The great Mask Defog Thread

The best mask Defogger is

  • spit

    Votes: 20 38.5%
  • 500 PSI

    Votes: 6 11.5%
  • toothpaste

    Votes: 2 3.8%
  • baby shampoo

    Votes: 8 15.4%
  • other

    Votes: 16 30.8%

  • Total voters
    52
  • Poll closed .

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I'm using Sea Gold gel more often now than the 500psi because I like that it doesn't leave that white stuff in all the creases/crevices in the mask. Liked the Trident too but broke the spray pump off the bottle.
 
PSI 500 was ok, but I found it just took to much effort to rinse/clean. Sea drops are good also, and I'll use those when a community rinse bucket is provided. But when I can just reach into the water and rinse myself, I use what nature provided me.
 
Boogie711:
Ben - your own saliva is harmless to your own eyes. Just FYI. Technically, so is urine, but I wouldn't recommend peeing in your mask.
I would think the uric acid will make your eyes sting like the dickens... Let me know if you find out... :54:
 
In Jamaica they showed me some plant life that grows in the sand away from the coral. If your having fogging problems you can take off your mask, rub this stuff on it and then don and clear and the fog is gone.

I know what it looks like, but I don't know what its called.
 
gj62:
I would think the uric acid will make your eyes sting like the dickens... Let me know if you find out... :54:

Good point - but then again, I did say not to do it. :)

Hmmm... I did claim it was harmless. That may not be totally true... I'm not claiming it's a good idea - but it is sterile. Isn't that why you can pee on a jellyfish sting?

Now, on the saliva/eye thing, different circumstances. Ask any hard contact lens wearer.
 
Boogie711:
Ben - your own saliva is harmless to your own eyes. Just FYI. Technically, so is urine, but I wouldn't recommend peeing in your mask.

When I worked in a shop we had a lady come in with an eye infection her doctor claimed was caused by spitting in her mask, maybe not her spit directly, could have been something accumulated from a couple dives, I dunno, regardless I'll pass on the spitting, toothpaste is cheap and more effective.

Ben
 
Boogie - I wasn't picking on ya - just trying for some humor. You pee on a jellyfish sting because the mild acid counteracts the base in the nematocysts that cause the stinging. Any acid will do (vinegar, for example). It just so happens that urine is almost always at hand (well, for guys anyway :wink:).
 
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