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What are you guys using for wetsuit pockets these days? Can't find those x-shorts any longer.
Wetsuit pockets
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PfcAJ
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I use X-pockets from 5thd-x.com. From my experience, the secret is to sew them on, not glue them. Glue peels and is messy. Who wants that?
I put the suit on, placed the pocket where I wanted it, and traced the outline with a piece of tailor's chalk. Then, I went to my local cobbler and had him strech the suit so the lines matched up and sewed it on with some decent thread. This has worked wonderfully.
I put the suit on, placed the pocket where I wanted it, and traced the outline with a piece of tailor's chalk. Then, I went to my local cobbler and had him strech the suit so the lines matched up and sewed it on with some decent thread. This has worked wonderfully.
I have done the same thing as PfcAJ.
The problem is that I use a very thin suit .5mm; and the pockets begin to tear the suit with extensive use.
The problem is that I use a very thin suit .5mm; and the pockets begin to tear the suit with extensive use.
Karen Cleveland
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XS scuba makes a pocket. www.divesports.com/mall/xsscuba_acc_AC430wetsuitpocketSPC.asp
Rainer
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PfcAJ:
Sorry, you lost me at the part with the shoemaker. He stretches the suit so what lines line up? Also, what kind of thread did you use? And what kind of stitching? I've just bought a pocket for my 3mm suit and would like to stitch it in addition to glueing it.
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Rainer:
Put the suit on... it stretches... position the pocket and trace the outline. Remove the suit... it relaxes and the trace lines shrink. Re-stretch until the trace once again marks the outline of the pocket. I think...
What pocket did you get?
Rainer
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Stephen Ash:
Thanks, that makes sense. I just got the pocket Phil Ellis has on sale ($21). I've also got a pair of X-shorts that I was using with my 7mm before I went dry. My feeling was they'd be too big with the 3mm, but I didn't bother trying them on. I'll go do that before sewing/glueing.
Rainer
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albane:
Zig zag is a machine stitch, correct? If so, can the pocket me added using handstiching? If so, advice?
cool_hardware52
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Rainer:
You can zig zag by hand, in fact most of my hand sewing has a distinct zig and zag look to it
Zig Zag overcast means the stitches span the edge of the material. Think about one layer of material (like a pocket backing) laying on top of another. The first needle hole might be ~1/4 in from the edge of the top layer, and the second might be just off the edge of the top layer. By alternating this way the edge of the top layer is held down by the stitching.
Good luck,
Tobin
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