Cleaning your gear?

[petrieps]

I'm a dunker as well. I use this time to carefully inspect all my gear. I've always been leary of submersing an unpressurized regulator, so I attach it to my pony bottle and submerse the whole unit for a few minutes. Then rinse the BCD inside and out. After that is gloves compass and all the other ancillary gear. I figure the water is about done after that so I dump it and refill it for my drysuit. I dunk that too, usually let it soak for a while. I hang every thing in the basement for a few days and then stow it for the next dive.

 

[buddhasummer]

I live in a small apartment so its usually the shower for my gear. Regs I keep pressurized and leave soaking in the sink along with computer and lights. Then its out on the balcony to dry, out of direct sunlight. If Im diving consecutive days Im not so fussy about rinsing.

 

[RickyF]

I usually rinse everything with the garden hose on my concrete driveway. I use my Octo-Z connection to flush the inside of my wing and then drain it good. I soak my octo in a mixture of SALT-X solution and hang everything in the garage to dry.

 

[FM1520]

I throw all my rubber (7mm wet suit, gloves, hood, and booties) in my front load washer, use warm water and half cup of baking soda only, every thing comes out nice and fresh. Much easier than soaking and rinsing by hand.

 

[supergaijin]

We have a shower at the DC so I usually shower off wearing my gear before putting it all in the rinse tank to soak for 20mins. If there's just a couple of us I put everything straight from my back to the rinse tank- reg pressurised. Otherwise the reg goes in a separate rinse tank unpressurised and cameras go in to a smaller rinse tank of warm water.

Drying equipment in a small apartment is a real PITA. I used empty toilet rolls to keep the sleeves of my wetsuit open, and taped a normal coathanger with plastic waterbottles at the end for hanging BCD and wetsuit. Then put them out the back and hoped the ants wouldn't nest in them.

 

[Xaryo]

Always remember to never rinse a reg if it is not pressurized.

A reg is alergic to water, even if the DUST cap is on.

 

[Capt.Gene]

Thumb over air intake and a quick swish in water laced with a little fabric softener. Fabric softener works like Salt-X. Everything comes off, nothing sticks.
It doesn't smell as good to me a dead marine organisms but you girly men will like it better. (Insert big grinning fat guy face here)

 

[diver_dj]

I use a giant plastic tub in the garage as a rinse tank and hang everything straight onto a curtain rod I installed directly above it. I siphon the water out of the tub and directly onto the garden when I'm done.