Hey all,
I am working on a Santi drysuit that needs the works, wrist and neck seals and a dryzip. The wrist and neck seals (latex) came off without too much difficulty with the use of a heatgun, but I am having the worst time trying to get the dryzip off.
The finishing tape on the zippers seams are not releasing or peeling at all! I chipped away at it in one of the corners and cannot pry the exposed edge of the dryzip. Does anyone know if there is some secret voodoo that Santi uses? would MEK or some other aggressive solvent help or is that just for oil cleanup before regluing?
I've done seals on my other suit, so this isn't my first drysuit project, but that suit seemed to use a contact cement from the factory that released if you looked at it wrong. This Santi suit is kicking my ass.
Thanks in advance for any input!
Michael.
I am working on a Santi drysuit that needs the works, wrist and neck seals and a dryzip. The wrist and neck seals (latex) came off without too much difficulty with the use of a heatgun, but I am having the worst time trying to get the dryzip off.
The finishing tape on the zippers seams are not releasing or peeling at all! I chipped away at it in one of the corners and cannot pry the exposed edge of the dryzip. Does anyone know if there is some secret voodoo that Santi uses? would MEK or some other aggressive solvent help or is that just for oil cleanup before regluing?
I've done seals on my other suit, so this isn't my first drysuit project, but that suit seemed to use a contact cement from the factory that released if you looked at it wrong. This Santi suit is kicking my ass.
Thanks in advance for any input!
Michael.
