How do you rinse your scuba gear

[fjpatrum]

So far mine goes in the shower with me at the end of the day. Everything but tanks, which get hosed off. Rinse in the shower and then hang to dry. Easiest way I know to deal with sand and junk like that without getting it every possible place in the house.

Dump the stuff into a dive bag and/or tupperware storage crate to get to and from the dive then directly into the shower at the house.

 

[Kevin Carlisle]

take my gear and dve the beautiful springs in Florida. After an hour long dive it doesnt need rinsing.

 

[BDSC]

When on vacation say for a week, I will do a quick rinse in the rinse tanks at the end of a dive day. For my video housing and lights, I will take them in the shower with me and give it a good rinse with warm water and work all the buttons. When I get home after vacation, I put everything (except for the housing and lights) in our extra large garden tub with a little baby shampoo and warm water. Not too hot but very warm and let it all soak for about an hour. Then I do a couple of rinses without the shampoo and then let it all dry. This has worked well for me for years.

 

[ev780]

Whilst on vacation I don't do anything. No time really. Dive, happy hour, dinner. Repeat 3,5,or 7, times.

When I get home all goes in the bathtub in one of the guest bath rooms and gets soaked for several hours. Usually longer than you might think because I forget about it. Then I hang it all up to dry on a spare shower rod that I hang in the middle of the tub. Usually hangs for several weeks to several months. Until I get motivated, next trip or I get some guests.

Simple

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

I haul my gear to and from the dive site in a big plastic bin ... the kind with two wheels on one end. When I get home I pull the bin out of the car, stick a hose in it, and fill it up with fresh water ... then start taking out the gear a piece at a time and hanging it up.

Camera, can light and gauges go into the kitchen sink ... which is filled with lukewarm water. Depending on the time of day, this will soak anywhere from an hour to overnight before I remove it. It's a good idea to manipulate the buttons on the camera housing while holding it underwater ... just to make sure you get all the salt out of the crevices around the buttons.

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[scubajim 1]

I use the same method as NWGratefulDiver. A wheeled bucket to a hinged top I bought at Target for 15 dollars. Everything including my galleo sol and camera go into the tub and are rinsed and hung to dry. I dive about 5 times a week and find I have no trouble with salt crystals or stinky gear. (I do rinse my rescue mask and put it in a new zip lock bag with a drop of bleach mixed with water after every 5 dives or so. This prevents any fungus growth.) If I'm on vacation I put a hose in my seasoft dry bag, zip it closed around the hose and turn water on for about 10 minutes...everything is good to go!
The 45 minutes I spend after a day of diving cleaning and inspecting my gear is as important as the dive. I think the point everyone is making is if you care for your gear it will care for you. Remember this is also a safety issue. Happy bubbles!

 

[DBailey]

Local diving is all fresh water. There is a quick rinse at the end of the day "city water" just to get the sand off and give it a better feeling of clean.

For vacation diving, I try to be the last person to arrive a the rinse tank. There will the water source that they use to fill the tank. Turn it on and rinse off your gear above the rinse tank (letting your run off fill the tank). If the fill source doesn't have a hose, selective use of a boot or mask can be used to transfer the water.

After the last dive of the trip, take your gear back to your room and use the tub/shower to give the gear a proper rinse.

On a liveaboard, eat, sleep, dive. No where in there should your gear dry.

 

[Thalassamania]

A mistake many divers make while on vacation is to rinse their gear daily in the rinse tank at the dock and then hang it to dry. Those rinse tanks are not salt free plus the dust cap on the regulators are not necessarily water proof, so water can potentially enter the regulator.

Generally salt water causes damage when it is drying, not wet, so even if you rinse it in fresh water, if you are on a trip diving daily in salt water, you are better off NOT hanging your gear to dry, but keep it wet the whole time you are gone.

A well known camera buff has recommended keeping your camera soaking in water during an entire trip, only to take it out of the water to change batteries and memory cards. Keeping it in salt water, if fresh water is not available, is better than no water, just so long as the gear does not dry.

That is my approach.

 

[=C=]

take my gear and dve the beautiful springs in Florida. After an hour long dive it doesnt need rinsing.

Ahh yes. An excellent, but prohibitively expensive, cleaning...

 

[Kevin Carlisle]

Ahh yes. An excellent, but prohibitively expensive, cleaning...

Nope, free for the most part. There is one spring I pay a yearly pass at, only 150 bucks a year. Others I dive free and have to drive by them if I have been in saltwater