
Our tips for maintaining your neoprene wetsuit
Your surf suit 🏄🏻♂️ is like your second skin , it protects you from the cold: it's your best ally once in cold water. ❄️
A good surf suit is also an expensive investment 💰
⚠️ In this time of neoprene shortage, we advise you to take even more care of your wetsuit, because finding a new one is not easy.
Here are 5 enemies of your Surf suit 🧐
Drying: a key step in maintaining your wetsuit
⚠️ It is important not to dry it on a classic hanger .
With the weight of the wet neoprene, your wetsuit will deform at the shoulders. There are accessories specifically designed to dry your wetsuit and surf accessories. We have selected the Surflogic brand, which offers hangers specifically designed for surfing wetsuits.
If you are outside, or in your bathroom, you can fold your wetsuit in half and dry it on your Godry , whether on your door, your van, or in your bathroom.
You can also opt for a special surf suit hanger: our selection is here 👉🏻 Surf suit hanger 🏄🏻♂️
If you are chilly, there is also a version that blows air to dry your wetsuit faster and do two sessions in the same day without needing two wetsuits.
All our advice applies to neoprene wetsuits whether you use them for diving, windsurfing, kiteboarding, wing or longe cote.
CAN I MACHINE WASH NEOPRENE?
The answer is NO, beware of what you can read on the internet.
Here is a bad example
"You can also wash your neoprene wetsuit in the machine, cold, adding a little fabric softener . Put the neoprene in the machine at the end of the season to sanitize it well. Do the same at the start of the season: the neoprene will thus regain its elasticity."
Under no circumstances does the machine make the neoprene elastic. If you want to preserve your neoprene, as a reminder, here are 5 enemies of your wetsuit.