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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: gmccleaning on February 03, 2006, 05:34:24 pm

Title: waste tank smell
Post by: gmccleaning on February 03, 2006, 05:34:24 pm

 Anybody help cure the bad smell from the waste tank, Any ideas what to put in tank or how to prevent the smell ??? ??? ???

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: Neil Grainger on February 03, 2006, 05:37:56 pm

Clean it out weekly if its a portable  then the smell wont be so bad.

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: craigp on February 03, 2006, 05:43:16 pm

hi, in the summer when i find it worst, i just put som thick bleach in, gets the worst of it. i keep it on board for the job, cus i know you mean it can stink the van out, if u have passengers they think its you!  ha! 8)

craig

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: BRSL on February 03, 2006, 05:48:10 pm

gmc

I always use a drop of pine disifectant in the bottom of my TM waste tank at the end of each day keeps it keep's it clean, stops sediment buiding up and it smells of the rolling hills of the french alps, "no it does"  ::)

James

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: Paul Redden Countryfresh on February 08, 2006, 09:14:15 am

I normally mist some enzyme around the sides and base at the end of the day,
otherwise the customer the next morning is not impressed when you fill her house with a sewer smell :-X   But you can't beat regular maintenance, at the end of every job, instead of using the vac tube to suck out the clean tank  (not good to put steam through vacs anyway ) put a open ended hose onto your pump outlet connector and use the hot solution to rinse out the ball cage and the waste tank.

Then a few drops of florazil in the tank to earn some brownie points 8)

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: stevegunn on February 08, 2006, 05:40:09 pm

A little spray of solubac keeps the waste tank from smelling unpleasant 8) or host smoke x

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: craigp on February 08, 2006, 05:40:50 pm

hi countryfresh,

    could you explain that, 'put an open ended hose on to the pump out let connector'?  thats a male quick release connecter on mine,   how can you empty the clean tank with sucking it out with a hose?

sorry if im being thick i just cant see what your saying there..

regards, craig

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: Bryan H on February 08, 2006, 05:50:41 pm

Craig,

As the man said, use a short piece of pressure hose connected to your pump outlet, but without a female connector on the end.  Then use the remaining water in the clean water tank to rinse out the waste tank.

Kills two birds with one stone !

Bryan

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: COLIN BRIGHT on February 08, 2006, 07:46:00 pm

i rinse out the waste tank and splash some alltec odour clear into it

leave the lid up and problem solved.

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: craigp on February 08, 2006, 08:08:58 pm

i see, a  solution hose ::)

Title: Re: waste tank smell
Post by: Gavin Reardon on February 08, 2006, 08:17:55 pm

Hi ALL

The best way to stop this smell is to never leave the waste door etc etc  close (when not working of course) this keeps the airfowing and a little sray of SolBac will help to

Hope this helps Regards Gavin