Hi and welcome to 50ftbelow! Nothing
is as annoying as a mask fogging up
during your dive and actually it's quite
easy to prevent it. So we've got three
ways to prep your mask before you dive
and actually one way to deal with your
mask fogging up during your dive. So
let's dive right into number one.
First way is to treat your newly bought mask
with toothpaste. When your mask is made
some residue is left behind on the glass
on the inside and this causes your mask
to fog up quite easily. So you need to
remove this and this is basically done
with toothpaste. So first things first
get comfortable. Put on a TV grab your
toothpaste and put just a little drop on
each side of the mask and now just rub
it in for like ten minutes or so and
relax for a bit.
Then you rinse it in the sink, make
sure you get everything out. Important to
remember is that everybody's face has
greases on them and they transfer to the
glass. This causes the mask to fog
up again. Just repeat the process when
you start to notice your mask is fogging up
again. When you completed the first
toothpaste rubbing your mask is still
not ready to use because you need to
pretreat it just before you dive. You can
do this the old-fashioned way which is
spinning in your mask rubbing it out
rinsing it and putting it on your face.
This has one major downside, over
extended period some black fungus will
appear around the edges of your mask and
this is just fungus from your own spit
so it's quite gross. There's a solution
for that, there are a lot of Anti Fog
agents on the market and you can use
them and spray your mask. It works the
same way as your spit and it doesn't
leave any fungi behind.
Tip number three is using innovations.
Tusa just released these
freedom films. These are little plastic
layers which go inside of your mask.
These prevent it from fogging and they
actually worked quite well. You need to
buy a separate anti fog agent with it
because just like the toothpaste thing
you'll face transverse grease onto the
film and you need to clean it so it
stays fog free. Another innovation is
the Cressi Calibro mask. This has some
kind of a strip in it and it keeps your
nose separated from the rest of the mask
and prevents it from fogging. We actually
get a copy quite soon and we're gonna
test it out so you will get a review of
that shortly. So these tips are all
before you dive and prepping your mask.
What do you do when you're
underwater and your mask starts
fogging up. There's actually an old
technical diver tip and this is licking
the glass and it looks something like
this.
So what you do is just take the mask off
put it in one hand. Take your regulator
off and lick the glasses on the inside
and put it back on your head and it
should stay clear of fog. It doesn't
work as well as going back up and spit
in it again but you don't always have
that option. Because this is quite a hard
skill to master, you don't have a mask on
and your regulator is out. Make sure
you practice it in the pool first.
Okay, there's actually one tip missing
which a lot of divers use and it's using
a lighter to burn off the layer of
residue inside your mask. We haven't
included it because most of the
manufacturers advised against it. You
burn off the tempered part of your glass
and this can be dangerous. So these are
four tips for preventing your mask to
fog up. If you have a hack or a tip of
your own, please leave them in the
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