Had a divemaster in Costa Rica use a lighter to burn the silicone off the mask. Damndest thing I ever saw, but worked like a charm....
How to take care of Foggy Masks?
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jumbo
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1- warm a pot of water on your stove, to luke warm temp
2- put your mask in the water for 10 min
3- rub toothpaste with your fingers around the lens for 6min
4-repete step two
5- repete step three
6 repete step two
7- repete step three
8- repete step two
clear out the remaining toothpaste and enjoy. this procces removes a slilicone coating that comes with a new mask.
* only attempt this procedure if you have glass lenses
JUMBO
2- put your mask in the water for 10 min
3- rub toothpaste with your fingers around the lens for 6min
4-repete step two
5- repete step three
6 repete step two
7- repete step three
8- repete step two
clear out the remaining toothpaste and enjoy. this procces removes a slilicone coating that comes with a new mask.
* only attempt this procedure if you have glass lenses
JUMBO
The key is the cleaning, as has been said.... scrub it once using an electric toothbrush and toothpaste and then do it three more times. I usually spend about an hour cleaning a new mask. After that I apply seagold defog right before every dive and -very lightly- rinse it out without touching the lens.
When using defog (or any shampoo or household dish cleaner) make sure you rinse the mask gently. If you rinse it with too hard a spray, you will wash away the benefits of the defog.
Jeff
Jeff
Greg D.
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I went hardcore and used Ajax in my mask, worked great, as for anti-fog, as said earlier baby shapoo works great, I was gonna buy some comercial defog... I belive it was psi500 and it said on the package, do not get in eyes... hmm going to be in my mask with water.... baby shapoo it is!! no tears baby!! Besides you can get like 5gallons of the stuff for what you would pay for a little bottle of defog at the LDS.
I think through some simple experiments I did, drying the defog for a while, and rinsing it just before getting in the water is the verdict. Defog lasted longer than any other combination. Again, get in the water while the glass is wet.
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