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crystalclean · Guest

good solution for rinsing and cleaning pump and equipment?

Chesapeake · Guest

We just flush our system out with several gallons of water at the end of each day. You can spray down your tips and any quick connects with WD40. This will help, but anything that comes in contact with the sh will start to rust.

crystalclean · Guest

thank you for the info

i use a bottom connection on my tank and do a splitter to be able to empty tank.

and so at the end of every day still have lik 20gal left sittting in the bottom. any suggestions on that problem. my equipment is set up in the back of my pick up. limited space .

Roof Cleaning Cleveland (216) 323-0552 · Feb 9, 2011

Search for sodium thiosulfate. There is a good thread for netrualizing sh on plants.

Chesapeake · Guest

crystalclean wrote:

thank you for the info
i use a bottom connection on my tank and do a splitter to be able to empty tank.
and so at the end of every day still have lik 20gal left sittting in the bottom. any suggestions on that problem. my equipment is set up in the back of my pick up. limited space .

Our tanks are bottom fed as well. The chem tanks and water tank are plumbed together. We close off the valves on the chem tanks and open the water valve. This will let is flush out the pump, reel, and hose. Any chemical that was in the hose , we will pump back into the tank as the line is being flushed. We almost always have chemical left in the tank, but we just save it for another day. This shouldn't be a problem as long as the bulkhead isn't leaking.

-- Edited by Chesapeake on Wednesday 9th of February 2011 08:44:39 AM

Guest

Yea what Chris said,..I also have my water and chemical tanks plumbed together,..just turn the valves and rinse away....run the hose right back into the chemical tank to add water for the next round. The more water the better when rinsing.

Jeff

-- Edited by Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 on Wednesday 9th of February 2011 12:33:57 PM

Feb 9, 2011

RE: good solution for rinsing and cleaning pump and equipment? =LOTS OF WATER!

Matthew · Guest

RE: good solution for rinsing and cleaning pump and equipment?

Guest

Before everyone gets to comfortable with "neutralizing" SH,...you can only neutralize the chlorine affect,..you CANNOT neutralize the salt.
Salt needs to be diluted. So why even spend the money on the other products and make it more complicated,...just use plenty of water and you'll solve both issues with dilution.

Jeff

Roof Cleaning Little Rock Arkansas · Guest

Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 wrote:

Yea what Chris said,..I also have my water and chemical tanks plumbed together,..just turn the valves and rinse away....run the hose right back into the chemical tank to add water for the next round. The more water the better when rinsing.

Jeff

-- Edited by Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 on Wednesday 9th of February 2011 12:33:57 PM

Our trailer is set up this way.

I have had both the water valve and the chemical valve to the roof pump be left open. After driving across town I noticed that my water tank was full of suds. That was a mess.

Matthew · Guest

Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 wrote:

Before everyone gets to comfortable with "neutralizing" SH,...you can only neutralize the chlorine affect,..you CANNOT neutralize the salt.
Salt needs to be diluted. So why even spend the money on the other products and make it more complicated,...just use plenty of water and you'll solve both issues with dilution.

Jeff

Correct!

I was talking mainly about the equipment. A few gallons of water with neutralizer is nice.

For plants, water, water, and then water.

For the truck/trailer you need something to get the salt off.

Roof Cleaning Cleveland (216) 323-0552 · Feb 10, 2011

I read on another site about using gypsum to neutralise sh on plants. Any one know if this works? Is this the main ingredient in AC's plant wash?

Matthew · Guest

Well like Jeff pointed out neutralizing the chlorine and the high pH of the mix is one thing.
Getting rid of the salt is another. Plants will get salt shock if enough of the mix gets into the soil.

As far as I know... There isn't a good way to neutralize the salt.
So we just dilute it into oblivion.

Of course you could switch to less sodium in you mix but that's a whole other can of worms.

Guest

I figured you knew Matthew,..just some people don't realize that salt cannot be neutralized. And when neutralizing SH is discussed, people need to be aware of the salt aspect as well.

Jeff

Guest

Hey Matthew,..this can of worms you speak of,..is that a sodium free roof cleaner,.ha,ha... May I ask what that might be,...

Ok,..I won't ask!!

Jeff

Confident Roof Cleaning Houston TX · Guest

Raystown Roof Cleaning Central PA 1-800-236-0322 wrote:

I figured you knew Matthew,..just some people don't realize that salt cannot be neutralized. And when neutralizing SH is discussed, people need to be aware of the salt aspect as well.

Jeff

You're right. Salt can not be neutralized BUT the gypsum can reverse the affect of salt on a plants roots and if caught early can avoid it completely in some circustances.

Guest

Yea, I can see the value in that Scott,..if watered properly though,..there shouldn't be any effects to reverse.,...But keeping it on hand wouldn't be a bad idea. Using these products is the choice to be made by the individual,...but in that same breath,...people shouldn't get complacent when it comes to proper preventive care.

Jeff

gutterdog · Feb 10, 2011

Water has always worked for us!

-- Edited by gutterdog on Thursday 10th of February 2011 08:46:01 PM

Roof Cleaning Little Rock Arkansas · Guest

Water works great while were there. Its that next day rain shower that stinks.

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