wanted:wetsuit lubricant - to ease entry/exit into wetsuit

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Gaz - 26 Jan 2005 17:51 GMT

Hi

I am looking for something similar to this
http://www.moosejuice.com/html/suitjuice.html that is available to buy in
the UK. The suitjuice looks ideal for what i want but cant find anyone
selling it over here..anyone else any ideas on what i can use...

cheers
Gaz

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Gordon Henderson - 26 Jan 2005 18:37 GMT

>Hi
>
>I am looking for something similar to this
>http://www.moosejuice.com/html/suitjuice.html that is available to buy in
>the UK. The suitjuice looks ideal for what i want but cant find anyone
>selling it over here..anyone else any ideas on what i can use...

I've seen freedivers use shampoo in bottles to help them get in to their
rubber suits. Other use KY Jelly - avalable by the litre in Vet/Farming
supplies shops for under 2 quid. (Eg. Mole Valley Farmers if you are in the
SW)

Gordon

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Pete S. - 26 Jan 2005 21:22 GMT

>>I am looking for something similar to this
>>http://www.moosejuice.com/html/suitjuice.html that is available to buy in
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>supplies shops for under 2 quid. (Eg. Mole Valley Farmers if you are in the
>SW)

As per Gordons suggestion, vetlube works really well. Just don't push
so hard when you go through the seals - you could come out the other
side!

I use it to get out of the suit as well.

Pete S.

www.derwentelec.clara.co.uk

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Huw Porter - 26 Jan 2005 21:34 GMT

> I am looking for something similar to this
> http://www.moosejuice.com/html/suitjuice.html that is available to buy in
> the UK. The suitjuice looks ideal for what i want but cant find anyone
> selling it over here..anyone else any ideas on what i can use...

Try wearing a plastic carrier bag over your feet/hands as you put the
suit on. Makes getting into a tight suit a breeze.
Cheers,
Huw

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Gaz - 27 Jan 2005 00:30 GMT

> Hi
>
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> cheers
> Gaz

cheers for the suggestions - I guess we have no commercialy available remedy
over here then - If i start ordering ky why the bucket full the wife is
going to have a heart attack - !!! still as i told her last time it keeps my
wrists warm :-)

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Gordon Henderson - 27 Jan 2005 08:44 GMT

>> Hi
>>
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>going to have a heart attack - !!! still as i told her last time it keeps my
>wrists warm :-)

But there is a commercial remedy - it's called "water based lubricant"
- and goes by various trade names - eg. KY Jelly and so on. However,
if you buy it in the chemists or a dive shop it'll cost you an arm and
a leg, so get the generic stuff out of a vet/farm type shop.

Gordon

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Eddie - 27 Jan 2005 13:23 GMT

Fairy liquid mixed with water does the trick too.

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David Walker - 27 Jan 2005 01:33 GMT

No idea if its the same stuff, but a lot of shops sell a spray that is very
good for getting in and out of seals. Certainly works on drysuit seals, so
no reason it shouldn't help on a wetsuit... just need more of it! See for
example the second item on this page:
http://www.divingdirectshop.co.uk/acatalog/ADHESIVES.html
Also http://www.deepbluedive.com/product.aspx?id=10138 who do free delivery
which is very useful for small cheap items like that.
Right kind of thing? Not the cheapest stuff in the world but for drysuit
seals the small 2fl. oz. spray i've got at the minute has lasted around 150
dives so far and still around half full.

David

> Hi
>
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> cheers
> Gaz

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