Thursday, June 18, 2015

A Systematic Guide On How To Clean A Wetsuit

By Ericka Marsh


Your wetsuit is an important part of your surfing or diving engagements. Ocean water could be icy even though it could be the hot part of the year. As such, a good wetsuit helps to keep you warm as you have fun with your underwater endeavours. To keep odours and bacteria away from your diving wear, rinsing the outer and inner layers with fresh water after each session works well. However, you need to use the recommended routine of how to clean a wetsuit to keep it in its optimum condition.

The underwater suits are made of a material called neoprene. This material has specific products that help maintain its condition while keeping it clean. In order to wash neoprene, a special shampoo sells at diving and surf stores. Other things needed to clean and maintain the suit material includes a wide hanger and zipper lubricant.

We should start the process using lukewarm water to fill a bathtub. To this, we ought to add the requisite neoprene wetsuit cleaning shampoo. Half an ounce of this kind of shampoo is commonly recommended for each gallon of intrepid water. We must however remember to scrutinize the instructions appearing on the labeling of the shampoo bottle to identify the right mix.

Next, we should give the particular suit a swish around in the bathtub of shampooed water. This will remove sand and debris. We have to ensure that water gets well into the inner sections of our suit. After this comes a thorough rinsing with fresh trepid water. We ought to rinse the inside of this suit as well. The shower jet is the preferable mode of rinsing for the best effectiveness.

Once you are through with rinsing, you then proceed to hung out the wet suit from your shower rod. Use one of the wide hangers for this. Hanging enables dripping off getting rid of most of the moisture. You should then hung the suit away from humidity and wetness in your bathroom, completing the drying off process. Make sure that as the suit dries up, you keep it away from sunlight. The reason is that direct sunlight on the suit causes wearing out prematurely.

Finally, the cleaner should open up the zipper and squeeze some zipper lubricant on both its sides. Concentration ought to be on the outer teeth of this suit. Closing and opening the zipper a number of times ensures this lubricant reaches deep into every part the zipper. If the suit is used on a regular basis, it is recommended that it be washed twice a month.

Under no circumstance should you wash your wetsuit in a washing machine. Washing machines cause severe damages to wetsuits. You can apply deodorant to disinfect as well as keep at bay bad odours from your suit. Remember never to fold the suit but rather to hang it when you are not using it. Folding leads to creases. Creases lead to cracks and cracks lead to tearing. Always use a beefy hanger rather than thin wire types of hangers. Thin wire types dig into your suit creating cracks.

Cleaning our wetsuits is not complicated, which is a good thing. With the use of these maintenance and cleaning routines, we are assured of long service from our suits.




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