Proper care for scuba gear?

[FiremanIRFD]

I recommend using some mild soap, I use regular shampoo, if you take your gear into a swimming pool. Chlorine does nasty things to neoprene and rubber.

 

[McDiver]

Baby shampoo is also a great mild cleaner for just about anything you want to clean that is made from any type of delicate/sensitive material as well.

As far as the Drysuit, the beach where I normally instruct there is a shower that I use once I prepare to get out of my gear as a pre-clean before removing it, after a few uses cleaning like said above I do a complete soak in fresh water to clean it inside and out, we cant forget that everything has 2 sides that both need to be cleaned BCD bladders included!

Salt is a serious mineral, I try to keep it off of anything I want to last..

 

[KD8NPB]

When I get home from a grungy lake, I hop into the shower wearing my wetsuit and soap up with the Old Spice liquid soap.

It seems to cover / get rid of the neoprene stink too.

 

[danpass]

Put enough water inside your bcd to then operate all the dump valves, clearing them and exercising them.

Part of my padi cert was a simple 5 min lesson on this stuff. It was also in the video.
One thing that stood out was to avoid submerging the first stage, just splash water on it.

 

[tracydr]

I wash our wetsuits in the washing machine with Woolite on the gentle cycle. Cold water. Dry flat.