spit vs defog

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Using either method, I have never had an issue with my mask fogging up. When my students "claim" they used toothpaste on their masks, but it still fogs, I ask them if they put some toothpaste on the mask and smeared it around, or did they really use some elbow grease and seriously clean the mask. The trick is cleaning it forcefully. Even a student that reasserts his/her claim to have used elbow grease, I will clean the mask. Funny how it never fogs up after I clean it.

I recommend giving it another toothpaste cleaning.
I always tell people to scrub hard and long until they think they have done enough. Then do it again. Then switch to the other lense and repeat. Also, have had good results with using an electric toothbrush for extended agitation intervals....

I've always suspected that defog is nothing more than bottles of spit made by slave labor in third word countrys

thanks for the mental image... next time someone is buying or using a bottle I am going to have visions of a t-shirt factory without the fabric or sewing machines...
 
I have found that spit, full strength baby shampoo allowed to dry and then rinsed like Walter described, a 50/50 mix of shampoo and water sprayed on, kelp, and commercial defog all work just fine. I tend to use the full strength shampoo approach, unless I forget to bring some, then it's spit.
 
well find your self a friend who stands a good chance of going to jail and ask him to bring you some of thier indigent tooth paste when (if) he gets out. i work at a jail and have tried several types of tooth paste and the stuff from the jail works the best. and free (dont tell the warden).:wink:
 
Toothpaste, before every dive. Works like a champ. (prolly better than a ScubaBoard search)

Available at Mallwart as well as the slammer.
 
well thanks everyone so much, looks like i have some different ways to try out now lol, i am going to give it a good scrub over with some more gritty tooth paste and apply some antifog and then some spit and maybe even the shampoo trick (new one for me) and see how that works, and sorry i dont remember who said something about signing up for classes, but i definatly didnt leave the shop before i signed up, watched the video already filled out the workbook and now waiting for class to start. im like a little kid just before christmas time :)
 
Spit is cheap and always on hand. Remember, the greener the cleaner! :D
 
My spit doesn't work. No lie. I have defective spit. I have a genetic defect - I was born missing the anti-fog-spit gene. If I don't use something other than my spit (anti-fog, baby-shampoo, spit from third-world factory workers), my mask will fog, guaranteed.

Any of the other fog remedies works perfectly fine for me.

I've often wondered if anyone else has the same problem with their spit?

By the way, my husband's spit works great. But, even after 25 years of marriage, I just get creeped out over having his spit in my face. So, it's anti-fog for me.
 
I am glad my budget isn't so constrained that I have to factor in the $6 annual cost of quality defog. Kudos to those who still manage to dive under those circumstances. Does spit get more or less effective on a steady diet of spam and beans? :wink:

I find the Sea Gold gel far more effective than my spit, regular Sea Drops, or baby shampoo, and if you neglect to apply it, the previous application will probably still work for you.
 

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