freewillie
Contributor
Hi All,
Just wanted to get a few thoughts on some cleaning practices. I recently returned from family vacation in Maui. I was fortunate enough to get in three days diving. I did rinse my wetsuit with the shower after the last dive but didn't immediately soak and gave the regulators, BC, fins/mask, etc. quick rinses at the dock after each trip. After the last dive of the vacation I put all the gear in the hotel bathtub in warm water for 30 minutes for a good soak then drained the tub and let the gear dry. During the last cleaning I did rinse the bladders of the BC's with warm water and rinsed them as well. It spent about 5-6 days then after being dried in the bag before coming home. I did unpack the wetsuits and left them out until we packed to come home so they wouldn't wrinkle and could dry out some more.
Once we got home I simply put the gear away thinking I already soaked the gear after the last dive. But, I'm still not sure if I should have re-rinsed all the gear before putting it away. Also, I tried laying out the wetsuits flat but I keep the gear in a spare bathroom bathtub. I've been laying them flat on top of all the bags but noticed that one suit had slipped and got wrinkled up in the legs. I did read that you could roll the suits up loosely around a towel and store them that way to help prevent the wrinkles. I did try a wetsuit hanger once but noticed the shoulders got a little flat where they met the hanger. So,
1.) How many of you would have re-rinsed the gear or just put it away?
2.) How many of you store your wet suits on hangers, rolled, or flat?
Thanks!
Just wanted to get a few thoughts on some cleaning practices. I recently returned from family vacation in Maui. I was fortunate enough to get in three days diving. I did rinse my wetsuit with the shower after the last dive but didn't immediately soak and gave the regulators, BC, fins/mask, etc. quick rinses at the dock after each trip. After the last dive of the vacation I put all the gear in the hotel bathtub in warm water for 30 minutes for a good soak then drained the tub and let the gear dry. During the last cleaning I did rinse the bladders of the BC's with warm water and rinsed them as well. It spent about 5-6 days then after being dried in the bag before coming home. I did unpack the wetsuits and left them out until we packed to come home so they wouldn't wrinkle and could dry out some more.
Once we got home I simply put the gear away thinking I already soaked the gear after the last dive. But, I'm still not sure if I should have re-rinsed all the gear before putting it away. Also, I tried laying out the wetsuits flat but I keep the gear in a spare bathroom bathtub. I've been laying them flat on top of all the bags but noticed that one suit had slipped and got wrinkled up in the legs. I did read that you could roll the suits up loosely around a towel and store them that way to help prevent the wrinkles. I did try a wetsuit hanger once but noticed the shoulders got a little flat where they met the hanger. So,
1.) How many of you would have re-rinsed the gear or just put it away?
2.) How many of you store your wet suits on hangers, rolled, or flat?
Thanks!