sailordiver11
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Can someone tell me the best way to get rid of all the water in a bladder without unscrewing the inflater hose?
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You can inflate the wing and remove the water through the dump valve or the inflator. It is much easier to work with an inflated wing. You may have to do this several times.
To actually clean and prepare wings for storage this is the procedure I use. Unscrew the dump valve and dunk the entire wing. Place the nozzle of the hose in the opening to thoroughly rinse the inside of the bladder and hang to dry. Be sure to hold the wing upside down and purge the inflator with fresh water during this process. Replace the dump valve, manually inflate the wing and remove any residual water. Lastly, it is important to partially inflate the wing to prevent the bladder from adhering to itself during storage. Hope this helps.
There is *zero* reason to remove any of the fittings from wings. You won't ever get all the water out and you *greatly* increase the chances of losing parts of the fittings, pinching or rolling the sealing grommet or even breaking the fittings from over torquing them on reassembly.
Leave the fittings alone, blow what water you can and inflate the wing ~50-90% for storage.
Tobin