Slate cleaners

[PaulB]

I was told that sand and other mild abrasives will take the pencile off my writing slate. Well, I can still sort of see what I wrote on my past 4 dives. Any suggestions?

 

[norcaldiver]

softscrub works wonders, but you can't beat crest toothpaste for ease, cost and enviro friendliness.

 

[Dee]

I use a plain old Magic™ Eraser.

 

[Dr. Jay]

Yep! Works fine for me!

Got me one of them hefty ones.

....eraser...I mean....

 

[mleong]

Toothpaste.

 

[DiveTub]

Plane old pencil Eraser
anything else will scratch the surface and make it harder to remove the writing next time.

 

[luvdiving]

I usually forget to clean it at home. When I'm diving, I grab a handful of sand and rub. The slate is clean and ready for more notes. Also, I've never had to replace a slate yet.:boom:

 

[Al Mialkovsky]

You guys use a slate? I guess you don't dive with your wife then. If married couples used slates then you'd have to listen to your wife down there. I mean this is why we dive right? Limited communication is what we want.

 

[Diver Lori]

What kind of slate surface??

I think the scratching concerns depend on the slate surface. I've got one from Trident that I use for classes that has a rough, tiny pebbled surface and Softscrub works great. Clean as a whistle. I've got an old slate from my newbie days that's slick and shiny and it doesn't take to a pencil very well at all....so not to worry about getting it clean!

 

[Born2Dive]

i juz use my wetsuit sleeves to rub off my pencil markings if i do need to use the slate.

cheers.