Rinsing

[Tigerman]

I did answe "Always unless diving tomorrow", because when Im doing my dive holidays, Im just too busy relaxing to start lugging my gear back and forth to the dive center to rinse, store and get it back on the boat the next day. Its just so much less hassle to let the deck hands make sure it gets transferred to the right boat (or to set it up on a new tank before getting back at the jetty if Ill stay on the same boat) than to keep dragging all my gear with me.

And of course when I dive locally I pretty much dive in the same water that comes out of the tap so unless its gotten dirty from mud, sand or other "stuff" theres no point. The lake is as clean or cleaner than what come out of the hose anyways..

 

[ajduplessis]

After every saltwater dive or once I am done with the weekends freshwater dives.

 

[scubadiver888]

I dive fresh water. If I'm diving multiple days I'll rinse them after the dive trip. If I'm diving in a pool or diving salt water, I rinse after each day.

 

[blackvans1234]

I don't even shower on the reg, but I do consider the ocean kind of like a shower, so I almost shower on the reg.
But anyways, I give my gear a quick rinse at the local beach shower and then when I get home I will always soak my regulators, as for the BC, it all depends on how im feeling. Fins? hardly ever. Mask is from wal mart so I dont bother rinsing that
I dive all salt these days

 

[JBRES1]

Call me anal, I rinse after every day of diving.
I even go as far as adding a few caps of mouth wash to the final rinse water.
My regs get rinsed and I clean out the second stage and mouthpiece with scrubbing bubbles.
Jim Breslin

 

[soltari675]

Kinda depends. If I dive in fresh water and know I will be back tomorrow, I probably won't. But I rinse after every day of diving if I am not diving the very next day. Ans definitely as soon as possible after salt water diving.

 

[davetowz]

I am currently waiting on parts for a BC that the customer dives once a year in Bonaire, the only place he dives anymore. He washes his stuff pretty good, but misses the details of clean up. Rinsing gear after every dive is awesome, but do you rinse everywhere that needs rinsed? No substitute for taking your gear to a pro who knows what to look for and can help you in perfecting your maintenance rituals! Try getting that from liesurepro.

 

[JBRES1]

. Rinsing gear after every dive is awesome, but do you rinse everywhere that needs rinsed? No substitute for taking your gear to a pro who knows what to look for and can help you in perfecting your maintenance rituals! Try getting that from liesurepro.

I'm not going to argue the point of a shop knowing how to clean and maintain gear, they should , its what they do.
But, how did we get from rinsing your gear to Leisurepro bashing.

Jim Breslin

 

[Dsix36]

Call me anal, I rinse after every day of diving.
I even go as far as adding a few caps of mouth wash to the final rinse water.
My regs get rinsed and I clean out the second stage and mouthpiece with scrubbing bubbles.
Jim Breslin

Hi Anal, nice to meet you.

I don't rinse anything. I soak everything after saltwater dives.

 

[SeaHorse81]

I'll just rinse everything if I'm diving again the next day, unless it's not possible to rinse.

If it will be days/weeks before the next dive, everything gets sponged with soapy water and then rinsed.

If I've just come back from a week-long liveaboard, or am putting my gear away for the last time of the year, there's 12 hours or so of soapy soaking, followed by sponging, then rinsing.

Yes, what I do is probably kind of excessive, but I take my investment seriously and I like that my gear's all fresh and clean every time I deal with it. The gear seems to like it, as all of my stuff lasts forever. Ten years in, I haven't had to replace anything. Any purchases have been for upgrading or experimenting with something new. All the basic personal gear from ten years ago is still doing great, except one suit that's gone by the wayside due to neoprene compression.