Cleaning & Storing Your Open Cell freediving / spearfishing Wetsuit 🌊

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ม.ค. 2025

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  • @EchiLoki
    @EchiLoki 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When leaving hanging, do you hang your long johns from the shoulders or have it slung over from the middle? I just got a polosub suit and since theres no nylon on the inside or outside, i dont quite feel comfortable hanging it from the shoulders. But then again ive never been a fan of hanging from the middle

    • @Jackhatfieldfreediver
      @Jackhatfieldfreediver  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I just sling mine over the middle but I also rotate it during drying so it's not sitting on one point for the whole duration. What you can do is alternatively use a drying rack, the biggest thing for open cell/smoothskin combos is to keep it out of direct sunlight as that can very easily deteriorate them

    • @wextex1198
      @wextex1198 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      In Complete agreement re. avoiding UV rays from open sunshine. I hang mine on a cloth horse (drying rack) indoors or out at the back on a wide spread rotary airer (some sort of an "umbrella" contraption) but only when it's cloudy - which here in Ireland is ... most of the time

  • @cdocranktours2514
    @cdocranktours2514 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks for sharing... 👌

    • @Jackhatfieldfreediver
      @Jackhatfieldfreediver  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@cdocranktours2514 no worries, thanks for watching

  • @Little_spearo
    @Little_spearo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You're forgot the baby powder . You have to massage it from the inside with a little bit of baby powder .So that the suit does not stick to the inside. I really recommended

    • @Jackhatfieldfreediver
      @Jackhatfieldfreediver  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      definitely good idea for long term storage. i mainly just focus on getting it very dry inside before storing and if i have the place leaving it in a sealed box with silica packs haven't had an issue yet

    • @Little_spearo
      @Little_spearo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@Jackhatfieldfreediver In the past years, I remember that I bought a Polo Sub smooth skin spearfishing wetsuit, the thickness of the suit was 7 mm. When summer approached, I washed it and cleaned it like you did, dried it well, and stored it like you said. When the winter come again, I took it out and found it stuck on the inside. The suit was completely damaged from the inside and was no longer usable, so I threw it away, and it was a great loss for me. An old-school spearo advised me to use baby powder and since then I have not had any problems at all

    • @Jackhatfieldfreediver
      @Jackhatfieldfreediver  6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Ah that sucks, especially when you are usually only pulling the suit out of storage when you need it to find damage. Might add a few notes about it for some additional advice, as I said never had it happen for mine and I'm usually storing my winter gear for 7-8 months