Agree with the others who said to change the hose.
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If your dumps are working properly, they should all be able to dump air faster than the inflator puts it in. They are designed that way for that purpose.
I agree, two sticks and the defective hose is replaced. But I have briefly soaked gear in a weak vinegar solution to remove salt deposits. Any reason this should not be done?
Yep. I recommend people actually try this themselves, in the shallowest part of the pool. When it works correctly, it helps to build confidence in the skill. When it doesn't work correctly, it lets you find out before you really have a problem.
In fact, during a tech class we did this exercise in about 10 feet of water (go head down, hold down the inflator while holding open the rear dump), and my buddy's wing actually did NOT dump fast enough - he rose slowly. Everybody agreed it's better to find that out in 10ft of water than in 70ft of water with 30 minutes of deco ahead of you.
Warm water will dissolve the salt w/o the acid in vinegar. Why expose your gear to anymore stress than you need too? Peter69_56 using petroleum based lubes with dive gear is not usually done at least not that I'm aware of. If CRC is not petroleum base pardon me. I use LDS bought silicone spray or grease only on dive gear.