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[Jean-Sebastien Morisset]

FYI - Cleaning drysuit undergarments...

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*Tips on Drying and Cleaning Your DiveWear*

Thinsulate? Insulation

If for some reason you are diving and your DiveWear gets very wet, it
doesn't mean you have to stop diving. Get a couple of people to help wring
out the DiveWear as best they can. Make sure most of the water is out of the
insulation and then swing the DiveWear over your head so the water migrates
to one end before wringing it out a second time. Though the DiveWear is very
cold because of the evaporative cooling from swinging it in the air, it will
take only a few minutes for you to warm the remaining water in it once you
put it on. You will have about eighty-five percent of your original
insulation, and you can continue your diving for the day.

If your DiveWear begins to have a strong odor it is because your body gives
off not only water but oil. The oil contains bacteria which gets inside the
DiveWear and grows creating the odor. We normally treat this by washing the
DiveWear in a washing machine. Fill the washing machine with water, force
the DiveWear into the water, then add a cup of bleach or white vinegar and
run it through at least one wash cycle. *DO NOT HANG IT UP TO DRY*. Lay it
flat and allow it to dry naturally - not in a dryer. The bleach or vinegar
will kill all the bacteria and eliminate the odor.

If you wear a thin layer of polypropylene under the Thinsulate? Insulation,
this layer will absorb the oil and bacteria. You will save on the washing of
your Thinsulate? Insulation DiveWear.

If saltwater gets inside your suit you can run it through a rinse cycle to
get rid of the salt. You don't have to use soap. If you use soap on
Thinsulate? Insulation you must run it through three complete wash cycles to
get the soap out of the Thinsulate? Insulation. Soap inside the material can
effect its ability to repel water. Therefore it is recommended you avoid
that if you can.



-Svein Thomas Olufsen

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