The great Mask Defog Thread

[Ari]

Always available. Does the work. Just remember to rinse.

Ari

 

[Walter]

"What's wrong with spit?"

Two things - it's only marginally effective and the bacteria in your mouth can cause nasty eye infections.

 

[Ari]

Eye infections?

Never heard about such problems.

Ari

 

[GP]

I too use 500psi and it works great for me. I may have to try the baby shampoo idea though.

 

[fredk]

both 500 psi and baby shampoo work great i agree with walter, had a student get a bad eye infection from using spit, although i have to agree it does work good.

 

[WreckWriter]

Originally posted by Dee
50/50 J&J Baby Shampoo and water

I've also heard of 50-50 JBS and alcohol. Never tried it and it sounds tough on the eyes.

The best commercial defog I've found is Sea Drops.

Tom

 

[MNScuba]

Has anyone tried RainX? Sounds odd, and probably would be bad for the eyes? Just a thought... I think they make a wipe on anti-fog product for the inside of windows.

I'll be using J&J+50% water until I find something better though. It's cheap and effective! Smells nice too,

 

[Uncle Pug]

Originally posted by Walter
"What's wrong with spit?"

Two things - it's only marginally effective and the bacteria in your mouth can cause nasty eye infections.

Walter my understanding is that you won't get infections from your own spit.

 

[MNScuba]

Good, now there's a medically sound reason to ask people not to spit in my mask.. whew! I hate it when that happens...

 

[GP]

Originally posted by Uncle Pug

Walter my understanding is that you won't get infections from your own spit.

Yeah, I would guess it would be a pretty remote chance of occurring but I suppose it could happen. Heck, I've actually put one of my contact lenses in my mouth to re-wet it once while out hiking when I got dirt in my eye. I then put it back in my eye and never got an infection. Maybe I had clean spit that day. LOLut: