Cleaning your gear?

[josh37]

Hello every one, Im not sure if this is the right place to post this

I was wondering how every on cleans there scuba gear BC, REGs, Wet Suit, fins, mask...... Shower, garden hose, have you made a special cleaning tank? I live in a smaller duplex, I use my shower/tub to clean my gear but then it has to dry and lay around the house for a few hours. any ideas?

 

[k ellis]

Well get a 10 dollar box fan from walmart. A wetsuit and boots can be dry is as little as 6 - 8 hours. BCD will dry off in around 30 minutes. and regs simply a rinse and they will dry off in no time. Box fans are cheap and efficient for scuba gear!

And the shower would be the best as the water is constantly moving. The more gear you put in it the more salt and or bacteria will be in the tub.

 

[scubasam1212]

The more running water you use the better. The dunk tanks aren't the best once one person uses it the tank i sno longer freshwater.

 

[vcblklion]

I go to the do-it-yourself car wash after I go diving and use the spray hose on low to soap and rinse my gear off...then air dry in the tub

 

[josh37]

well the washing part is fine its letting every thing dry,

 

[Peter_C]

I am a dipper. I fill a bin with water and starting with regs (DIN with a cap that seals against the o-ring), can light, computer/compass, safety gear, masks, etc, get dropped into the bin and retrieved a couple minutes later. Then the backplate/wing, which also gets a quick internal rinse. Then I put the dry gloves on my zipped drysuit, hold the neck closed and dip it. The bin water gets dumped off the back deck. Everything hangs outside for a few minutes over chairs and hooks, until it is drip drier, then it comes into the house where I have a shower curtain rod in the guest bathroom mounted over the center of the bathtub. Often it lives in the second bathroom, probably longer than it needs too.

 

[tech3324]

then it comes into the house where I have a shower curtain rod in the guest bathroom mounted over the center of the bathtub. Often it lives in the second bathroom, probably longer than it needs too.

That's exactly what I do, a 2nd (removable) shower curtain rod that is mounted over the center of the tub. Works well.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

I just hang it out on the porch, in the basement, in the shower, etc. I have a lot of gear. Sometimes a boot will dry in the car:shocked2:. Then I "discover" it. With my nose........

 

[randini]

For rinsing I just use the shower & tub.

For drying, I had a cart made based on the types they use in nicer hotels to bring your luggage up to the room. But mine's out of wood with heavy duty wheels and the bottom is open but lined with a mesh to toss gloves and smaller stuff into to let them dry. Once everything's dry it gets wheeled away to the locker for storage (had it made just wide enough to fit through a doorway).

Here's a pic

 

[markmantei]

I typically dive fresh water, so cleaning after a dive day is usually just decent rinse in the tub, then spread everything out to dry. Following vacations however, I give all my gear a good rinse in the hotel bathtub/shower before I leave, and then try to organize a pool session upon my return. I figure that gets all of the parts (inflator buttons, dump valves, etc.) moving that I would normally use on a dive and may have some residual salt left following a normal rinse. I also figure the chlorine will kill any bacteria, parasites, or other organisms that have attached themselves to my gear, giving protection to transferring them to any local water bodies.