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Wetsuits, Drysuits & Undersuits: Discuss Heat Seal Melco Tape in the Dive Kit and Equipment forums: One of my drysuit pockets has fallen apart in spectacular fashion (looks like a hand grenade went off in it). ...

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Old 12-02-08, 07:49 AM
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Heat Seal Melco Tape
One of my drysuit pockets has fallen apart in spectacular fashion (looks like a hand grenade went off in it). So I have replaced it with a typically solid looking Deep Sea Supply offering: https://www.deepseasupply.com/index.php?product=122

The pocket is supplied with strips of Heat Seal Melco Tape which goes over the joins between the edges of the pocket and the suit ("for a professional finish" apparently). I have looked this stuff up on the web and the general idea seems to be to heat it with a heat gun. Now HTF are you meant to do that without melting your suit???

Does anyone out there in YD land have any experience with this stuff? How do you use it without doing loads of serious damage to thing you are trying repair?
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Exposure Suit Thigh Pocket

. Heat Seal Melco tape is furnished with the Ballistic backed pockets to finish the installation for a clean profession look.

Available with either a 3mm Neoprene Back, or a Ballistic Nylon back. The Ballistic Nylon has the coated side towards the suit. This coated side better accepts adhesive and will not require the many coats of glue often required on uncoated nylon weaves.

The neoprene pockets are intended to be attached to neoprene exposure suits. These pockets can be glued to the suit, or glued and sewn to the suit in the same manner as a knee pad. The use of modest amounts of adhesive and sewing allow the pocket to be recovered from a failing wetsuit and moved to a new suit.


Can you test a bit of tape to see how much heat is needed,
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Why not just ask Tobin over at DIR-X?
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Yeah I would have called him earlier when I was doing it but he's East coast and I'm in the North West and DSS would have been shut at the time. If I can't get an answer before they get up I'll call him.
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Bollox - I am talking out of my butt again.. DSS are in CA not FL! I could have called him earlier.... D'oh! I'll call him in the morning.

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An iron (on the synthetics setting) works better than a heat gun.
The melco tape is designed to be applied using a hot air and roller machine, but to do it by hand with a heat gun you really need 3 arms.
On a pocket I wouldn't bother with the tape. It serves no useful purpose beyond covering up glueing bodges and looks a bit cheesy
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An iron (on the synthetics setting) works better than a heat gun.
The melco tape is designed to be applied using a hot air and roller machine, but to do it by hand with a heat gun you really need 3 arms.
On a pocket I wouldn't bother with the tape. It serves no useful purpose beyond covering up glueing bodges and looks a bit cheesy
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OK so the light coloured side down, iron over the black side with a warm (not hot) iron and the suit shouldn't melt?

Thanks! I thought someone out there must have used this stuff...
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OK so the light coloured side down, iron over the black side with a warm (not hot) iron and the suit shouldn't melt?

Thanks! I thought someone out there must have used this stuff...
if you can wait til next week - I'll pop over if you need an extra hand or pair of eyes.

will be a good excuse to have some of your lovely Jasmin tea and talk obllocks about stuff..

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if you can wait til next week - I'll pop over if you need an extra hand or pair of eyes.

will be a good excuse to have some of your lovely Jasmin tea and talk obllocks about stuff..
You're on mate it'd be good to catch up with you.
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