AirOn - 11/05/2007 5:47 PM
I can fog up the windows of the car on a sunny day. How are you applying the defog? Apply it liberally and work it in good... I`ve found the gels or deluted baby shampoo work better then the sprays. A couple god shots and rub it around then dip/dump and onto my face it goes. Even if there is a little bit of the gel in the mask, don`t rise or rub it clear. Make sure you only dip and pour to rinse right before you dive. Don`t rub the defog off and rinse to much. The defog does evaporate, and it does rinse out if you rinse too well. Keep the mask on and don`t take it off if you can help it. Some suface fog will clear up once the mask is in the water. You need to make sure the lense is wet and the defog is allowing the water to sheet off as the vapor hits it. Can you let a little water by poking the seal on the mask or pilling at one of the sides?(so it doesn`t run down your forehead and in your eyes? You might try keeping in a little water at the bottom so you can look down and tip your head to rinse the glass instead of flooding to clear it too. Full flood will wash out the defog. Most masks can hold a little water at the bottom of the eyes without the nose pocket being flooded. I`ve found that keeping a positive pressure in the mask helps too. If its sucking it pulls more moisture off of me and fogs quicker it seems. Even with humid air from my nose all the time it stays clearer. You might want to take some white colgate and really scrub it good a few more times. Do it twice as much as you think it needs and you might be there. Even if its been in its tupperware for a little while (any plastic container plastic) it gets a film on it that needs removed. Then get a gel defog and see how it works? Most important is for the glass to stay wet so the collecting humidity is constandly falling off. The defog or baby shampoo (soap with a numbing agent) just breaks the surface tension so it can sheet the water. Hope that helps?