How to get all the water out from BC?

[Judestudio]

I have a question on how to wash BCs properly. I was told that don't store your gear unless it's completely dry. But I seem to have trouble getting water out completely from the BC bladder. I tried to drain water out as much as I could, until nothing comes out, but I can still hear some water swashing inside the bladder.

How do you get the last drop of water out, or are you suppose to? I'm just a bit concerned with molding.

Thanks!

[picxie]

My BCD gets washed then hung up outside (under cover) until dry - usually 2-3 days. If it's wet outside and the air is damp, I'll hang it up in the bathroom. Although that usually takes longer to dry than if it's outside. I'm a bit of a messy person though, so I don't mind having gear hanging up where needed if it needs to dry!!

[ntburchf]

Originally Posted by picxie

My BCD gets washed then hung up outside (under cover) until dry - usually 2-3 days. If it's wet outside and the air is damp, I'll hang it up in the bathroom. Although that usually takes longer to dry than if it's outside. I'm a bit of a messy person though, so I don't mind having gear hanging up where needed if it needs to dry!!

Same,
I put some hooks in the ceilings in the garage.
Rinse BC, fill with air, Hang it upside down, with inflator at the lowest point.
Every couple hours hit the deflate , if needed add more air.

Completely dry in about 2 days. Bring in house, put it up in the closet.

[awap]

I don't worry too much about the inside of the bladder. I do enough cleaning to avoid the science project in the bladder but probably never get it dry. After S/W dives, I flush it with F/W and drain the water out a couple cycles. When the outside is dry, I'll drain the insid eonce more (usually getting a few more drops out and surely leaving some in) and put it away. For a clean F/W dive, I usually just put it thru a couple drain cycles and don'r rinse at all. Six years and about 350 dive and I've had no problems. I pretty sure the relative humidity inside my bladder stays at 100%.

I basically do the same thing with my DSMB (safety sausage).

[fire diver]

Originally Posted by ntburchf

I put some hooks in the ceilings in the garage.
Rinse BC, fill with air, Hang it upside down, with inflator at the lowest point.
Every couple hours hit the deflate , if needed add more air.

Completely dry in about 2 days. Bring in house, put it up in the closet.

I do the same thing. Whenever I wash out the inside though, I remove one of the OPVs, and use a garden hose the really flush it out good. Then hang as in the above post.

FD

[Wolfie2012]

adding air to the BC really does help to get every last bit of water because of the pressure.

[DirtyWaterIL]

when im done diving for the day i inflate my bc, shake it upside down, then hit the deflator button with the mouthpeice being the lowest possible point. i do this until all i get is a fine mist. then after i'm home and have everythign rinsed off i inflate my bc and hang it up on a pipe with the cumberbund so that the inflator hose is hanging down. After a day or 2 i give it a squeeze and the last few drops of water fall out.

[ertechsg]

Just buy a zeagle BC and when your done diving send it to Zeagle ( in care of Scott) and tell them somthing is wrong with it and they'll drain it for you . Just thank them for the warranty.

[Black-Gorrilla]

im thinking about putting hooks in the garage too... if the homeowners allow it (parents), and a corner to keep tanks... (something that i can lock, cause garage is open all day)

[deepdiver47]

I am a fanatic. I have an Atomic SS1 attached to my Ranger from which I can attach a garden hose to and completely flush the inside out very well.

I wish I knew about that Zeagle "clean out my Ranger for free" warranty