Cleaning and prep of your new scuba diving mask... Defog secret recipe.

[Pao]

Is this for real? Cringe-worthy at the very least. You definitely do not want bleach/hypochlorite on your defog. Might be dangerous. I think the video should have a disclaimer at the beginning.

 

[txgoose]

I suspect you'll take a lot of flack in the youtube comments for putting a drill powered wire brush inside a mask. Most dive shops wouldn't touch this method on a bet. Can you imagine the number of masks coming back into the shop with skirts torn to heck from the wire bristles? Until I see the video where you take the drill to the mask, I'll still be a fan of the lighter or toothpaste methods. Simpler and easier to control. As you are a dive professional who will want to protect their reputation, my main advice would be make sure you are comfortable that your customer base is competent to run a power drill inside their mask.

 

[Sevenrider860]

The lighter method has always worked well for me. Some sellers are specifically warning about using the lighter technique (Dive Gear Express is one)...I don’t think they would warrant a wire brush on a drill either. I have used soft scrub with Mr Clean Magic Eraser...even dish soap with the Magic Eraser works.

 

[Dan]

I just wish I heard about the burning method 12 years ago, when I started diving. I just used toothpaste & tooth brush a couple times and Sea Gold before each dives. I think it took me 100 dives (2 years) to strip off that silicone coat. Then I lost the mask by putting MOF & forgot that I had it on my forehead when I jumped in to the water to pee during surface interval in a 2-tank boat dive in Mnemba Atoll, Zanzibar. One lucky diver probably found the nicely broken-in $150 mask there sitting in 80 feet deep coral bottom. Live & learn.

 

[agilis]

If you happen to be in the tropics, extremely fine coral powder sand, moistened and rubbed against the glass with a finger will do the trick quickly and simply and not hurt the glass in any way.

 

[MAKO Spearguns]

I would avoid power tools.and wire brushes. We've made our own video on mask prep which can be found on our site under masks.

 

[Pkishino]

I don't know... fire and silicone rubber seem precarious. I think the power drill and water are safer.

well, these days a lot of heat resistant stuff (for oven and bbq) is made from silicone so..

 

[stuartv]

well, these days a lot of heat resistant stuff (for oven and bbq) is made from silicone so..

Yeah, but how about the glue that holds it all together?

 

[npole]

Yeah, but how about the glue that holds it all together?

It's called "pressure".

 

[stuartv]

It's called "pressure".

Are you saying there's no glue in there between the silicone and the glass in a mask? So, nothing that could be adversely affected by heat (e.g. an open flame)?