Review Seaskin Nova drysuit

[Litefoot]

Do not use wax on plastic zip. Lightly lube both sides of docking part.
It's a removal tool for P valve.

What lubricant then? And what is the "docking part"?

 

[Boarderguy]

What lubricate then? And what is the "docking part"?

Docking is the zipper slide piece I believe. It should be a liquid lube of sorts.

 

[Wants2divemore]

Docking is the zipper slide piece I believe. It should be a liquid lube of sorts.

It's a wax-like stick (like chapstick). The Seaskin instructions say they'll send a liquid lubricant, but I got the stick.

 

[Boarderguy]

It's a wax-like stick (like chapstick). The Seaskin instructions say they'll send a liquid lubricant, but I got the stick.

The wax stick is for brass zips. The chapstick ones are also for brass but might be useful for plastic. Idk

 

[Pumpkin King]

What lubricant then? And what is the "docking part"?

YKK, TiZip, and others make a liquid waterproof zipper lubricant. The dock is where the zipper slider body (car/truck) sits when the zipper is fully closed. YKK also calls it the w-seal.

 

[Sebs]

The wax stick is for brass zips. The chapstick ones are also for brass but might be useful for plastic. Idk

Mine also came with a stick and googling zipper care came up with this video where they also use a stick one for plastic zippers.

 

[Boarderguy]

Mine also came with a stick and googling zipper care came up with this video where they also use a stick one for plastic zippers.

The guy in the video used a chapstick style zipper live, not the hard beeswax stick type wax.

 

[JoeTPhilly]

This was on another thread about the YKK plastic zippers. It is the maintenance for Santi zippers. Take a look at section C. I have opted for the plastic zipper so I would also like to know what is correct.

https://santidiving.com/files/98/SANTI_DIVING_PROPER_MAINTENANCE_OF_YKK_AQUASEAL_ZIPPER.pdf

 

[Alekseolsen]

This was on another thread about the YKK plastic zippers. It is the maintenance for Santi zippers. Take a look at section C. I have opted for the plastic zipper so I would also like to know what is correct.

https://santidiving.com/files/98/SANTI_DIVING_PROPER_MAINTENANCE_OF_YKK_AQUASEAL_ZIPPER.pdf

These guys also recommends styring with zipper completely closed "if not zipper will bend". I'm not sure what magic physics would cause that, but for sure that tells me I'll stay away from Santi's advice on zippers

 

[Frogman82]

I also got a chapstick style lubricant with my fourth element drysuit with a YKK plastic zipper. Pretty much the same instructions for care as in the santi manual.