Dying a wetsuit

[Violent Ken]

I'll probably get some stick for this, but here goes

My current wetsuit is mainly black but with a few coloured panels here and there. Unfortunatley, these are in a rather putrid green colour and I look and feel like a bit of a gimp in it. I was therefore wondering if anybody has ever dyed their wetsuit a different colour and if so what did you use?

I'm not quite vain enough to sell a perfectly good wetsuit because of the colour, but if I can dye it blue or something that'd help my diver-image no end. And we all know that image is second to none when diving, especially in the fantastic vis offered by most UK locations.

And before you ask no I don't routinely watch "Changing rooms", "What not to wear" or "Ten years younger". Just every now and again.

[Mark Chase]

Spray the black bits te colours of the rainbow and sell it to Howard (dive dude)

I know how you feel. My dead hard black 03 MSF Dry Suit for dead hard technical divers was made from a dodgy batch of Neopreen and its turned purple It clashes horibly with my yellow counterlungs

Ohhhhh the shame

ATB

Mark Chase

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by Violent Ken

I'm not quite vain enough to sell a perfectly good wetsuit because of the colour, but if I can dye it blue or something that'd help my diver-image no end.

But you are vain enough to want to dye it don't be such a tart, how often do you wear a wetsuit maybe you should have thought about your image before you bought it.

Originally Posted by Violent Ken

And before you ask no I don't routinely watch "Changing rooms", "What not to wear" or "Ten years younger". Just every now and again.

but you know all the names

[Scubamad]

Why don't you try colouring over it with a permanent black marker pen? Or cut the panels out and sew in a different colour, if you watch all of those programmes I am sure you will get some tips on sewing!! Hair dye might work --- just a thought!

[Jim Shaw]

[quote=Violent Ken]I'll probably get some stick for this, but here goes

My current wetsuit is mainly black but with a few coloured panels here and there. Unfortunatley, these are in a rather putrid green colour and I look and feel like a bit of a gimp in it. I was therefore wondering if anybody has ever dyed their wetsuit a different colour and if so what did you use?


Maybe instead of dying it you could swap it,

I think it would help us all enormously if you uploaded a photo of yourself "modeling" it, ( anybody got a wide angle lense!! )

so the potential swapee???? gets a good idea of how it looks

[Scubamad]

I think it would help us all enormously if you uploaded a photo of yourself "modeling" it, ( anybody got a wide angle lense!! )

Great idea, some people like green

[[BoB]Bandit]

Originally Posted by Scubamad

Why don't you try colouring over it with a permanent black marker pen? Or cut the panels out and sew in a different colour, if you watch all of those programmes I am sure you will get some tips on sewing!! Hair dye might work --- just a thought!

Try Blue Peter--- couple of plastic bottles might help :-)

[dry suit diver]

Originally Posted by [BoB]Bandit

Try Blue Peter--- couple of plastic bottles might help :-)

Or sticky back plastic for the truly BP look.

Why not try googling for the answer it might help a bit.

[Violent Ken]

Originally Posted by Jim Shaw

I think it would help us all enormously if you uploaded a photo of yourself "modeling" it, ( anybody got a wide angle lense!! )

so the potential swapee???? gets a good idea of how it looks

Right you asked for it- the picture is on its way!

[Scuba1]

Originally Posted by Violent Ken

Right you asked for it- the picture is on its way!

Come on deep down you love waring it ....... be honest

Michael