Wetsuit repair

warbird

I bought an expensive suit last season (Hubb) and it was ruined after a few weeks with nicks and two tears. Really dissapointed and can't get it on guarantee. Anyone know anyone who can do repairs

Kurt_Godel.

warbird wrote: »

I bought an expensive suit last season (Hubb) and it was ruined after a few weeks with nicks and two tears. Really dissapointed and can't get it on guarantee. Anyone know anyone who can do repairs

Nicks can be treated with Blackwitch Neoprene Glue.

For anything bigger- get yourself a needle, stitch up the tear (from both inside and out) using dental floss, and cover with Blackwitch. Very easy to do, and I can confirm it works perfectly for tears over 10cm at least.

captainshamroc

Kurt_Godel. wrote: »

Nicks can be treated with Blackwitch Neoprene Glue.

For anything bigger- get yourself a needle, stitch up the tear (from both inside and out) using dental floss, and cover with Blackwitch. Very easy to do, and I can confirm it works perfectly for tears over 10cm at least.

Can confirm this works a charm. Aquaseal is good too but Blackwitch is more flexible for a swimming wetsuit.

S_D

Base2race fix them either and do a great job

cart man

I strongly recommend:
http://www.drysuittailors.com/

sconhome

For particularly bad rips I have repaired wetsuits in the past with the method Kurt outlined above. Reinforce the repair by using old bicycle tubes as repair patches.

warbird

Thanks a million guys - appreciated

Anyone needing a good deal on a Hubb Archimedes recently repaired let me know !