How do you dry your wetsuit in winter

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Steve... > 9 months ago, 20 May 2017

Steve...

NSW

208 posts

20 May 2017 2:15pm

other than having a couple of steamers i am finding it hard to dry my wetsuit after a morning surf in time to back up the next day. As i go to work straight after it can only hang over my bull bar in the cold dark car park.
So does anyone have any bright ideas on how to get em dry?

NTAA

NSW

56 posts

20 May 2017 3:01pm

Drying will always be difficult in a cold dark car park. If that's the only place you have to dry it, you should get a second suit. Eliminating excess water from the arm and leg ends by squeezing will help a little.

The subject was also discussed at .........

www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Stand-Up-Paddle/SUP/wetsuit-dryingcare?groupID=6001

SP

10982 posts

20 May 2017 2:02pm

Turn inside out. Washout in fresh water and roll it in a towel tightly. Leave it for half hour rolled up a and then hang it somewhere windy in the shade.

You can also buy a coat-hanger with a fan in it.

The rolling it in a towel takes heaps of water out of it.
You should also squeeze the water out of the leg and arms ends occasionally.

chrispy

9675 posts

20 May 2017 2:51pm

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SP said..
Turn inside out. Washout in fresh water and roll it in a towel tightly. Leave it for half hour rolled up a and then hang it somewhere windy in the shade.

You can also buy a coat-hanger with a fan in it.

The rolling it in a towel takes heaps of water out of it.
You should also squeeze the water out of the leg and arms ends occasionally.

Do the towel thing and chuck them both in the washing machine on the spin cycle for s couple of minutes then hang it

Cobra

9106 posts

20 May 2017 4:24pm

just harden up and put it on.

climber

NSW

1125 posts

20 May 2017 6:33pm

If you have a dry wetsuit your not surfing enough ??????

Steve...

NSW

208 posts

20 May 2017 8:09pm

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Cobra said..
just harden up and put it on.

Not too worried about putting on a wet wetsuit, even on a 5 deg C morning. But if they dont dry they smell real bad.

Nozza

VIC

2882 posts

20 May 2017 8:38pm

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Steve... said..

Cobra said..
just harden up and put it on.

Not too worried about putting on a wet wetsuit, even on a 5 deg C morning. But if they dont dry they smell real bad.

For bootie drying I bought a peet portable boot drier

www.peetdryer.com/

12 volt unit dries soaking booties in probably 6 hours, needs an unswitched 12 volt feed.
I have the booties in a tub with these inside them, wetsuit hanging over the top in the back of the van.
Radiant heat gets the wetsuit, if not dry by the next morning, at least warmed and OK to put on.
The interior of the van, if the booties and wetsuit are in the passenger area, tends to smell, as my 21 year old daughter put it, "really quite bad, Dad"

thePup

13831 posts

20 May 2017 6:42pm

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Steve... said..

Cobra said..
just harden up and put it on.

Not too worried about putting on a wet wetsuit, even on a 5 deg C morning. But if they dont dry they smell real bad.

Have spare(s) ready to go - lets face it , its gonna be damp whatever you try if its an overnighter but Ive tried the old dryer trick and unless you got blind stitched rubber , it aint healthy for the suit that has sealed seams
as for the smell - when ya wash em in the bucket of water shove a tiny bit of disinfectant in

McGuane

484 posts

20 May 2017 6:53pm

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Cobra said..
just harden up and put it on.

Oh, you sweet talking devil.

AndyrooMac

TAS

1925 posts

20 May 2017 8:54pm

Try being in Tassie

The towel thing inside out then i lay mine under the heaters accross the back seat... but i'm also in the process of making a home made wetsuit dryer, and looks promising

Cobra

9106 posts

20 May 2017 9:00pm

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McGuane said..

Cobra said..
just harden up and put it on.

Oh, you sweet talking devil.

Cobra

9106 posts

20 May 2017 9:09pm

Hardest thing about wet wetsuits is taking them off.
I remember standing in a warmish steamer beside the ute at Phillip Island Vic
with a -5 windchill and you know your dick is the size of a tic tac,but that wetsuit has to come off.

come on are we men or boys?

HTFU.

obct

NSW

3487 posts

21 May 2017 4:56am

Nope, but I do keep a few shopping bags in the car so I can get them on a little easier when they are wet.

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

21 May 2017 6:58am

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Cobra said..
Hardest thing about wet wetsuits is taking them off.
I remember standing in a warmish steamer beside the ute at Phillip Island Vic
with a -5 windchill and you know your dick is the size of a tic tac,but that wetsuit has to come off.

Luxury

Gorgo

VIC

5108 posts

21 May 2017 8:09am

Most brands do suits with the pink fluffy lining that dries really fast. The lining really does feel touch dry in about 20 minutes. I have a couple of RipCurl Flashbomb suits and they dry quite well. Certainly good enough to put on without too much stress.

For after the session, I have a 5 litre water container filled with hot water and wrapped in a towel. It stays warm for 8-12 hours. It's quite pleasant in horrible conditions to wash down with hot water then dry off with a warm towel.

McGuane

484 posts

21 May 2017 7:25am

The simple solution? Quit your job.

Steve...

NSW

208 posts

21 May 2017 9:26am

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Gorgo said..
Most brands do suits with the pink fluffy lining that dries really fast. The lining really does feel touch dry in about 20 minutes. I have a couple of RipCurl Flashbomb suits and they dry quite well. Certainly good enough to put on without too much stress.

For after the session, I have a 5 litre water container filled with hot water and wrapped in a towel. It stays warm for 8-12 hours. It's quite pleasant in horrible conditions to wash down with hot water then dry off with a warm towel.

Now thats soft, (my wife would say) but i love it. A little extra prep time but it would pay off.

Surf69

883 posts

21 May 2017 8:10am

Just have 2 steamers. They last longer and you always have a dry one available :)

Cobra

9106 posts

21 May 2017 8:16am

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McGuane said..
The simple solution? Quit your job.

That's the spirit

Steve78

TAS

189 posts

21 May 2017 10:41am

As some of the boys have said, I keep wringing the cuffs until it stops dripping, then I bring it inside and put it on a clothes horse under the heater.

AndyrooMac

TAS

1925 posts

21 May 2017 2:12pm

Gen1

$7 Fan, drill holes, pull ties. Dries in about 12+ hrs

AndyrooMac

TAS

1925 posts

21 May 2017 2:17pm

Gen2

$40 DC Carlighter Fan, drill holes and pull ties. About 20 times more power than gen1, shooting for a 20min dry time, I'll let you know...

McGuane

484 posts

21 May 2017 12:20pm

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Cobra said..

McGuane said..
The simple solution? Quit your job.

That's the spirit

The Queensland spirit.

Love the winter-down-south wetsuit threads.

beachandbush

NSW

416 posts

21 May 2017 6:49pm

If your looking for a lined wetsuit 3/2 VISSLA is half the price of a flashbomb. $350 store price available in back and front zips. Got a new by for this winter.

beachandbush

NSW

416 posts

21 May 2017 6:49pm

If your looking for a lined wetsuit 3/2 VISSLA is half the price of a flashbomb. $350 store price available in back and front zips. Got a new by for this winter.

laceys lane

QLD

19804 posts

21 May 2017 7:03pm

winters are long and hard here.

years ago it got down to a numbing 18 degrees for a couple of weeks. one of my feet used to lose feeling. now it hovers on a miserable 20 even dipping below that. but hey that's climate change for you

I rotate 2 wetsuits on hangers. agree the newer wetsuit noticeably dry heaps quicker theses days

Steve...

NSW

208 posts

21 May 2017 7:47pm

I wonder if those $15 12v car windscreen heater/coolers off e-bay would be too hot to cable tie to a coat hanger? They are only 150w. That would dry it out quick as long as it did not drain your battery.
I have ordered a shoe/boot dryer but its 240v. I can jam it up the legs once it stops dripping.

Cobra

9106 posts

21 May 2017 7:50pm

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laceys lane said..
winters are long and hard here.

years ago it got down to a numbing 18 degrees for a couple of weeks. one of my feet used to lose feeling. now it hovers on a miserable 20 even dipping below that. but hey that's climate change for you

I rotate 2 wetsuits on hangers. agree the newer wetsuit noticeably dry heaps quicker theses days

Razzonater

2224 posts

21 May 2017 7:52pm

Man we have some inventors in here, good work gents..
when I lived in margies it was wood fire all the way..
we had a wood cast iron stove and if put it over a chair near that 1-2 hours and turn inside out for 20 minutes.....
i cant afford a second wettie,,,, used to never worry if it wasn't dry but I'd microwave my rashie (yes really) 30 seconds in the microwave would warm not dry it,,,,, rashie would disintegrate every season but hey comfort was worth it

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