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Maintenance and Care
Wetsuit

After Normal Use

Chlorine and salt water is the "killer" of wetsuits, without proper care you will reduce the lifetime of your wetsuit as they dry out the neoprene the suit is made of.  When this dies out it looses it's flexibility.

As with any dive kit your wetsuit should be washed in fresh water after use.  Soak the wetsuit in a tub of warm fresh water NOT hot for at least 15 - 20 minutes.

After soaking, thoroughly hose off with fresh water.

Dry your wetsuit inside out.

Place the suit on a thick hanger with al the zips open to ensure maximum air circulation and complete drying.  

​Allow to dry naturally out of direct sunlight so in the shade  and once dry roll it up and store out of direct sunlight.
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When it smells!

After a while you may find the suit will begin to smell (especially if you pee in it).
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Now its at this point we should point out there is a saying that there are two types of divers, those that pee in their suits and those that say they don't!
To counter the smell you should wash the suit in proper neoprene suit shampoo.  

Do not wash in the washing machine

The correct shampoo helps preserve the neoprene and remove the smell.

The worst thing for real neoprene wetsuits is ozone which attacks the neoprene and can degrade it leaving you with nasty sticky patches on the suit, usually at stress points, which do at some stage (usually as you put the suit on for your dive!) tear.

Storage

If you plan on not wearing your suit for several months you should (once it is absolutely dry) gently fold it (no sharp creases) and place it inside a black bin liner and store in a cool dark place to stop the ozone attacking the material.

If you plan to use the suit again in the near future, hang it on a wide shouldered hanger (use of wire hangers is to be avoided as the weight of the suits on the thin wire means the suit creases badly on the shoulder and can even cut into the suit.)

​Specialist hangers are available from us and can be used to store other scuba diving equipment to.
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