Neoprene Supplier

[Pettifogger]

Does anyone know of a "wetsuit quality" neoprene supplier?

I am contemplating making my own wetsuit - I have the design and patterns, but I need the material. FWIW, the "cut and sew" are non-issues

Thanks in advance,

Petti - F - er

 

[oxyhacker]

Buying decent divesuit neoprene in small quantities has always been a problem.
J. Sweet, http://johnrsweet.com/index.html, sells good divesuit-quality Rubatex, but is primarily a kayak/rafting place and doesn't have the thicker stuff (though they say they'll stock it if there's enough demand). They also sell the very nice Rubatex cement, and Melco tape.

Most of the other outdoor fabric-type places on the net seem to be selling the general purpose, non-diving, grades.

Some diveshops that do a lot of wetsuit repairs, like Inland Divers in Mass, will sell it in small quantity - I think they get about $5 a foot for 1/4".

Anyone has any other good sources please post.

 

[pipedope]

I got a 404 error when I clicked the link.
Removing the "," fixed it.

http://johnrsweet.com/index.html

 

[CincyBengalsFan]

I don't know of any in America.

 

[ScottTee]

Here's a link to a page for a company that sells boxes of scrap neoprene:
http://www.discountdivers.com/fx/wetsuit_medium_2.html

Hope that helps.