In this weeks episode of Scuba Diving Basics, Mark Newman looks at the correct way to properly clean your BCD or wing without causing damage. This is an important process to ensure you get the maximum lifespan out of your dive equipment.
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Scuba Diving Basics: How To Clean Your BCD or Wing
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Cold water, hot water?
Everyone says dry it… But how the heck do you dry the inside of the BCD? Do I leave all the dump valves removes for airflow or something?
If you drain it as much as you can and then you inflate it, let it with some air for a day or two, deflate it and repeat the process several times, the water inside will evaporate and the moisty air will be replaced by dry air (at least that’s what I think !). It should be dry after a while… Removing the valves, it depends of the BCD and the valves, sometime it seems effective, sometime not.
Thanks for a clear, concise video.
Would you dump water through the dump valve to rinse that too? What to pressurize the bcd when it is empty to remove last water through the dump valve?
Can I inflate my BCD using mouth? I dont have scuba tank at home.
great information!
For a back- inflate BCD often I need to rotate the BCD and pull the dump valves a few times to ensure that all areas of the BCD have been drained. With storage of my BCD in a hot garage in California I am concerned that I am not doing enough by just flushing – maybe the detergent is a safer option. Thoughts?
Absolutely no harm in whacking some cleaner inside the bladder – it won’t do it any harm, and it might just get rid of any stubborn germs hanging on in there that don’t get flushed out by simply rinsing.
Is there a link to the cleaning solution abyssnaut industry septione materiel? I can’t find a good link
It is a French product, sold via internet
Whenever I try to dry the inside part, theres always a few spoonfuls of water left inside the bladder since neither the purge nor the hose is flat on bottom when hanged. Wondering how to get a bone dry state though.
As a new diver in the process of buying my own kit these clips are really useful! Thanks guys 👍🏻😊
Happy to help!
Covering the new recommendations for cleaning/disinfecting regulators next? Seems like you’d want to be able to clean both at the same time.
That will be coming up shortly.