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SCBA Facepiece Cleaning

I'm surprised that this hasn't come up before, but a search of the site came up with absolutely nothing.
My department just received 29 MSA Firehawk 7 SCBA's. With this purchase, we are now issuing the masks to qualified members. MSA's documentation recommends their cleaning solution for the masks, but I want to know if anyone here has a good solution. I do know that the solution CANNOT have alcohol in it as that affects the rubber. Has anyone here found something that works?
Thanks TJC44
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Tags: cleaning, facepiece, scba

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Permalink Reply by Oldman on October 22, 2009 at 7:54am: Good ol'e Sodium hypochlorite and dihydrogen monoxide.

1 part bleach to 10 parts water.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Chief Mike France on October 22, 2009 at 8:18am: We have Scott and what was recommended to us was to a 90% Alcohol with Isophly and use a 50 50 mix of water and the alcohol in a spray bottle , and rinse off with warm water; ▶ Reply to This

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