burning the film on your mask

[Johnny Mojo]

could have told me before! i wouldn't have taken a flame to my mask....

Now that's funny......:mooner:

J.

 

[MRadke]

I have a new Tilos flex frameless mask with prescription lenses. Noone at the LDS mentioned word one about having to do any aggressive cleaning to prevent fogging. I haven't dove with the mask yet. Is this something that was possibly cleaned up prior to installing the lenses?

 

[Aaron528]

I have a new Tilos flex frameless mask with prescription lenses. Noone at the LDS mentioned word one about having to do any aggressive cleaning to prevent fogging. I haven't dove with the mask yet. Is this something that was possibly cleaned up prior to installing the lenses?

I'm not 100% sure about all lenses available, but I believe most prescription lenses inserted in masks are plastic, not glass. Attempting to burn junk off a plastic lens would be a bad idea, and I don't think it's necessary. I would punt back to the customer service folks at Tilos to see what they'd recommend for preparing a prescription mask.

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

If you burn the film off, do you still need to use anti fog or spit?

 

[Gombessa]

If you burn the film off, do you still need to use anti fog or spit?

Yeah, most likely. From my experience, the layer makes a new mask fog up intolerably regardless of how much spit/antifog you use. Once you get rid of it (burn or toothpaste), you generally still need to antifog, but it actually works now.

 

[LeadTurn_SD]

I have never tried burning but I have heard it works. I see no good reason to try it as I have never had toothpaste and detergent fail me. When you thing you have given it a good scrubbing, repeat the process two or three more times.

"That Thar" is the key.

Elbow grease + white toothpaste until you have almost developed tendinitis... then rinse, rest and repeat..... then rinse, rest, consume a beer, and repeat.... etc.

It has always worked, even on stubborn masks....

But "burning" does sound a lot faster, and I've also heard it works well.... maybe on my next new mask, in 5 or 10 years

Best wishes.

 

[String]

My guess is that it is a by-product of the manufacturing process. Maybe a residue that gets on the mask when the skirt is moulded? Or it could be deliberately added to the glass for protection in the factory?

Apparently its the latter.

We did have a fairly annoying DMT years ago that pre-season opening had the job of toothpasting (didnt use lighters then sadly) all the new masks for the season - 50 of them.
We hadnt seem him for HOURS, went to see what was taking him so long and found he was doing the inside of the glass with toothpaste....AND then the outside.

...well he was ginger

 

[Scott L]

Get plain old white colgate toothpaste and an el-cheap-o electric toothbrush (or use your wife's toothbrush). Make little circles with the toothbrush all over the inside surface of the mask. Works great and leaves your mask smelling minty fresh. I have prescription lenses glued to the inside of my mask so fire isn't an option.
Make sure you use old fashioned toothpaste. Not the new fangled gel stuff.

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[stakanak]

Here is what I do: I vigorously scrub the inside of the lens with toothpaste, let it dry, then light the toothpaste on fire until it is sooty. I rinse the soot off with Gold's de fogging drops and then repeat as necessary! Works like a charm and smells great too!
Get Wet

 

[knowone]

Metho works, and it's cheaper than beer.