The Importance to Clean and Dry Wetsuit

We all know the water sports activities are all so interesting and relaxing, such as surfing, kitesurfing, wakeboarding, …… etc. but after that, the most important thing is how to maintain the water sports gears better, especially for wetsuit care. As this would let the wetsuit can be used for longer time. if you run wetsuit business, the better wetsuit care should save you lots of money.

After checking this article, you should know more how to do the wetsuit care better. In general, the professional wetsuit company would do the wetsuit care including:

How to Clean Wetsuit

After using the wetsuit, we should clean it as soon as possible by rinsing with cold fresh water both inside and outside to remove sand, salt water, sweat or other things. this can avoid causing smells or damaging the wetsuit.

As the wetsuit is so special, don't use washing machine, hot water, laundry detergent, fabric softener, bleach and so on. if there are some smells that still exist, maybe you can use some wetsuit cleaning products to wash once in a while to maintain your wetsuit better.

How to Dry Wetsuit

After cleaning or washing wetsuit, the drying is also important, there are the key tips below:

1) Don't put the wetsuit in the dryer or sunlight, it would cause damage and start to deteriorate the neoprene.

2) Don't try to iron the wetsuit.

3) Just hang the wetsuit by a smooth, round surface like shower rod or a wide hanger to dry in the shade.

4) Let inside is out to dry first. This way can let the wetsuit have another session coming up quickly.

How to Store Wetsuit

After drying the wetsuit completely, you should use a cool and dry space to store and keep away from some places that are with other strong smells. The wetsuit should be hanged by wide hanger to go through fresh air and avoid creases or fabric stretching sometimes.

When to Replace Wetsuit

The wetsuit would have totally different lifespan, it depends on how often we use and how situation we use. If the wetsuit is too terrible to use, such as many holes, lost stretch, strong bad smells, ...... etc. then the wetsuit should be replaced.

All in all, the wetsuit care is necessary to keep the wetsuit be longer lifespan, especially for the people who do wetsuit business, if you want to know more, please feel free to contact us!