour cream container for the neck seal and a zip tie to hold it in place as I inflate the drysuit with my regular air compressor. I learned to do the quick inflation through the zipper then close it for the final inflation to speed things up.

 

[swimmer_spe]

I do not own a compressor. My only real option to fill it with air would be as I would underwater.

What size is the container? I do not shop at Costco.

 

[Aqua-Andy]

For sealing up the neck I use a rubber ball, the ones they sell in a large cage in the middle of Walmart or some grocery stores.

 

[spectrum]

I do not own a compressor. My only real option to fill it with air would be as I would underwater.

Cylinder and regulator anywhere?

 

[grf88]

As with most things trying to fix a problem without first properly diagnosing what the problem is usually results in frustration. If it is a minor leak the first thing I would probably do is check the glove. Filling the glove with water and checking for droplets or small streams of water on the outside will often reveal minor pinholes that can not be seen easily otherwise. If that shows no problem then a pressure test would be my next step and that has been described by others above.