Diving Mask - Defog and enjoy your dive.Right, you have purchased your new diving mask and your keen, real keen to get into the water and try it out. I can understand that, but before you do there are a couple of things you need to do. Diving Mask - DefoggingThe manufacturer of your diving mask put a thin layer of an oily lubricant over your mask. Why on earth did he do this?Well two reasons:
How do I get the oily lubricant off my Diving Mask?You need to remove this oily lubricant off your diving mask or it will fog up and prevent you from seeing properly and annoying the you know what out of you.The best way to prevent your mask from fogging up is to use a commercial defogging agent. Pour a couple of drops onto the lense and slowly rub in a circular motion and cover the entire lense, also rub some over the silicone skirt and straps. Once finished rinse in fresh water. Complete again if it is still oily. If you do not have any commercial defogging agents then you can also use toothpaste not the gel toothpaste. You can work this the same way as the defogging agent and your diving mask defogging will be complete. Preparing my Diving Mask for DivingYou do need to prepare your diving mask each time you dive.Every time? Yes, every time, what happens is when you jump in the water you have warm air trapped between your face and the lense of your scuba mask. This warm air condenses when the cold water hits the outside lense and guess what happens? That's right your diving mask will fog up. Now you can go diving like this without any problems, all you have to do is continuously let in some water to wash down the condensation and then clear your mask of water. This method is not recommended and is a pain in the neck. So here is what you can do, either take your commercial defogging agent with you and rinse your scuba mask with that prior to entering the water, or you can spit in you mask, yep that's right, good old saliva that never runs out. Just spit on your lense swirl it round and rinse with water, seawater is fine. Now you're ready to go. Scuba Mask CareScuba mask care is not hard and if you follow a few tips your underwater voyage will be viewed with the one mask for years to come. Like anything if you look after it, it will last, if you treat it roughly your going to have to purchase a new one and no one likes a sting in the back pocket.
Once your diving mask is scratched, you are going to have to live with it, so make sure you never place it face down on any surface, you do not want to scratch it even minor, small scratches will take away your diving delight. Don't forget this piece of equipment lets you see the underwater world clearly and with ease, you do not want to be fighting to see out of your diving mask.
After every dive rinse it in clean fresh water. This will remove any sand and any salt that was on your mask. If you do not rinse in fresh water, the salt will crystallise and form a crust on your mask, which you don't want.
Do not leave your scuba mask in the sun to dry. The sun will slowly dry out the silicone and also fade any colours your mask has. If you have a clear silicone mask the mask will slowly fade to a dirty yellow colour. So the best thing to do is either dry it after rinsing in fresh clean water, with a towel and storing it in its container or hang it to dry, ensuring it is out of the harm of direct sunlight.
Always store your mask in the hard container it came in. This will protect it from other heavier objects it your scuba kit. Once your diving mask is in its hard case make sure you keep it with the rest of your scuba equipment, this way all your scuba equipment is in the one place and is easy to get at. For information on scuba mask features and scuba mask construction have a look here. For tips and information on scuba mask selection and how to choose the right mask for you, have a look here.
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