The PROPER way to dry your wetsuit
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- Опубліковано 28 лют 2023
- Have you tried any of these methods?
I don't think throwing your wetsuit in the oven will get you the right results.
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Try putting your wetsuit in the oven for about 20 minutes. But first, marinate in a mixture of soy sauce, sugar and grated ginger lol
A very good topic and discussion!
Wifey hooked me up with a metal A frame dry rack. Best thing ever. You need multiple suits but easy washing and dry storage in the shade or a garage.
I didnt watch the video, but saw the thumbnail. I put my suit in the oven and its now ruined. Thanks alot!
Run a coasteering company… dunk inside out, drape in rain or shine, once dry, flip. We dry hundreds of suits every year. Would love to know what people do for gloves. It’s a pain flipping them inside out and back again.
I use the DryGuy Simple Dry Boot and Glove Dryer for my booties. It's passive (no fan) and low heat (~110F I believe) and dries out the boots in 6-8 hours.
You have to have at least 3 wetsuits to always have a dry one. I like to soak mine after I surf so they get really wet. I dry them on a drying rack and place under the heater vent. I’ll turn it and usually will be dry within 12/24 hours
Easiest, most efficient, most sensible way, and best for your suit(s), is to have at least two, if not more. I always have a dry suit to put on, while one of the others, dries without being baked in oven, on campfire, or in sun. Who doesn’t want more wetsuits? I rotate turning them inside/right side out multiple times, till I’m sure they’re good. Wash/rinse with good conditioner, hang AT WAIST on good thick hangar. They drip dry in shade outside, then come inside, and finish drying in shower stall (with homemade 1” pvc wetsuit hanging contraption😄💪🤙). All my suits smell new.....for waaay longer than they you’d expect.
Here in South Australian countryside near the sea, we have a huge mostly open sided shed which has a 6” white poly pipe running from the cottage gutter to the 3,000 litre water tank, so I hang his wetsuit inside out on the pipe which is about head height, with it folded at the waist over the pipe and I hose the suit down and leave it there. 😊The next day I turn it over and leave it. It’s under cover with tons of fresh air. Turn it when one side is dry, then turn it right side out After this, now that it is autumn and cooler I bring the suit indoors and lay it over a clothes rack.
Thanks Brad for showing me other options👍👌😎 your all right . 👍 IGHT
Walk to surf and back, take the suit off under the shower. It is already rinced and inside out. Keep the hanger in the shower, hang suit from the showerhead. Besides drying, wash in washing machine, suit inside out, twice a season, settings to Cold and Delicate, with just a drop of detergent, to remove the stink.
If you have a wife you can force her to wear it until it's dry..... 😄
Putting your rinsed wetsuit on a spin cycle in the washing machine. Takes 90% of the water out of it
Hi Brad
I rinse in a plastic bucket starting with right side out and finishing with inside out. Then I carefully place it in a top loader washing machine and run it on spin cycle only (no added water or agitation) along with booties and any other wet things. This gets a lot of the water out of it & greatly speeds drying. Then I hang it folded in the middle over an "L" shaped hanger in the shade outside. In the winter on shorter colder days, I hang it in the garage and blow air from a high velocity fan on it. Actually, the fan dries it faster than even warm days outside. Once the inside is dry, I turn it right side out to finish. I've never had any damage at all from the spin cycle process nor any sand in my machine. (Being single helps! - LOL) With chest entry suits I have to work at getting all the flaps & corners that stay damp turned out to dry too.
I used to manage a Ripcurl store in HB; I always told people to hang dry in the shade and fold at the waist as opposed to the shoulders so that they wouldn't blow out the shoulders with the weight of the water.
First rinse it with water and soft shampoo, for drying here in South America with high humidity we use machines to take ohe humidity from the room so I hang mi wetsuit in the bathroom and sim 6 hours all humidity is gone, no heat exchange just take humidity away ! Mine is whirlpool
I’ve never had a wet suit get smelly. Not everyone can do this, but I hang on a large hanger, rinse hanging from umbrella in the back yard, right side out, rinsing both inside and out. Then leave to dry under the umbrella out of sun. Reverse later in the day. Move to garage at night. I have an old fan placed under the hanging spot to speed any additional drying needed. My son left his in a pile early on and it got funked. He never did that again.😂
I bring mine to the shower when I get home and just rinse it there.. let it dry folded at the waist on a proper wetsuit hanger in the garage.
my way: Wash your wetsuit with water and a special wetsuit cleaner (if necessary) and then hang it in a room with a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier removes the moisture from the air and the air is then better able to remove the water from your wetsuit.