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Apnea Evolution wetsuit has got 'sticky'- please help.

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Tom Spear

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Good evening,

I've got a 7mm Apnea Evolution suit. It's open cell, and the hood and shoulders have started getting sticky. I think the neoprene has started breaking down.i use diluted hair conditioner to help put the suit on, and have never put it on over sunblock or any other lotion. Does anybody know if this is a problem with the suit, if I am doing something wrong, if the suit is faulty, and if it can be fixed/repaired please? Thanks for your time. TomB
 
Good evening,

I've got a 7mm Apnea Evolution suit. It's open cell, and the hood and shoulders have started getting sticky. I think the neoprene has started breaking down.i use diluted hair conditioner to help put the suit on, and have never put it on over sunblock or any other lotion. Does anybody know if this is a problem with the suit, if I am doing something wrong, if the suit is faulty, and if it can be fixed/repaired please? Thanks for your time. TomB
 
Hi, I have a similar problem with two oceaner open cell suits, mine are both getting sticky in the hood, over the ears and the neck area. I tend to dive where fresh water is hard to come by so the suits don't get rinsed as often as I would like. Just wondered if your suit eventually became unusable, or if you somehow resolved the problem.
 
I tend to dive where fresh water is hard to come by
Same like you, I go camping for spearfishing up to 10 days and never rinse the suit, just hanging on wathewer is there.
I have Seac Python open cell suit and no pb with getting sticky. But, as long as manufactureres don't use the same neoprene, this cause can not be totally excluded.
 
The diluted hair conditioner may be the culprit...I use "Suit Juice", made by NorthShore Industries...it's a bio-degradable product that works really nicely to slide the open-cell on, and has no petroleum distillates, which is what I think breaks down the neoprene over time. I'm also a pretty big advocate for a fresh-water rinse of the suit after a day of diving, maybe with some diluted Simple Green to get the gunk out.
 
The diluted hair conditioner may be the culprit...I use "Suit Juice", made by NorthShore Industries...it's a bio-degradable product that works really nicely to slide the open-cell on, and has no petroleum distillates, which is what I think breaks down the neoprene over time. I'm also a pretty big advocate for a fresh-water rinse of the suit after a day of diving, maybe with some diluted Simple Green to get the gunk out.
 
Thanks for the response. The hair conditioner could be the problem, but of course this is spread over the entire inside of the suits, so have to wonder why the problem is showing up in the hood and on the back of the neck in two different wetsuits. I will look into the lubricant you use cheers.
 
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