how to prep new goggles

[trodrigues]

hello

what is the best way to prep new scuba goggles from fogging up?

 

[clownfreak]

I believe it is rinse the mask, squirt some toothpaste (nongel) in it, rub it around with your finger and do a final rinse.

 

[billsreef]

The toothpaste bit is good for the initial cleaning to remove residual oils from manufacture. For routing anti fog before use, either a little bit of spit rubbed on the inside of the lenses and rinsed lightly, or one of the commercial anti fog products available at any dive shop. This is my personal favorite. Works best for me, including diving in water with temps in the high 40's.

 

[coralrookie]

+1 on the commercial stuff, although spit will work on a pinch.

 

[steelcity]

Use "Scrub" or regular dish soap and wash multiple times upon first getting the mask. After that a bucket of freshwater and some J&J baby soap works great. Also "Spit" (comes in a white and blue bottle) works great too.

 

[Ron Smith]

Have also had good luck with commercial "spit" in cold water. Important with any including your own spit, to rub it in thoroughly, as though you were washing the lens, before rinsing.

 

[reefinmo]

If you haven't "toothpasted" you mask, you need to do so. As someone said, any non-gel paste will work. There are just enough abrasives in it to clean the mask without scratching it. Dirty masks WILL fog, even if you use regular spit or one of the commercial products. I use toothpaste on my mask 2-3 times a year just to clean it, but I dive a lot (over 100 dives/year). Once a year would be adequate for most people.

Before your dive, apply your anti-fog product of choice. They all work, even the homemade products like diluted baby shampoo. Some work best if you apply them to a dry mask and let them dry. Others work better if put in a wet mask and rinse immediately. Play around with your defogging procedure and find the one that works best for you.

There is no reason to be swimming around with a mask that fogs because it is an easy problem to solve. Now if you're a student worried about your mask fogging in class, it won't be that way when you are actually diving. In class you are constantly taking your mask on and off, and that "washes" the defog it and will make your mask fog. That's just the way it is and you can't do much about it. But when actually diving, you shouldn't have that problem.

 

[Jaymeany]

+1 baby shampoo and toothpaste

 

[hypnoj]

if you feel brave you can burn your lens inside and out with a lighter. it works really well, but takes some brass.