johncayce
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Does anyone know of a way to seal a mask over a moustache? I've tried vaseline and it works to some degree. Just wondering if anyone had luck with anything else?
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I've avoided vaseline since it is pertrolium based tends to hard some materials. I've had sucess with chap stick, silicone and trimming the 'tache' in the past.
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I gave up years ago. Mask clearing is a way of life. Think of it as the answer to fogging.
ajduplessis
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Silicone grease, or trim the monster to have a thin gap between nose and moustache. If all else fail, shave:shocked2:
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Breath in through the mouth and out through the nose. Repeat unitil diving is complete.
mikepeluso
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i have a few nose rings and have the same issue. After a few dives of stopping to clear the whole dive I talked to a friend with a mustache and he said he always breaths out his nose. I tried it on the next week of diving and didnt have any issues at all ( other then the one dive I didnt use mask defog, that was a BAD drift dive 
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I use silicon grease, applied to the mask skirt, not the face. Also, an occasional exhale through the mask is necessary to "equalize" that space, and avoid excess pressure of the mask on your face(what I call the raccoon effect), but excess nose breathing will give you fogging conditions, and will probably cause more leakage than you would otherwise have. A little trim, silicon grease, and you should be good to go.
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