wetsuits?
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nyfan21 posted 1 year ago.
I don't do anything with my current wetsuit but I only spent $100 on it. The $550 wetsuit is in the mail and will be here next wednesday; I will let you know if they have any instructions. But I heard that the baby-powder was something some people do for the inside.
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azmojo804 posted 1 year ago.
I used to baby powder my swim hat when I was competitively swimming about 20 years ago! :) It made it SO much easier getting it on. Just figured it may help with a wetsuit...
I did enjoy watching the wetsuit dance of the people in my first open water swim. It took a lot of them like 30 minutes to put their suits on, and there's the dance that goes with it. I know I'll be part of that dance when I get my suit. :)
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PJT posted 1 year ago.
No baby powder.
Bodyglide on the neck, ankles & wrists. Especially the neck.
For maintenance, I rinse it thoroughly in fresh water after workouts. After every race, I clean it with a wetsuit shampoo, for obvious reasons. Hang dry, not in direct sunlight.
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beads1985 posted 1 year ago.
If it is a fresh water swim, I hose it off when I get home and hang it to dry in the garage.
If it is salt water, I hose it off when I get home, then I throw it in the tub with some baby shampoo to soak for a little while and then rinse it off, then into the garage to hang it to dry.
'Nothing to it, but to do it!'
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fpugsley posted 1 year ago.
azmojo804 wrote:
I did enjoy watching the wetsuit dance of the people in my first open water swim. It took a lot of them like 30 minutes to put their suits on, and there's the dance that goes with it. I know I'll be part of that dance when I get my suit. :)
just use plastic grocery bags over your feet... goes on like buttah
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tsilcyc posted 1 year ago.
It is recommended that you soak the suit in water for 20 minutes at the start of each season. Other than that, I rinse it off after each swim and keep my finger nails trimmed back to keep from cutting it.
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azmojo804 posted 1 year ago.
cool, not a lot of maintenance then. Just basic stuff. Rinse, wash, rinse and hang. :) Sweet!
I've heard of the plastic grocery bag thing. :) The dance I was referring to was once the suit was up to the waist. Getting the "stuff" into all the right nooks and crannies. :)
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JDB posted 1 year ago.
Most of my open water swims are in the SF Bay so I should probably burn my wetsuit and buy a new one after each swim. I always wash it off with wetsuit shampoo in the bath tub, which keeps it smelling nice and fresh. The wetsuit dance, much like the embarrassing body marking process, is a critical part of the triathlon ritual.
Ok, this is spawning from dollfin04's posting about the psychotic 55 degree swim that was going to be done without wetsuit! :)
What does everyone need to do for their wetsuit maintenance? Nothing? Or, do you have to baby powder it or something to keep it nicer on the inside? Or, do you have to condition it every once in a while in order to keep it nice?
I don't have a wetsuit yet, and did my first open water swim last month (in AZ, the water was 75). I loved it! :) Probably because I didn't get kicked or broken nose or anything. :) I will need to get a wetsuit at some point, and hope to get a bit of maintenance information before I take the plunge. Sorry for the bad humor. :)