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scubaaaronh
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Sasquatch:
Thought of that but they are just a little too loose to get the gloves over easliy, so if we tighten the even slightly it will make a big difference.
Shortening a wetsuit
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Thought of that but they are just a little too loose to get the gloves over easliy, so if we tighten the even slightly it will make a big difference.
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scubaaaronh
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Click the link in my signature to see what i have done so far. I will add more when we finish the project.
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scubaaaronh
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Jason Ooi:I would say buy a new wet suits keep the old one for necessary.
Why would i pay three or four hundred dollars for a suit and toss it in a year when she looses weight and it is too big ? makes no sense to me when i have a suit that i have three hours of my time and about fifty bucks in to it. I will buy her a new suit when she attains the weight she wants to be at.
It now fits her like a glove and i am waiting on the cement to finish drying. I added a couple more pics of the finished sleeves. It came out pretty good the aquaseal is on the inside of the sleeve so it is less noticeable. It may not be a professional finish but at least my wife is happy with the way it fits now and that is all that matters to her. And the nice thing is i dont have a lot into the project and she has a 7mm two piece suit that fits well.
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She glued the seams and then stitched for extra strength.
Used an old Singer treadle machine; will sew just about anything!
Used an old Singer treadle machine; will sew just about anything!
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scubaaaronh
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CAPT HOOK:
I didnt think of the old sewing machine we have my grandmas old tredle machine we could have used. We used seal cement on the seams then stitched by hand and top coated lightly with aquaseal. Thanks for the info.
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scubaaaronh
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Four dives over the weekend and the suit works perfectly for her. Seams held out very well
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