Hannah replacing the wrist seals, WHILE putting her replaced neck seals on her head :) |
Hannah ripped her drysuit neck seal about 3 months ago while we were diving the Lermontov. Quotes from dive shops on the replacement of her wrist and neck seals were averaging $180, including material and manpower. We were not very willing to part with that sort of money since we can buy two month's worth of food for that! However, we still need to repair the seals...
After careful consideration, we decided to do it ourselves. Considering that we are going to rip apart our drysuit seals, replace them with new ones and hope that we did a good job so that it doesn't leak, IT IS A CHALLENGE...
We spend three days, taking each step as carefully as possible. Finally, we did it! It wasn't beautiful - there are remnants of glue on the seals, but we saved a lot of money. We paid $100 for 2 pairs of wrist seals, 2 neck seals, sealing tape and a tin of cement. If we had asked the dive shops, we would have paid $350 for Hannah and my drysuit seals replacement.
Tomorrow, we are going to the lake to try it out! :)
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