>From: "Clyde Sisler" <clyde_sisler_at_email.msn.com> huge snip >someone was asking about >the effect of salt water on neoprene wet suits. Part of the instructor's >repsonse include throwing the suit in the washing machine to remove stink? >I vaugely recall some discussion on the list about this. I don't recall >washing machines and think I remember something about a mild bleach >solution. Would some enlighten me? This isn't an idle question. By the >end of the trip, my booties were stinking worse than the rest of me and I >like to keep the smell spread out equally. >Clyde Sisler >http://csisler.com When I was helping out in a dive shop, we used to hand wash the rental wetsuits out in a very mild solution of Dettol (spelling?) a house hold cleanser available at most grocery and drug stores. It was even effective at de-stinking suits that had been wet from the inside, if you get my drift. Rinse throughly in fresh water after the Dettol solution. and air dry. Cheers, Philip N49°16' W123°08' ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 25 1999 - 11:34:03 PDT
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