My new neck seal

[Mcott65[TK]]

This is neck seal 2.0 my first attempt looked the part but was very stiff and more like a neck brace.

Now i have used 90%of my first seal. I have removed the neck from the bib which has also had a minor tweek.


The back was cut down the center and all the edges were hemmed round. The front and back were sewn together at the shoulder . The bib is made of suit jacket lining.
This is up to the point where the neck comes in.

This is a piece of neoprene 3mm thick cut into a strip 4inch high by 18.5 inch at the bottom and 17.5 inch across the top. this was supper glued into a tube that i was able to fit over my head and that way i could mark where i needed to trim to fit.
Once this was done I broke the glued joint .

Now the rib part was made using 4mm neoprene cord. The main ribs were trimmed to length and taped together on my cutting board then E-6000 was spread on at points to hold it together.

E-6000 was then used to fasten the nine ribbed section to fit at the lowest point under the chin. The sides were then built up using extra cord until the base layer was covered these were then trimmed at an angle to match . Once this was done they were given a light sand down to even out the trimming a bit using fine wet and dry paper.

Using a knife and steel ruler the ends were trimmed flat. To aid in adding the zip the inside edge was chamfered at about 45` as was the top edge around the neck using scissors.

[justjoseph63[Staff]]

Your ingenuity seems to be never-ending, Ben.  Great job!

[Mcott65[TK]]

Thanks Joseph <br>

Think i will have at least another go at refining my technique then I can put some proper how to pics and Paterns up. This has only cost me about £20 and a bit of time so worth a go. <br>

Mark