Question Washing Compressed Neoprene Dry suite
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Turn it as inside out as possible and wash it (rinse it) and lay it out to dry with air circulation, hang it upside down or over something as a drying rack. When the inside of the boots feel dry you’re done.
Wheeler925
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You aint supposed to pee in those.
Still Kicking
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At one time I built a drysuit drying rack out of 1.25" PVC. Soak the suit in water with a little mild detergent, hang it upside down with the pipes going all the way up into the boots, point a fan into the open suit and bingo: dry overnight.
Don't glue the PVC fittings so you can disassemble for storage.
Cheap and easy.
Don't glue the PVC fittings so you can disassemble for storage.
Cheap and easy.
At the end of a dive outing, I wash my DUI CF200SP (crushed neoprene suit with neoprene fold-under neck and wrist seals) the same way I wash my wetsuit: If it's warm outside, I lay out my suit (zipper fully open) on a waterproof tarp in my yard, and run my hands over the outside of the suit while hosing it down with liberal amounts of tap water from a garden hose. I make sure to flood the valves while working them. Then I turn the suit inside out, and do the same.
Then I run my bathtub full of lukewarm water, add wetsuit shampoo, and wash the outside of the suit, running my hands over the surfaces. And then turn the suit inside out and wash the inside.
Then I rinse the suit in the tub. Right side out, and inside out
Then I soak the suit in Sink-the Stink (right side out and inside out), and hang it up (away from direct sunlight), on tripled-up plastic clothes hangers, to drip dry. Then turn it inside out to let the inside drip dry.
Oh, and I'm very careful with the zipper. I know that some people will use a very soft toothbrush (or similar) to gently clean the zipper when they are washing a suit, but I've never had to do this. (My suit has only ever been in reasonably clean fresh water--except for one dive in Puget Sound.)
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