I wouldn't want to brush my teeth with Sea Buff? My local shop sells it for $4.95 and they gave me my last bottle when I bought a mask so didn't cost me anything been using that one for about three years now. Whatever floats your boat the way I look at it if it costs less than a Mocha I'm not looking for a cheaper option that may not work.
New mask - so much fog!
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I wouldn't want to brush my teeth with Sea Buff? My local shop sells it for $4.95 and they gave me my last bottle when I bought a mask so didn't cost me anything been using that one for about three years now. Whatever floats your boat the way I look at it if it costs less than a Mocha I'm not looking for a cheaper option that may not work.
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Toothpaste and burning for sure. I've seen the burn done with a blow torch. I'm not doing that with my mask, though I probably should. I can't remember if I even used toothepaste when I was completing OW course. No one has mentioned using baby shampoo. A dab of this spread on the (inside of) the mask will keep it from EVER fogging--even in the pool with weird air & water temperature mixes.. And cheap. You can put it on days before the dive and fugghetaboutit.
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Grab one of these and go to work on it.... Then toothpaste.
Said goodbye to a mask I loved and picked up a new Cressi Big Eyes (small face, hard to find a mask that is suitable) and it's silly how much fog I'm still getting. I've used it 15 times, done all the tricks but still no luck. I'm carrying a secondary mask during dives now because after repeatedly clearing, completely removing and eventually changing masks - I need it! Takes away from the diving that's for sure. I'm open to any suggestions or tricks that have worked for you in the past. Please help
Maybe this video will give you a little more confidence in using a lighter. It does sound crazy, but works quite well.
[video=youtube;TxywBgSkBe4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxywBgSkBe4[/video]
The best abrasive available that will not harm your mask is a paste of baking soda and water. Far more efficent than toothpaste, soft scrub, etc.
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With the baby shampoo I haven't yet had to re-apply it for a second dive. Maybe is necessary for a 3rd in same day, I'm not sure. Maybe it depends on how often you have to clear your mask?
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PS: the reason that soap/shampoo works - for both cleaning stuff and as mask de-fog - is that it's a surfactant. By disrupting the surface tension that attracts/holds water molecules to each other it prevents individual H20 molecules from getting together to form the water droplets that comprise "fogging" on the surface.
Allow me to introduce post 12...
---------- Post added May 28th, 2015 at 09:42 PM ----------
PS: the reason that soap/shampoo works - for both cleaning stuff and as mask de-fog - is that it's a surfactant. By disrupting the surface tension that attracts/holds water molecules to each other it prevents individual H20 molecules from getting together to form the water droplets that comprise "fogging" on the surface.
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Thank you very much for including the video, it did just as you said. I gave it a go and was surprised with what came off the lens, looking forward to the next time I use it. Appreciate the extra effort in adding the video!
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