Fogging facepiece

[cchiasson17]

While doing a SCBA practice today, one of the firefighter came up to me with the problem of his facepiece fogging. Usually turning on your purge valve while resolve the issue but this didnt work. Removed his mask to check the nose cup and the valves are installed the correct way. This is a first for me... Anyone have any idea??

[Troysif]

He probably let it sit to long and moisture built up inside so the purge valve wont do much.

[jonnyirons2]

Tell him to breathe!

[JHR1985]

put soap in there.

take some and rub it around then wipe out the extra. should work for a week or two...

or go to maskview.com and check it out. it works very very well but kind of costly. you need to buy 2 in case one gets lost in a fire

[ffbam24]

There's a product out there called "Cat Crap" (No, not kidding). Used for ski goggles. Not sure if there is a NFPA or ANSI regulation on this. Heard it works great.

Also, give consideration that nosecup doesn't fit and may need to resize.

[cfl3506]

I was wondering about the maskview product. Ive seen one in person at a burn session here, just wondering if anyone's had any luck/back luck with it?? I dont mean to hi-jack the thread, just a quick question that might help out.

[Dickey]

An old scuba diving trick is to spit in your mask, (not a big lung cookie, just clean saliva) rub it around and rinse the inside with water and let air dry. DO NOT rub it dry with a cloth or you rub off the spit. Don't know why it works but it works.

Works for me.


Breathing helps too.

[MemphisE34a]

There's a product out there called "Cat Pee" (No, not kidding). Used for ski goggles. Not sure if there is a NFPA or ANSI regulation on this. Heard it works great.

You have got to be kidding, right?

[jbrescue]

You have got to be kidding, right?

It's Cat Crap and it works like wax. I use it on my mask.

[jbrescue]

put soap in there.

take some and rub it around then wipe out the extra. should work for a week or two...

or go to maskview.com and check it out. it works very very well but kind of costly. you need to buy 2 in case one gets lost in a fire

Go to your local good woodworking store and buy some rare Earth magnets. Then get some felt. Make it yourself for less than $5.

[PineyPower]

An old scuba diving trick is to spit in your mask, (not a big lung cookie, just clean saliva) rub it around and rinse the inside with water and let air dry. DO NOT rub it dry with a cloth or you rub off the spit. Don't know why it works but it works.

Works for me.


Breathing helps too.

Yeah, a 'seasoned' member of my fire company told me to do this to stop the fogging and it worked for me just fine without having to buy anything so that's what I've been doing ever since.

[ChicagoFF]

Doesn't this question get asked about every other day?

[fire0099881]

maybe one of these years one of the B.A. manufacturers will come up with a way to mount a windshield wiper on the inside of your mask and you can just turn it on and it will wipe the fog off the mask! or you could mount the rear window defrosting wire in the mask!

[MemphisE34a]

It's Cat Crap and it works like wax. I use it on my mask.

I didn't doubt the product, I can't believe that someone is actually worried if the NFPA or ANSI endorsing a "special" product to clean your mask.

[ffbam24]

I'm not worried about it.
It's just the thought of putting a petroleum product on the inside of your facepiece and then going into a heated enviornment.

[JackBauer24]

rain x. works.

[RDL210]

There's a product out there called "Cat Crap" (No, not kidding). Used for ski goggles. Not sure if there is a NFPA or ANSI regulation on this. Heard it works great.

Also, give consideration that nosecup doesn't fit and may need to resize.

Works great!!! I've used it for the past 1 1/2 year...

[ChicagoFF]

Am I the only person in the world that doesn't have a big problem with this happening?

[ffbam24]

I will have to say I haven't had much issue with fogging either Chi'.
You're not alone.

[nyckftbl]

Am I the only person in the world that doesn't have a big problem with this happening?

Maybe you should ride in Kentland more often where they actually go to fires.




No, I dont seem to remember having much of a problem either. Of course in a fire, the outside gets fogged, but I got these 2 hi tech fog removal devices. The city gave me a pair to try out, I think some others may have heard of them too. They are blue, have five finger "holders", and also have an amazing ability to keep my hands from burning and getting dirty.