Scuba Diving Basics: How To Clean Your BCD or Wing

[@mermeowawn9044]

Well explanation and easy to understand. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

[@TheCavecrawler]

As a new diver in the process of buying my own kit these clips are really useful! Thanks guys 👍🏻😊

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

Happy to help!

[@clarabell5063]

Thanks for a clear, concise video.

[@georgeibanez8117]

great information!

[@roarh1]

Would you dump water through the dump valve to rinse that too? What to pressurize the bcd when it is empty to remove last water through the dump valve?

[@itzikifergan417]

#AskMark Hi Mark, thank you for all your videos, they are really fantastic. Is it enough to clean my BCD as you explained, or is it also essential to send it to service or replace the K-valve once a year or something?

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

It's good to have your BCD inspected and serviced at least once a year. Most inflators can be serviced and replace any worn O-rings. If your BCD has a K style inflator and you're fairly tool savvy then it's something you can do yourself. If you're ever unsure though you can always take your BCD in to your LDC and they can service it for you. Some inflators require special tools and some are non-repairable so, once they're faulty you replace the whole inflator assembly. I made a video about disassembling a K-style inflator here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2rTmWWuZZiEhMk

[@itzikifergan417]

Thanks a lot! I bought XDeep Zeos BCD after you reviewed it, and I found it very comfort and proffessional BCD.

[@danielpritchard9188]

For a back- inflate BCD often I need to rotate the BCD and pull the dump valves a few times to ensure that all areas of the BCD have been drained. With storage of my BCD in a hot garage in California I am concerned that I am not doing enough by just flushing - maybe the detergent is a safer option. Thoughts?

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

Absolutely no harm in whacking some cleaner inside the bladder - it won't do it any harm, and it might just get rid of any stubborn germs hanging on in there that don't get flushed out by simply rinsing.

[@carolynwalker5678]

What was the name of the detergent to wash my BCD?

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

It depends on how nasty the water is. For clean water then I just use regular dish soap. For something stronger I'd look at something like GearAid Revivex or Chemgene HLD4L.

[@BingSurjawan]

Whenever I try to dry the inside part, theres always a few spoonfuls of water left inside the bladder since neither the purge nor the hose is flat on bottom when hanged. Wondering how to get a bone dry state though.

[@ixcluzts6568]

Can I inflate my BCD using mouth? I dont have scuba tank at home.

[@justanotheryoutuber5228]

@@ixcluzts6568 yea

[@marioschmitt4435]

#askmark Hello Mark. My BPW BCD uses to keep some air inside. No big deal on normal entry, yet just enough positive bouancy to keep me surfaced on a negative entry. As I got my hands occupied during back roll, I cannot just open the deflate valve whilst submerging. Is there a way of removing air off my bcd other than just sucking it out off the deflator? Cause this is the least thing I want to do, for obvious reasons.

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

A lot of it is technique and making the valve the highest point. If you're swimming downward then your kidney dump may be the highest point. If you're horizontal, then lift your left shoulder and then the inflator hose and make sure there isn't any kink in the corrugated hose for the air to get trapped in.

[@marioschmitt4435]

@ For sure. But as I‘ve mentioned, both my hands are occupied by holding gear and stuff. So I can‘t operate any dumpvalves until I‘m in the water. So I‘m looking for a technique to suck any residual air out of my bcd without using my lungs to do so. Alternatively I could use more weight, but that‘s not a good way either.

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

You'd just have to submerge the BCD before you're kitting up and let the water squeeze the air out of the BCD before you get ready. Problem is you still need a function-check to make sure your BCD is functioning. But I wouldn't be trying to suck the air out of the bladder orally.

[@fastwesley]

Is there a link to the cleaning solution abyssnaut industry septione materiel? I can't find a good link

[@danielpritchard9188]

It is a French product, sold via internet

[@OrenNoah]

Covering the new recommendations for cleaning/disinfecting regulators next? Seems like you'd want to be able to clean both at the same time.

[@ScubaDiverMagazine]

That will be coming up shortly.

[@UrielShlomoGarcia-fi4yu]

And how about stupidcidal?

[@AviMus82]

Cold water, hot water?

[@PedroOjeda]

Everyone says dry it... But how the heck do you dry the inside of the BCD? Do I leave all the dump valves removes for airflow or something?

[@alaincaspar2148]

If you drain it as much as you can and then you inflate it, let it with some air for a day or two, deflate it and repeat the process several times, the water inside will evaporate and the moisty air will be replaced by dry air (at least that's what I think !). It should be dry after a while... Removing the valves, it depends of the BCD and the valves, sometime it seems effective, sometime not.