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AptaMer
06-12-2015, 06:05 PM
MerMaisy mentioned the idea of a nude-coloured wetsuit to wear with a tail in cold water.

Well, it just so happens I know where to get such a thing, and they even sell sheets of flesh-coloured neoprene if you want to make something yourself. So I thought I would start a thread on this topic so it's be easier to find if people do searches.

It's a dive gear manufacturer in the UK. Here is their website https://www.ewetsuits.com/acatalog/skin-coloured-wetsuit-flesh.html

30499 and they sell flesh-coloured booties and other accessories.

Their prices are actually ridiculously cheap (£99/$154 for a surf-style suit)

I've never asked them whether they make female-cut suits, so YMMV. but at least they're a source of flesh-coloured neoprene sheeting for DIY projects.

There is a company in Australia that makes flesh-coloured neoprene items http://rubberjungle.com/Film-TV-Stunts.aspx and they say they do made-to-measure. If some of our mers in Oceania wanted to follow up, it would be good to hear what they could do.

Also, another UK company, Reed Chill Cheater Ltd., makes a special flesh-coloured fabric they call Flesh Aquatherm that some mers might find useful for makeing undergarments for beating the chill in water

https://www.chillcheater.com/fabric_cat.php?nid=8

Princess Pearl
06-12-2015, 06:38 PM
OK, I know in my mind that is just a white-person coloured suit... But it still creeps me out to look at it. It looks like someone has been flayed.

Mermaid Jaffa
06-12-2015, 09:31 PM
Nice finds! Can that Aquatherm be used in swimwear?

AptaMer
06-13-2015, 12:03 AM
it is stretchy, and the Chill Cheater company does make swimsuits from the black version of the material, and they claim it's for water use, so I'm assuming you could use it in your own swimsuit/under-tail projects.

Triton-Mahtlinnie
06-13-2015, 12:41 AM
The real question is, do they sell to individuals or only to film companies? Their website seems geared specifically towards film-makers. Because I would love to have one of those short-sleeve tops to wear.

Mermaid Jaffa
06-13-2015, 03:26 AM
OK, I know in my mind that is just a white-person coloured suit... But it still creeps me out to look at it. It looks like someone has been flayed.

Same. When I first saw it, I thought of The Hills Have Eyes movie!

Echidna
06-13-2015, 08:19 AM
Wish I had known about these before spending money on normal wetsuits :p