Any cold water surfer knows the pain of drying your gear, particularly through the winter months when the neoprene is thick and the weather is cold and wet! Here’s how I dry my boots the fast way, whilst doing anything that will degrade the neoprene.
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Photo credits:
Ocean Plastic: Kevin Krejci – – CC license:
Drying Boots: Abi Skipp – – CC license
All illustrative photos taken by Chris Kendall on an iPhone 6.
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You’re supposed to drip dry indoors anyway direct sun is bad for neoprene
I made a boot and glove dryer from a project fan and some ABS pipe, no more smell. I posted a video a while back on my channel.
fill a sock with baking soda and stuff them down into the boots when you are not wearing them
Get some HDPE / alkathene pipe and cut it into 60cm lengths which you then attach vertically onto a block of wood to make a hanger / rack, then sit the block of wood in a plastic bucket. You can then place your wetsuit boots upside down on the pipe ends. Make four pipes if you wear wetsuit gloves. I do this as soon as i get home and find there is no need for wetsuit shampoos etc.
Too much talking around the point. Get to the point and I am more likely to follow you.
quick question….im usually in a scenario where im around muddy areas, and my question is how do i wash my boots …do i use detergent or soap…im new at the neoprene world