repairing dry-suits

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french erick
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repairing dry-suits

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I burst the cuff of my dry suit proper. I had repaired it previously with bike inner tube. It made it stiffer and therefore more prone to being ripped again.
rerepaired it but it is now leaking.

It is possible to buy a whole unit cuff and banging it in?
I'm based in the UK so it'll limit my choices on North american ground :-?

Relatively new to all this whitewater malarky so just fishing for info whilst also searching on the side.

cheers for any advice.
Erick
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Post by mahyongg »

Yep it is indeed very possible. Check where you can buy drysuits, they should have these (and some even put 'em in).

cheers.

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Post by philcanoe »

easy to use.... economical.... easy obtained.... make sure the edges are tapered thin


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skip the scrape step, and simply clean well... alcohol works well, but have used water, dried, and patched at the put in and gone boating... have had several last a couple seasons. Of course if latex is worn out they will simply tear again, but for those simply torn this will do well.
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Post by french erick »

I'm afraid I'm well past the stage of the wee repairs here.
The cuff is split in several places... :cry:
Will need an entirely new one.
Cheers anyway
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