Title: How to Wash Your Scuba Gear
Headings: How to Wash Your Scuba Gear
How to Wash Your Scuba Gear
Just Add Water
Cleaning the Regulator
Washing Your BCD
Dive Computer and Camera
Wetsuit, Drysuits, Booties, and Gloves
Fins, Mask, Snorkel, and Other Equipment

Content: Use a hose flow water through the second stages (without depressing the purge button) as well as around the low-pressure inflator hose sleeve, where it attaches to the BCD. Slide the sleeve around a bit as you rinse the hose, to be sure that the moving parts are fully rinsed. Soak the second stages and hoses in fresh water for a few minutes if desired, but drape the first stage over the edge of the rinse tank to keep it from being fully submerged. Hang the regulator in and air with good air circulation, and allow it to fully dry before storing or packing. Washing Your BCD
To wash your BCD, completely submerge it in fresh water and dunk it up and down several times until all salt water and dry salt crystals have been washed away. You will also need to was the inside of the BCD. Underwater, small amounts of water can enter the inside of the BCD through the exhaust valves and low-pressure inflator. It is necessary to wash all of this water out as salt water eventually dries inside leaving behind salt crystals which can build up over time and cause exhaust valves to malfunction and the internal bladder to tear. Begin by pushing down on the deflate button of the low-pressure inflator while using a hose to flow fresh water into the exhaust valve. Once the bladder is one-quarter filled, thoroughly shake the BCD to allow the water to move all around the inside.