Fabric for Wetsuit and Wetsuit Employing Said Fabric

Abstract

A fabric for a wetsuit wherein weft knit textile cloth comprising bare jersey knit fabric at which polypropylene multifilament yarn and elastic yarn have been knit in plating fashion while said elastic yarn was stretched to an elongation of 1.5 times to 2.0 times, exclusive of 2.0 times, is laminated to either or both faces of a sponge sheet made of chloroprene foam rubber. Furthermore, the elastic yarn in this fabric is thermally fusible polyurethane elastic fiber, and the elastic yarns in the knit textile are thermally fused to each other. Moreover, the elastic yarns are thermally fused to each other by heat-setting at 100° C. to 140° C.

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