Drying gloves

[Sprinter]

I dive in cold waters and use a thick pair of gloves. Any suggestions on a rack I can design to dry them? I've tried hanging them upside down and right side up but even after 2 weeks, the insides are still damp & musty.

Thanks.

Sprinter

 

[Boogie711]

You don't really care if the outside is wet. It's the inside that's an issue. So turn them inside out as far as you can, hang them up and let 'em dry. After a day or two, flip them around again and you can work on the outside, but now your gloves are dry on the inside.

 

[dlegros]

I use a bent wire coathanger to hold the glove open, then blast air in with a fan-heater set to blow (no heat)

Works a treat.

Dom

 

[ScottyK]

I put my wetsuits, hoods, boots and gloves out for a little sunshine to help them finish drying. A couple of hours inside out, followed by an hour or two the other way does the trick. I know some folks are tentative about sun drying, but I have pieces that vary in age from one to seven years old, with no visible damage or fading. A couple of caveats though:

I "never" put my BC's, reg sets or anything with silicone, like masks in the sun at all.

I live in the northern part of the country (I see you're in Canada). I'm not sure I'd sun dry things in July if I lived in Florida

If you are south of me, do so at your own risk......


Scott

 

[ScubaToneDog]

Use the air fluff no heat setting. Throw in a dry terry cloth beach towel and let it go for an hour. I do the same with my booties hood. Make sure they are rinsed or soaked very well to get rid of the ick or your dryer may get funky and PO the ol lady...If you throw in a dryer sheet they come out smelling real nice and makes the nylon nice and soft...

 

[scubasean]

ScubaToneDog once bubbled...
Use the air fluff no heat setting. Throw in a dry terry cloth beach towel and let it go for an hour. I do the same with my booties hood. Make sure they are rinsed or soaked very well to get rid of the ick or your dryer may get funky and PO the ol lady...If you throw in a dryer sheet they come out smelling real nice and makes the nylon nice and soft...

I've heard that the agitation neoprene items get in a nonheated dryer shortens the life of those items.

I've just let my wetauit, gloves, hooded vest, and booties air dry...

 

[mddolson]

Gloves dryer
1) go to Canadian Tire , buy a $2 glove/mitten dryer that goes over the floor vent. It holds 6 or eight gloves ( 3-4 pair) and you can do boots on it too. It's a plastic moulded part with tall cone shaped tubes with slots in them to allow air to flow up thru. Just stick the gloves on the dryer and put over an air vent.

2) Next part is optional: we took two and duct taped them together on a sheet metal box. We added a pan cake fan to the end of the sheet metal box, and poof, electric air dryer for gloves and boots.

3) alternatively you could buy a glove/boot hanger that allows the boots and gloves hang so the water drains ourt of them.
The hangers have thick tall fingers sticking up like a fork to stick your gloves and boos on, there is also a hook on the bottom for your hood.

Mike D

 

[Axeman]

UK Boot, hood, glove hangar works great....

 

[Sprinter]

Thanks guys,

I pulled off the gloves inside out for the time being so I hope it'll take the musty smell off whew!:wacko:

Mike, thanks for the tip. I'll drop by CTC this weekend. The boot-glove-fan combo sounds like a good plan.

Cheers.

Sprinter

 

[DeepScuba]

And when you're finally sick of all that jazz.........

Get a good pair of lined PVC gloves (I have several sets for sale), Cut the liners out of them. Then do the same to a spare set, and put them in a plastic bag and stuff them in your gear bag.

If you blow a glove in the middle of a 2 tank dive, during your SI you can swap the offending glove(s) and have warm, dry hands for dive # 2. The swap takes all of about 5 minutes for both gloves.

When you get home, throw them all on mid-heat in the dryer (Liners and gloves separated of course). 5 minutes tops, everything is bone dry, and you can even wash the liners if they start to smell.

I'm a bit of an expert on leaking dry gloves...don't ask why

P.S.

I'm assuming you could also cut out the liner of your existing gloves if you want to as well, but testing on a cheap pair is more prudent.

Enjoy.