What Are the Types of Wetsuit Stitching?

The wetsuit types are used to make a difference in how well they perform. Here are some the basic stitching methods below:

1) Flatlock: lay one panel edge over the other and stitch through the neoprene, this way will be flexible and strong. But it may let water in, used in suits mainly for warmer water. The thickness less than 3mm as the thicker wetsuit material is too difficult to worked by flatlock seams wetsuit.

2) Blind stitching: glue neoprene segments together and then blind stitch halfway through the wetsuit material and will not leave any holes-watertight and flexible seam - making it ideal for colder water. The thickness more than 3mm as the thinner wetsuit material is too difficult to worked by blind stitch wetsuit.

3) Welded / Liquid Seam Taped: sealed on the outside of the suit using melted/liquid neoprene to ensure the seam is impenetrable by water. It is ideal for cold-water and more premium wetsuits.

4) Taped: sealed on the inside of the wetsuit, it is usually to reinforce after blind stitching or welded. Sometimes it only used in the critical positions by point tape, sometimes it will tape in all the seam line, it is called “full taped seams”.