drysuit\equipment repair

[shamre]

I would love to learn how to reapir scuab quipment and drysuits and was wondering if anyone from the board knows anyplace local that offers classes and or training. I know most agency offer the care of equipment course but i am looking for the more advanced training that dive shops use for their techs......... any info would be greatly appreciated.

[Inspirationdiver]

GUDC offers some advanced equipment repair classes. They used to offer regulator repair clinics also, I'm not sure if they still do that though.

[shamre]

Thanks for the info. I already go there regularly. Now i will just have to check out those classes you mentioned. 8)

Do they offer drysuit repair also?

[igotoofar]

When I took the Equipment class at GUDC, we did repairs on both wet and dry suits.

[Omicron]

Aw heck - drysuit repair is easy!

Just lay in a good supply of bicycle tire repair kits, duct tape and aqua seal and you can fix dang near anything wrong with a drysuit ;D

[LKunze]

Yeah, I fixed my neck seal with duct tape last weekend out at Wazee and saved my weekend.

[Omicron]

Yep

One of the guys over on WIScuba literally used a tube of aqua seal on a wrist that had blown out to save a weekend once too - it was pretty comical!

[Freedive WI]

The guys who I know that repair drysuits for a living HATE Aquaseal. They have other glues that work much better, without making everything as hard as a rock.

Once you Aquaseal a wrist seal on it makes it very difficult to change them out in the future.

I use normal wetsuit glue so it won't become too stiff.

Jon

[Omicron]

At the time, the guy wasn't going to be using his suit for much longer (it was Chris H)