scubagearhq.com » ways to clean a rented scuba regulator? http://www.scubagearhq.com Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:08:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 ways to clean a rented scuba regulator? http://www.scubagearhq.com/scuba-regulator/ways-to-clean-a-rented-scuba-regulator/ http://www.scubagearhq.com/scuba-regulator/ways-to-clean-a-rented-scuba-regulator/#comments Sun, 17 Jan 2010 07:59:08 +0000 admin http://scubagearhq.com/scuba-regulator/ways-to-clean-a-rented-scuba-regulator I recently rented some Scuba Gear for a dive and the regulator mouth piece.. i wanted to make sure its not dirty and gross. Plus i want to make sure that i got all the previous spit from that last user off. How would i clean the mouth piece of the regulator so its truly clean and it wont damage or change anything and the rental place wont know ;) . please help

You can take germophobia too far you know. Every dive centre I’ve worked for made sure that all the gear was washed thoroughly after it was returned. A good slosh in the rinse tank, followed by hanging it up to drip dry, is more than sufficient to clean the spit out.

However, if you want to make absolutely sure, a general rule would be, don’t wash the mouthpieces in anything you wouldn’t put in your mouth. I would suggest you soak the second stages in a weak solution of antibacterial mouthwash (e.g. listerine) overnight. If you do that, and then rinse the mouthpieces out with fresh water, you can be reasonably sure that it’s clean enough to use.

Although I should point out, as soon as you jump in the sea with it, you’ll be exposing yourself to far higher levels of bacteria than what might have been on the mouthpiece in the first place…

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