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Cleaning and prep of your new scuba diving mask... Defog secret recipe.
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Dan
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J322Y
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I may be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure the OP is satire...
Bert van den Berg
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My Aqualung mask behaved fine for months when all of a suddenly it started fogging. This coincided with diving dry. Hummmmm... Turns out that the lube I was using to lubricate the wrist seals on the drysuit was getting into the mask when I used the same hand to wash out the defog!
The fogging stopped when I figured this out.
The fogging stopped when I figured this out.
You might notice that the mods didn't call bs on the op. We count on the members to do that(fact check and correct incorrect claims) and they did so here in short order though many were taken in even while questioning the practice. In my opinion it is poor form not to wait until april but I'm not the humor police. Good thread though and humorous on many levels.
J322Y
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My impression is that most people who posted in this thread didn't even watch the video.
It's suspicious when you see a bottle of bleach and power drill on the table, but it's completely obvious it's a joke by the time the wire brushes come out.
It's suspicious when you see a bottle of bleach and power drill on the table, but it's completely obvious it's a joke by the time the wire brushes come out.
I've used the flame technique on masks that I had already vigorously used the toothpaste method on. Even after the toothpaste, a lot of coating still burned off with the flame.
Before the flame and after toothpaste I needed defog. After the flame, have not needed defog. No damage to the mask.
Before the flame and after toothpaste I needed defog. After the flame, have not needed defog. No damage to the mask.
J322Y
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For a novice it can get pretty confusing. This is from the mask section at DGX:
"WARNING: Don't use toothpaste on modern dive masks, especially those masks that have optical quality ultra-clear glass lenses, vision correction lenses or 'optical coatings' on the lenses. You will either damage the lenses, or needlessly waste toothpaste since most modern toothpaste formulations are not at all abrasive. The same goes for using a lighter to 'burn' the lens to prepare a new mask. Dive Gear Express will not warranty masks that have been treated with abrasives or burned with lighters. Most new dive masks do have mold release agents in the flexible skirt that during storage will migrate to the surface of the lens and cause fogging. These deposits can be safely removed with an extra application of a powerful surfactant like baby shampoo, SeaQuick or SeaDrops defog."
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"WARNING: Don't use toothpaste on modern dive masks, especially those masks that have optical quality ultra-clear glass lenses, vision correction lenses or 'optical coatings' on the lenses. You will either damage the lenses, or needlessly waste toothpaste since most modern toothpaste formulations are not at all abrasive. The same goes for using a lighter to 'burn' the lens to prepare a new mask. Dive Gear Express will not warranty masks that have been treated with abrasives or burned with lighters. Most new dive masks do have mold release agents in the flexible skirt that during storage will migrate to the surface of the lens and cause fogging. These deposits can be safely removed with an extra application of a powerful surfactant like baby shampoo, SeaQuick or SeaDrops defog."
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