Gear Rinse - Maybe a better way

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@Johnoly @Divin'Papaw Is this the product referred to in the 1st post? I am out of McNett Mirazyme, and that was my go-to after returning from trips.

Revivex

Looks like inflation doubled the price since April, but still seems like a good deal.
 
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@Johnoly @Divin'Papaw Is this the product referred to in the 1st post? I am out of McNett Mirazyme, and that was my go-to after returning from trips.

Revivex

Looks like inflation doubled the price since April, but still seems like a good deal.

No. You want the Revivex Odor Eliminator. The link you shared is to the wetsuit shampoo. I don't use it. I prefer the Mirazyme/Odor Eliminator:

 
1st change I made was recommended by SB'er @Divin'Papaw . I used to use Simple Green to clean my wetsuits and gear when it started to smell or about every 4-5 trips. I started using his solution on every trip. It's called Revivex Odor Eliminator by Gear Aid. It's friggin Amazon cheap at $5 for a 10oz bag and you use a 1oz capful for 20 gallons of rinse water (about a rubbermaid tub size).
I'm still using SImple Green. Curious, you say you're using the new stuff every trip -- did you try that with Simple Green also?

Also curious, did you soak your regs in Simple Green also? I have not tried it with regs -- not sure if people do that or not.
 
I'm still using SImple Green. Curious, you say you're using the new stuff every trip -- did you try that with Simple Green also?

Also curious, did you soak your regs in Simple Green also? I have not tried it with regs -- not sure if people do that or not.
I was using the same mix ratio of Simple Green on my wetsuit only, but only after every 3-5 dive days. I could really smell it the next time I put on my hooded vest. That's why I wasn't using it after EACH dive day like I'm doing now. Nothing bad about simple green,,,,,I just am getting better results from Revivex Odor Eliminator.

I have not been soaking my regs in either solution. I was waiting to hear from some of the regulator technicians and what they see with the internal seals/grease/lube/etc before I start doing that. I'm hoping to followup with a whole bunch of Reg Tech's that I'll meet with at DEMA in 6 weeks..
 
I have not been soaking my regs in either solution. I was waiting to hear from some of the regulator technicians and what they see with the internal seals/grease/lube/etc before I start doing that. I'm hoping to followup with a whole bunch of Reg Tech's that I'll meet with at DEMA in 6 weeks..

I regularly soak my regs in the same revivex/mirazyme mixture. I've personally not had any issue with my regulators. I only service my primary regulators (primary and pony) every two years. My reg tech has not noted any issue with any of my regulators after regular soaking in the stuff.

I have a process that involves two rinse tubs. I put my nasty stuff in one smaller tub (wetsuit, pocket shorts, dive bag, and boots). That is all I soak in that one. I put my less nasty stuff in another, larger tub. Initially I soak my backplate, wing, STAs, lights, fins, cutting devices, DSMBs, etc, in that tub. When those are soaking, I thoroughly rinse my regs (pressurized) and tanks with the hose. Lastly, my Sharkskin dive socks, hooded vest, and my dentex gloves are washed in woolite in the washing machine and then hung to dry. All of this I do in the first 60 minutes or so upon returning home at the end of a dive weekend.

I let everything in the tubs soak overnight. The next day I will remove all of that stuff, dump the "nasty" tub and soak my regs (pressurized) in the less-nasty, larger tub. Lastly I use that same "less nasty" tub to soak my tanks for several hours each two at a time. At the end of that next day everything is out of the tubs and drying. I've been using this similar process since moving to FL 6 years ago. It seems to be working as my gear continues to hold up well to monthly dive weekends.
 
When I am down in Florida, I generally dive every day for a week or so. I rinse my regs, and computers in fresh water every day. I then add the Mirazyme/Odor Eliminator (only about 5 squirts from one of the old Mirazyme bottles) per tub, and rinse my wet suit, hooded vest, and dive socks. They are in there for a couple hours. I then hang everything to dry. I have a stand up fan in my garage that I run overnight. Everything is dry and sweet smelling in the morning. At the end of the trip, I rinse everything much better, dry, and leave hanging in my scuba room, extra room inside of the garage on the ground floor. I have had very good luck with my equipment and my wetsuits :) have never had complaints.
 
Rubbermaid tub full of water and regulators soaked only while pressurized, often overnight, should I be lazy. I service my own and have never had "crusty and nasty" issues with that regimen; so too those friends and clients whose regulators I've serviced, who follow that advice; who save money and make life easier.

Suits are just sloshed in the water, hosed down and hung to dry. Watches soak in a glass of water. No fancy enzymatic crap is necessary; no spooge; no mystery; no problem . . .
 
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