Scuba Diving Basics: How To Clean Your BCD or Wing

In this weeks episode of Scuba Diving Basics, Mark Newman looks at the correct way to properly clean your BCD or wing without causing damage. This is an important process to ensure you get the maximum lifespan out of your dive equipment.
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[mermeowawn]

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 👍🏻😊

[roarh]

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?

[itzikifergan]

#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?

[danielpritchard]

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?

[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.

[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.

[carolynwalker]

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

[marioschmitt]

#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.

[fastwesley]

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

[ixcluzts]

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

[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?