Latex idea

[Dewit2it]

One way you could stop nylon exteriors from wicking heat away would be to coat them with liquid latex. The latex built up in a few coats would give a smoothskin appearance. Liquid latex is thin enough for airbrushing, so you can even have a custom colored suit or camoflage pattern. For colors, I would recommend sealing the nylon with white first, and then apply color starting with the lightest colors first.

It would best be done by two people, with the suit wearer in the suit and the other applying the latex. The wearer will have to be able to keep the suit smooth with no wrinkles till the latex dries and talcum powder or silicone spray can be applied. Once powder/silicone is applied the latex will stop trying to stick to itself.

WARNING!!! If you are alergic to latex do not try this! Keep latex away from hair as it loves to stick to it and is very hard to remove. Also mask off all zippers and velcro.

 

[BennyB]

Cool. Are you thinking of a ribbed or flavoured version as well? rofl

 

[Jon]

Elios used to make a suit that was opencell on the inside and smoothskin on the outside with a layer of nylon sandwiched inbetween for strength. When I asked them about ordering such a suit thy said that the inner nylon layer would stay wet when the rest of the suit dried and caused all kinds of delamination problems. So they had already stopped making the suit by time I tried to order one.

Make sure to post some pictures of your suit if you give it a shot.

Jon

 

[Dewit2it]

I have an old Harvey's suit that's pretty faded that I've been thinking of trying it on. One of the kneepads is starting to delaminate. I'll have to shave some of the pilled areas to get a smooth finish.

 

[Pastor]

Cool. Are you thinking of a ribbed or flavoured version as well? rofl

Oh no, here we go again! Don't spill the beans over the turkey again rofl