Hey guys - how do I get my respiratory tract O2 clean ? Do I have to pay
someone at a dive shop to do this or is this 
something I can do in the privacy of my own home ??? Ps does simple green come
in a nice minty flavor ???

Eric





On Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:54:58 +1000, Guy Wittig wrote:

>May I respectfully suggest that there is quite a difference between the ppO2 
>in your tank and that in your face.
>
>Try gargling with 1,1,1 Trichloroethane before diving, it may hep your 
>situation.
>
>
>
>> There I was, doing my deco at Ginnie the other night, when my mask began
>> to leak - again - and I realized that I had forgotten to shave before
>> the dive.  And then luckily I started thinking about the O2 cleaning
>> debate before I cleared my mask.....
>> 
>> As the water level inside my mask rose I thought about the fact that I
>> was breathing 100% O2 and that my exhaled breath was certainly pretty
>> close to 100% O2 as well.
>> 
>> As the water level continued to rise I went on to think that I would be
>> displacing the water in the mask with my breath and therefore filling my
>> mask with nearly 100% O2!
>> 
>> As the water level passed the halfway mark inside my mask I realized
>> that I had forgotten to wear my O2 clean mask - you know, the one with
>> the Viton skirt.  What was I going to do?  I had almost 30 minutes of
>> deco left.  Did I want to suffer through a face full of water for 30
>> minutes or risk blowing my head off by filling my mask with O2?!?
>> 
>
>
>> Then the mask was almost full of water as I realized that I had
>> forgotten the covers for my teeth.  You know, the caps to cover my metal
>> fillings so that there is no chance of a spark inside my mouth with the
>> O2 present (Lucky for me I don't have braces or O2 deco would be out of
>> the question!).  Well, I had survived so far with those fillings exposed
>> so I decided to be a daredevil, to take a real chance, and clear my
>> mask.....
>> 
>> As I started to exhale through my nose I saw a strange flash of light! 
>> Did I just explode?  Did my mask go into meltdown?!?  Nope.  The water
>> gurgled harmlessly from the mask as I found my light shining directly up
>> into my face from where it was clipped to my harness.  I had stared
>> certain death in the face once more and survived.  Such is the life of a
>> cave diver..
>> 
>> The moral of the story?  Well, more of a question than a moral... For
>> all of you that are really anal about O2 cleaning - what do you do about
>> your masks since they would be exposed to nearly the same O2 environment
>> as the inside of your tank or your deco regs?  Hadn't thought about that
>> one?  Gonna' call TUSA and demand that they start producing an O2
>> compatible mask with a Viton skirt?  Gonna' visit the dentist and have
>> all your fillings changed to a non-metallic type?  I really am curious. 
>> Please advise the list as to how we should handle this potential hazard.
>> 
>> TIA
>> 
>> -Erik
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