Washing , hanging a drysuit

[Dominic]

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[Hobby]

Testing for leaks.
The inflate and cover with soap solution usually works,indeed ND may charge you for the priveledge and say it's been pressure tested.In some cases however,particularly on neoprene suits it can fail to show a leak,the internal pressure can actually act to press the edges of the leak together.Anybody ever taken a suit back to a mnftr.that continuse to leak,despite assurances that &quot;It's been tested and is OK&quot;.
Here's how to find the elusive leak.
It may,no will,take two of you!
Turn the suit inside out,or as much as possible,seal the cuffs as described.Get muscle bound assistant to support the suit at the shoulders then fill it with water.The combined pressure and weight of the water will seep and push open any leaks.It may take a few minutes so ignore the whines of despair from the assistant(it gets bloody heavy after a while!)Mark the position and take it from there(reapair inside and out after drying thouroughly).
It can be a ballache but I've never known it fail,esp.when there is no apparent leak but you're wet and convinced there is!
Hope it helps,Hobby.

[Dr Stevil]

Great idea Hobby, but given the need for a strapping assistant which could be difficult to locate, would it not also work if you had a cone in the neck or arm with a hole for the hosepipe, you could then lie the suit on the ground?
Q: what about the boots? you can only turn them partly inside out.

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[Hobby]

Yep,the boots are usually a bit difficult and the feet may well resemble some adolescent Chinese girl's feet when folded inside out,the suit that is not the girl.It does'nt really make any difference,again to the suit(it does to the girls,seen their eyes...all screwed up with the pain!)
Anyway,it may well work as descrided but I've always done it this way as you can see right around the suit,be a bugger to turn over full of water.Also if the cuffs are sealed properly the only leaks you should get are those you're looking for.I reckon there's more chance of a spillage if it's lay on the ground(the suit you fool not an Chinese girl!)
Still,whatever works well for you!
Hobby.

(Edited by Hobby at 12:02 pm on Feb. 25, 2003)

[Pierre Farrugia]

Hello ,
Today I asked the dealer from where I bought the suit, he recommended that I hand it with a good padded hanger, but leave the boots touching to the floor, so to take weight of boots from suit, also not to stretch too much the material between membrane material and boots(or boots neoprene), what you think?

[Seadart Bob]

Sounds good advice Pierre especially the bit about supporting the boots, mines a neoprene suit so quite heavy I always make sure the feet are well supported.
Made my tubular suit hanger this morn and it works a treat, plenty of padding with the pipe insulation. I expect the rest of the team will want one now. Think I’ll keep it a bit quiet. [Not much chance of that now I’ve posted it]
Bob

[jjflash]

Good to see that Bob, perhaps we should start a cottage industry. Make cheap ones from plastic pipe and then sell on the proper metal ones when they break, (which they will, I tried it first!)

The thing about this this type of hanger is that you can always make sure the boots touch the floor no matter where you hang it -- just lenghten the rope a tad

Paul