Wetsuit glue for repair?

[DXHI]

Tore some holes in my booties and wetsuit after a week of diving..
TBH one of the boots all but gave up the ghost. Have a new pair on order but I believe these can be salvaged for a spare set at minimum.. but the heel is for sure going to need glue and stitches..

Wanting the most durable glue

 

[Fishdip]

is it on the rubber part?

 

[SlugLife]

"Black Witch" is the best I've found so far for neoprene, and I've tried probably 4-5 different types. It may not work on some other materials though, you typically want to match glue to the material.

The only problem I've had so far, is attempting to glue a pocket onto a wetsuit. Where I placed the pocket, there is a LOT of stretching, which causes the glue to keep breaking loose in places.

If someone has better, I'd be interested in an answer myself.

As far as stitching, check out "speedy stitcher sewing awl kit." That thing is fantastic for hand-sewing, especially thick materials and in places sewing-machines have difficulty reaching.

 

[DXHI]

is it on the rubber part?

Just above on the neoprene

 

[GF99/99]

"Black Witch" is the best I've found so far for neoprene, and I've tried probably 4-5 different types. It may not work on some other materials though, you typically want to match glue to the material.

The only problem I've had so far, is attempting to glue a pocket onto a wetsuit. Where I placed the pocket, there is a LOT of stretching, which causes the glue to keep breaking loose in places.

If someone has better, I'd be interested in an answer myself.

As far as stitching, check out "speedy stitcher sewing awl kit." That thing is fantastic for hand-sewing, especially thick materials and in places sewing-machines have difficulty reaching.

another vote for black witch

 

[happy-diver]

This stuff is the bomb

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and you know it's good as it gets you stoned in the process

 

[BlueTrin]

"Black Witch" is the best I've found so far for neoprene, and I've tried probably 4-5 different types. It may not work on some other materials though, you typically want to match glue to the material.

The only problem I've had so far, is attempting to glue a pocket onto a wetsuit. Where I placed the pocket, there is a LOT of stretching, which causes the glue to keep breaking loose in places.

If someone has better, I'd be interested in an answer myself.

As far as stitching, check out "speedy stitcher sewing awl kit." That thing is fantastic for hand-sewing, especially thick materials and in places sewing-machines have difficulty reaching.

Another vote for black switch for permanent small fixes

I have combined this with a neoprene patch to fix holes in my hood (you can find tape or patches for neoprene repair but in my experience they may come unstuck after a while, what I did is just reinforce the patch by using some black witch and that seemed to last)

Black witch is mostly to join neoprene, won’t work for other materials.

 

[kelpdog]

I’ve had good luck with Aquaseal +FD

 

[BoltSnap]

is the bomb

Is this good or bad in this context? That word makes me nervous.

 

[Lorenzoid]

Is Aquaseal NEO Contact Cement equivalent to the recommendations above?