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24 May 2012

Clothes bake the man

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Painting contractor Steve Woolcott knows how to keep warm in a Wellington southerly.

Painting contractor Steve Woolcott knows how to keep warm in a Wellington southerly.

STEVE Woolcott doesn’t wear his suit to work to impress his clients, but to keep warm at work.
The painting contractor for Wellington company House Coating attracted the attention of giggling female pedestrians while he waterblasted a house in Mt Victoria.
Woolcott was spotted up a ladder washing the walls and eaves in a full body wetsuit with a hood.
“My theory is if you are going to get wet you may as well be warm,” says Woolcott. “When you waterblast a house wearing a raincoat water drips down the arm.”
The jovial painter says bone-chilling winds are no match for his inner city suit, which includes a battery-powered vest – designed for surfers.
“I have a hot back – feel,” he says, pulling his wetsuit down and showing off the Quiksilver vest. “Even if there is a cold southerly I can do this and keep warm. It’s a horrible job but someone’s got to do it.”

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