Maintenance Of Your Dry Suit; Cleaning - Ansell VIKING PROTECH II Owner's Manual

14. Maintenance of your dry suit

14.1 Cleaning

With proper maintenance, your VIKING
When you finish diving for the day, rinse the outside of your suit thoroughly with fresh,
clean water. Be sure to remove any dirt, sand or salt that may have dried on the suit.
Pay particular attention to the zipper and the valves. Rinse both the exhaust valve and the
inflator valve with running water. The preferred method to rinse the inflator valve is to
connect it to an air supply and operate the valve while flushing it with fresh water. The air
pressure will help keep sand and debris from entering the valve seals.
Dry suit valves must be carefully cleaned after every use with the same attention that should
be used for a regulator. Inflator valves may stick open or shut due to lint, dirt or hair in the
valve.
If the inside of your dry suit has become wet, either because the suit leaked or you
perspired inside the suit, rinse the inside also. Feel all the way down into the boots to be
sure the suit is completely dry. If there is dampness only in the boots, this is probably due to
sweat and should be rinsed out.
Use a mild solution of soap and water to wash the latex seals on your dry suit after every
dozen or so dives. Body oils from your skin will shorten the life of your latex seals.
After you have rinsed the suit, open the zipper and hang the suit by the boots over a line or
drying rack in a shady spot.
Never leave your dry suit in the sun.
When the dry suit is completely dry on the outside, feel inside the suit all the way down
to the bottom of the boots. Any moisture inside the suit must be dry before the suit can be
stored. Turn the suit inside out if needed so it will dry, too.
After your suit has dried completely and has been turned right side out, apply talcum
powder to both sides of the latex seals. Close the zipper and lubricate the outside teeth
with zip lub, beeswax or paraffin wax.
dry suit will give you many years of diving.
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