Actually, the pumice in your soap may speed up the wear on your rubber sealer. Same goes with facial hair. Anything abrasive wears down the silicone resulting in bigger leaks and a shortened life for your seal.Nozzelnut wrote:Another vote for washing my face right before bed. I use lava hand soap; yes the soap with the pumice. I get my hands lathered up then scrub my face. I use the same technique for my mask. Removes the oils and rinses clean.
Does face washing help FFM fit and reduce leaks?
Re: Does face washing help FFM fit and reduce leaks?
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Re: Does face washing help FFM fit and reduce leaks?
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Re: Does face washing help FFM fit and reduce leaks?
Ain't that the truth!lastlib wrote:Face washing is like washing your towels or your sheets. A complete waste of time! If you do it today in another couple of months it will look like you never did it. Why waste time doing if you will soon have to do it all over again?
Unscented baby wipes on face and mask every night is so much easier.
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Re: Does face washing help FFM fit and reduce leaks?
Canadian_Jesus wrote:Actually, the pumice in your soap may speed up the wear on your rubber sealer. Same goes with facial hair. Anything abrasive wears down the silicone resulting in bigger leaks and a shortened life for your seal.Nozzelnut wrote:Another vote for washing my face right before bed. I use lava hand soap; yes the soap with the pumice. I get my hands lathered up then scrub my face. I use the same technique for my mask. Removes the oils and rinses clean.
Strangely enough; the pumice stays in the bar of soap. No pumice in the lather. I can't detect any changes in the silicone seal, masks usually last about 5 months.
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Re: Does face washing help FFM fit and reduce leaks?
I'm pretty sure that it doesn't, else you'd end up with a chunk of pumice when the soap is all gone it's just very fine.Nozzelnut wrote:Canadian_Jesus wrote:Actually, the pumice in your soap may speed up the wear on your rubber sealer. Same goes with facial hair. Anything abrasive wears down the silicone resulting in bigger leaks and a shortened life for your seal.Nozzelnut wrote:Another vote for washing my face right before bed. I use lava hand soap; yes the soap with the pumice. I get my hands lathered up then scrub my face. I use the same technique for my mask. Removes the oils and rinses clean.
Strangely enough; the pumice stays in the bar of soap. No pumice in the lather. I can't detect any changes in the silicone seal, masks usually last about 5 months.
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