If you only knew how many fogless shower mirrors we’ve bought over the years, and Chad Everett reminds us of the perfectly simple solution that was… staring my husband David in the face the whole time.
That’s right. Spit. I know, it isn’t pretty. It works. When I was learning how to scuba dive, the instructor told us not to buy the de-fogging stuff for our masks because a: it didn’t work very well and b: it cost money. Instead, we should just spit in the mask, then spread it around and rinse. What do you know? It worked. I tried it in the shower and it works there too. Probably better than the original coating.
We’ve been given the same advice on many snorkeling trips, and in fact most of the time we now don’t even bother to bring mask goo with us when we snorkel in Maui… spit works better, and doesn’t sting if it gets in your eyes.
So simple. And it works on fogless mirrors, too? I guess that’s the last Z-Fog we’ll have to buy.
I’m not a big fan of spitting in my face mask either … but we never remember to get a small bottle of dishwashing soap when we go snorkeling.
I know… but you’re right, we never remember to bring the watered-down soap solution, so spitting is the only fallback. However, I saw another suggestion – spray on glass cleaner that’s formulated to reduce fogging in bathroom mirrors.