Dry suit undergarment - How to wash - need help :-)

[NinjaSquirrel]

Hi fellow divers,

Bought a Mares XR undergarment ( undersuit ). How should I wash this? Temp? Machine or not ? detergent or not ?

Thank you in advance for your help ;-)

 

[Mike1967]

Hi fellow divers,

Bought a Mares XR undergarment ( undersuit ). How should I wash this? Temp? Machine or not ? detergent or not ?

Thank you in advance for your help ;-)

Doesn't it have a tag with washing instructions?

 

[happy-diver]

cleaning drysuit undergarments - Google Suche

 

[berndo]

If you don't have to wash it because your p-valve failed or the suit leaked in salt water, don't do it.

 

[Jersey1971]

If you don't have to wash it because your p-valve failed or the suit leaked in salt water, don't do it.

That’s the advice I’ve gotten as well, especially with thinsulate. Kind of gross given that sweat at least a little when suiting up in warm surface weather.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

I've always ignored the advice and washed mine in a washer with detergent like the rest of my clothes. When Merry washes mine, she hangs it to dry. I usually put it in the dryer. I've had a DUI bunny suit for about 1,000 dives and it's still in perfect condition after a few hundred wash cycles.

 

[formernuke]

Machine wash, delicate cycle, cold water, hang dry.

I also use woolite.

 

[berndo]

I've always ignored the advice and washed mine in a washer with detergent like the rest of my clothes. When Merry washes mine, she hangs it to dry. I usually put it in the dryer. I've had a DUI bunny suit for about 1,000 dives and it's still in perfect condition after a few hundred wash cycles.

You may think so but there is no way this is true. No piece of clothing is in perfect condition after a washing it a few hunderd times. If you bought a new suit, you'd see that it's a night and day difference.
Since you seem to dive in California you might not need a lot of insulation and are fine because of that.

 

[Manatee Diver]

Machine wash, delicate cycle, cold water, hang dry.

Second rinse, no fabric softner.

I put my into the dryer on air fluff to get some of the water out before I hang it.

My personal cleaning schedule, I have four sets of base layers, I wear each for about four days. That gives me about 16 dive days before I throw everything including my insulating layers into the wash. But this might be more often than others due to being in Florida where in the summer I play the game "Did I have a leak or is that just sweat?" Answer, it is probably both.

 

[MaxBottomtime]

You may think so but there is no way this is true. No piece of clothing is in perfect condition after a washing it a few hunderd times. If you bought a new suit, you'd see that it's a night and day difference.
Since you seem to dive in California you might not need a lot of insulation and are fine because of that.

I have a new undergarment that I wear when it's not Summer. Both keep me warm. I wear a drysuit year-round in California. I don't dive under ice, but it's not warm here.