How to Clean Life Jackets and PFDs
How to Repair Drysuits and Gaskets
There’s nothing quite like the tranquility of being out on the water: The sound of your oar colliding with the river as you propel your kayak forward or the zip of yo...
How to Wash and Restore GORE-TEX Products
How to Repair an Inflatable
How to Repair a Wetsuit
How to Care for a Wetsuit
About Dive Flags
Divers' Flag A rectangular red flag with a white diagonal stripe is required on state waters. Alfa Flag A blue and white International Code Flag A (or Alfa flag), a...
How to Repair Dive Gloves
Sven Middelkoop, scuba diving instructor in The Netherlands, offers some great tips for repairing dive gloves. Sven spends his time in the cold waters of The Netherlan...
How to Remove Odors from Life Jackets and PFDs
STEP 1: Fill a tub or bucket with approximately 5 gallons of cool water to submerge the life jacket or PFD. STEP 2: Add 1 oz. of a microbe-based Revivex Odor Eliminator.
How to Apply an Anti-Fog Spray to Swim Googles
It never works. It worked for 5 minutes and then stopped. I can’t see anything out of these swim goggles. You’ve heard it before. You may have even experienced the s...
How to Care for Paddle Sports Gear
How to Dive Fog-Free
Pre-clean With Sea Buff Clean new masks with Sea Buff Mask Pre-Cleaner. This removes the silicone leeched from the mask skirt and other factory residues on the lens. R...
How to Repair Spray Skirts
Kayak cockpits are notorious for cutting into spray skirts and causing exterior cracking. Apply spot applications of Aquasure FD to permanently repair and protect both...
Repair Float Tubes
Step 1: Unzip float tube cover. Soak the tip of rag in soapy water and dab over the area suspected to be leaking. The hole will produce bubbles. Mark the spot with a p...
How to Protect and Restore Paddle Gear
Why do materials degrade? Synthetics such as vinyl, Hypalon, neoprene, fiberglass, plastics and nylon all degrade over time. But this degradation can be dramatically...
How to Care for Stand-Up Paddle Board Gear
5 Uses for your Microfiber Towel
The PT Pod Microfiber Towel is one of our most versatile towels. The uses are limitless, but in case you needed a little inspiration we’ve made this list to help jumps...
Dive and Paddle Gear Storage Tips
Zipper Cleaning and Care
Regular cleaning and lubrication of your wetsuit or dry suit zipper will help a zipper last the lifetime of the suit. Without proper care, expensive zippers degrade an...
How to Care for SCUBA Dive Gear
Fin Maintenance Maximize the Life of your Fins Maintain your fins’ suppleness and flexibility with regular UV Protectant treatments. A brittle or cracked fin will inhi...