cleaning bcd

[Sting J]

Mouthwash that's a new one for me. I do not know if the alcohol in mouth wash is good or bad for the internals of inflators and alternate air inflators. Dilluted bleach is not such a great thing but if you rinse with fresh water after clening it is probally no worse than using your gear in a pool, and it will dissinfect for sure. Have you ever seen someone with a brown BC? McNett and others tend to use less harsh mixtures usually consisting of select enzymes.
Steve as far as dissassembling the dump valves to rinse them out...The gaskets we use on our BCs are supposed to be replaced when the valves are dissassembled. That is straight out of our service procedures. I can not recomend that practice without gasket replacement. It is not to say that you could not get a good seal reusing it. It is just safer to replace it. The idea being that the gasket make take a permanent form to the fitting. If the gasket does not sit in exactly the same way and place after reassembly it is possible that the valve would leak at the gasket. I can not speak for other manufacturers on that issue but I suspect their procedures/recommendations are similar on that.
That being said I am sure you would not do it if you had problems in that reguard. Also, I myself have reused a gasket when I did not have a new one handy. I just wanted to mention the above for the safety sake of anyone reading this thread.
If you open up the dump valves and work them a little bit while rinsing with water... you should be good until you next have your valves serviced without the need for dissassembly...
As for the mouthwash I just can't get the image of being a breath mint for a big fish out of my mind, lol. I'll have to look into it though. It would be cheaper than the packaged solutions available.

 

[RPanick]

On my Zeagle's I've unscrewed the bottom dumps and use that to add cleaner and water. Its a whole lot easier than trying to get water to go down the inflator hose in my experience.

The thing to be careful is in putting them back on to make sure they line up correctly and don't cross thread. From there, simply inflate and shake, rotate, shake, rotate, shake. Then drain using inflator and dumps. Repeat as necessary.

 

[tiggrr]

On my Zeagle's I've unscrewed the bottom dumps and use that to add cleaner and water. Its a whole lot easier than trying to get water to go down the inflator hose in my experience.

The thing to be careful is in putting them back on to make sure they line up correctly and don't cross thread. From there, simply inflate and shake, rotate, shake, rotate, shake. Then drain using inflator and dumps. Repeat as necessary.

I do this procedure but, the cleaner I use is 1 container of douche. I also soak my gear in the tub with 1-2 containers of douche. Really gets the stink out and is oh-so-gentle.

 

[Jcsgt]

I do this procedure but, the cleaner I use is 1 container of douche. I also soak my gear in the tub with 1-2 containers of douche. Really gets the stink out and is oh-so-gentle.

I bet your bc feels very fresh, afterward!
:lol:

 

[BabyDuck]

say it ain't so, tracy!! i hope you're not paying for that! (you can use half & half white vinegar & water, though, if you're serious, & avoid paying for that packaging...)

i do the listerine thing myself, every few times i rinse it. water otherwise.

*the bc* is rinsed with listerine, btw, nothing to do with douches!

 

[tiggrr]

say it ain't so, tracy!! i hope you're not paying for that! (you can use half & half white vinegar & water, though, if you're serious, & avoid paying for that packaging...)

i do the listerine thing myself, every few times i rinse it. water otherwise.

*the bc* is rinsed with listerine, btw, nothing to do with douches!

Ahh, but I like my BC to smell fresh as an ocean breeze. Not a fan of listerine.

 

[Jcsgt]

say it ain't so, tracy!! i hope you're not paying for that! (you can use half & half white vinegar & water, though, if you're serious, & avoid paying for that packaging...)

i do the listerine thing myself, every few times i rinse it. water otherwise.

*the bc* is rinsed with listerine, btw, nothing to do with douches!

Thanks for the clarification!

 

[BabyDuck]

i know how y'all are...

 

[Jcsgt]

i know how y'all are...

I'm hurt!:bawling:

 

[BabyDuck]

and so would listerine...:icon10: