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With it being scallop season and a few of you being divers, what is the best anti fog that you have used on masks?
I have a plastic framed plastic prescription system ( sits just off 1-2mm) on a glass front lens in mine and any temp variation can cause it to fog horrendously if I don't get the solution lenses just right.
So feel free to chime in with what you use
Never used anything but a big old lugy.
I have not tried anything commercial.
Smiddy and I were just discussing a scolly dive
an hour or 2 ago.
Can't wait for a feed.
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Yeah im off up the coro on the weekend, unfortunately the good old lugy doesnt seem to work, it sucks getting all the way down and either laying flat on the bottom and carefuly flooding the mask( not ideal-only buys maybe a couple of mins at most before the fog returns worse) or returning to the surface to try again to defog.
the other one its a pain doing deco stops, its hard to read gauges through a fogged mask
Yup, spit works just fine
At the start of the season I wash my mask with cold water and toothpaste, I rub the toothpaste around the lenses after wetting them then after a good rubbing I rinse them clean. After that its just spit, rub and dunk before jumping overboard. Never seem to have issues when I do this.
Nothing worse than this happening when your at the bottom, its a bitch filling then clearing your mask with water down tehre to wash away the fog, sepecially since I wear contacts down there.
the guys at wette got his lighter out and lightly burned inside my mask.
give them a call and ask if you want, looked simple seems to work, it was jackson shields that done it
Once you try Johnson's Baby Shampoo you will never use anything else! Give it a rinse with that before you go in and they will not fog! Promise, try it!
Toothpast
Seadrops brand name
Ive heard from some guys down south that water activates into a congealed ball of snot in the bottem corner of your mask that is easy to purge out on the sea floor when it makes contact with seaman?.is this true?
A good hoyk and rub was all I ever used. Worked well.
You will have no troubles with a fogged mask if that's the case?Quote:
Originally Posted by Neckshot
Your face has been splattered with gallons of the stuff😜
Will try the baby shampoo trick. Don't recall having any issues with fogging with a good mask.
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ha ha ha ha ha must of been someone who hasn't had the snip if that's the case:D
That's more like it Necky, back on form:thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Neckshot
I tried to fight it but..................................failed:angry:
cheers for that ill give it a goQuote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
new masks have a layer of silicon on the lense from the joining process
i use tooth paste to get it off just a quick rub is all it needs
or try the lighter trick
I've tried the name brand anti fogs but it didn't last the whole dive and was a waste of time.
Anyway I was put on to cleaning the lenses once a season with toothpaste and using Johnson and Johnson no more tears baby shampoo before each dive. It works really really well and its cheap as just wash you mask properly - its not really "no more tears" if it gets in your eye or up your nose in a strong concentration and you can't really rub your eyes when your down below. :D
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Never had a problem with the old 'gob & rub' technique....if that changes, shampoo here i come, thanks guys
When they fog and you're on the bottom why don't you just let in some water to clear them then purge them? I do it when needed. Sometimes I just keep a little water in the goggles.
A little dish wash liquid mixed with meths makes a good anti fog ,just apply with a bit of cloth .
Works a treat on windscreens as well .
Vinegar ( white )
they have a plastic prescription in there, once they start to fog, they keep fogging, if the anti fog isnt just right, hence a better antifogQuote:
Originally Posted by Savage1
ill give that a go chris
We always use johnsons baby shampoo, Picked that idea up on a commercial dive boat in vanuatu.
Every time I get a new mask I cut a potato up into a cube and rub it all over the glass. only ever once.
After that spit works fine
Also works well on the inside of your car...Try it (potato not spit)
Would toothpaste be too abrasive for prescription lens?
Could try pissing in your mates mask. If that don't work on his then try the shampoo trick on yours
Johnsons Baby shampoo worked a treat, not a hint of the dreaded fog