neworleansrich
Senior Member
Has anyone found a solution to remove the crusty buildup in head discharge hoses. I have used Muriatic Acid in the past but hesitate here since this boat has electric heads.
Has anyone found a solution to remove the crusty buildup in head discharge hoses. I have used Muriatic Acid in the past but hesitate here since this boat has electric heads.
Appears there is something to say for a toilet flushing from the boat's fresh-water tanks.
I didn't want to derail my own post, but this boat has always been set up with fresh water supply to the toilets. Fresh water supply is in the build plans and all the pipes and hoses are glassed in, so nothing has changed. Apparently, the scale can build up in fresh water toilets also...
Muratic acid has been the solution to sea water mineral buildup for decades...it will not harm any part of the system including electric toilets.
If you're reluctant to use muriatic (hydrochloric) acid and are willing to spend a whole lot more, Sew Clean Sew Clean is considerably more eco-friendly and does the job as well or even better.
A cupful of distilled white vinegar flushed through the system weekly will do an excellent job of preventing it...and will dissolve it, but that's way too labor intensive a job--multiple applications a couple of hours apart (a single application won't work at all no matter how long you wait)--to be worth the effort when muriatic acid or Sew Clean will do it just as well with a fraction of the time and effort.
Peggie
"If you can't explain it to a six year old, you don't completely understand it yourself." --Albert Einstein
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I know vinegar is the usual method. I tried some undiluted white vinegar on some of the scale in a bucket...2 hours...no significant result. Maybe over a longer period of time it would work. Or maybe it will help slow the build up.
Unfortunately, I can't simply replace the hoses on this vessel. Does anyone know the active ingredient in Barnacle Buster?
Peggie
Will the acid harm the good bacteria in the Blackwater tank?