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Anti-Fogging Treatments for New Masks. (a comparison of techniques)
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I just ordered a new mask, and an curious if a consensus was ever found on the best way to clean the mask...I would love to go through all of this, but 68 pages is a bit much 
Was a best way to clean ever found?
Was a best way to clean ever found?
I just ordered a new mask, and an curious if a consensus was ever found on the best way to clean the mask...I would love to go through all of this, but 68 pages is a bit much
Was a best way to clean ever found?
Still a current thread and efforts are still being made to answer this very question. Stay tuned!!
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@Compressor,
Ever since your first post, I have been struggling to see how sand would give a good result. Check this out:
Scratching glass:
https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0022309317302521-gr4_lrg.jpg
You are microstructuring the glass surface much like ammonia is supposed to!
Ever since your first post, I have been struggling to see how sand would give a good result. Check this out:
Scratching glass:
https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0022309317302521-gr4_lrg.jpg
You are microstructuring the glass surface much like ammonia is supposed to!
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@dogbone: Dishwasher, household ammonia (exact details are now being determined), dishwasher to keep your mask clean.
Antifog. Baby shampoo.
(With a footnote: We are messing with a polymer that may be a good addition to baby shampoo for prolonging the useful lifetime between antifog treatments.)
Antifog. Baby shampoo.
(With a footnote: We are messing with a polymer that may be a good addition to baby shampoo for prolonging the useful lifetime between antifog treatments.)
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Sounds reasonable, but I still favor household ammonia...
I was just thinking that one could do a Dremel treatment in a hour, instead of a week. And be pretty sure of controlling exact what part of the mask is affected, without any worry of making plastic brittle and having it break on you randomly during a dive (which is now my concern). But, a gel would be really great!
So, I have a question that's been on my mind for a while and comes from early on in this thread.
I recently bought an Atomic Sub-frame mask that has removable lenses. Does this mask not need the usual burn/scrub treatments that my frameless mask needed? It was stated way at the beginning that only frameless masks need this treatment if I remember correctly. I haven't had a chance to dive this mask yet and haven't done anything to the lenses, yet so now I'm wondering if I should (other than the normal Sea Gold drops, of course).
I recently bought an Atomic Sub-frame mask that has removable lenses. Does this mask not need the usual burn/scrub treatments that my frameless mask needed? It was stated way at the beginning that only frameless masks need this treatment if I remember correctly. I haven't had a chance to dive this mask yet and haven't done anything to the lenses, yet so now I'm wondering if I should (other than the normal Sea Gold drops, of course).
How about using an abrasive blasting gun with jewelers rouge (or soda?) for micro structuring?
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