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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: dazmond on January 25, 2017, 07:26:44 pm

Title: cleaning tanks!
Post by: dazmond on January 25, 2017, 07:26:44 pm: mines got green algae in it.what do you guys use to clean it?bleach?

cheers guys
Title: Re: cleaning tanks!
Post by: chris turner on January 25, 2017, 07:54:06 pm: Quote from: dazmond on January 25, 2017, 07:26:44 pm
mines got green algae in it.what do you guys use to clean it?bleach?

cheers guys

Are you keeping the tank then? ;D

I would stick a whole bottle of cheap bleach in, fill it up, leave overnight then fully drain it.
Title: Re: cleaning tanks!
Post by: Og on January 25, 2017, 07:55:07 pm: Purified water.
Title: Re: cleaning tanks!
Post by: Matt. on January 25, 2017, 07:59:48 pm: Just bleach is sound, I have used hypo.

Fill tank up with bleach in it run it out threw hose, leave it sit sit for a while if u want, I just discount di bottles, so u go from pump to hose reel connector and run it out through the hose on hose reel, once u happy it clean just keep running tap water through, I normally do at least 2 -3 full tanks, sometimes have done more, u will still be able to smell the bleach but no effect on water tds levels once u connect di bottles back up.

When u have finished, u will know how to soft wash and be posting in the general cleaning section ;D
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Post by: chris turner on January 25, 2017, 08:03:19 pm: I suppose in your case you'll have the tank out of the van. You could just spray some disinfectant into the tank, or some bleach , wash it out with a hosepipe and tip the water out.
Title: Re: cleaning tanks!
Post by: Shrek on January 25, 2017, 09:18:49 pm: I've had debris / sand or something in mine so I used my gutter vac and hoovered all the water out a couple of times
Title: Re: cleaning tanks!
Post by: Smurf on January 25, 2017, 11:44:48 pm: You know when it is time to bleach a tank when you see wiggly things swimming in it ;D