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[#2] Posted: 01/02/2012 - 12:43:54 PM |  |  |
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I don't have a solution for you, but I predict that the vinegar won't work.
What about a small wire brush?
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[#3] Posted: 01/02/2012 - 12:54:52 PM | | |
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Try Lima Away or CLR. Or, make some pasta.
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[#4] Posted: 01/02/2012 - 2:08:58 PM | | |
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Well, but the vinegar actually did the trick, and the humidifier is working like it's supposed to.
Interestingly, this is only the second occasion I'm aware of in which Jim Katen was wrong. The other occasion was when he told me I had a bright future ahead of me and would no doubt be a tremendous success.
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[#6] Posted: 01/02/2012 - 2:20:49 PM | | |
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Vinegar works great for that....I thought everyone used it.
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[#7] Posted: 01/02/2012 - 6:31:04 PM | | |
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Quote: Originally posted by BainWell, but the vinegar actually did the trick, and the humidifier is working like it's supposed to. Interestingly, this is only the second occasion I'm aware of in which Jim Katen was wrong. The other occasion was when he told me I had a bright future ahead of me and would no doubt be a tremendous success. Click to View
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Well, I guess I've got to stop buying the cheap-ass on-sale vinegar from the remainder bin.
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[#8] Posted: 01/02/2012 - 6:41:45 PM | | |
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Any vinegar should work. I use cheap white stuff.
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[#9] Posted: 01/02/2012 - 9:17:07 PM | | |
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Vinegar is acidic as hell. I use it all the time to descale the coffee machine.
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[#10] Posted: 01/03/2012 - 03:39:54 AM | | |
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Off the shelf white distilled vinegar contains 5% acetic acid. We buy around 400 gallons ( the smallest quantity available) every other year of specially brewed to order 17% acetic acid white vinegar to use for weed control in our organic blueberry operation. It also dispatches the rubber bits in a back pack sprayer rather readily, and if you get it on your skin, it's best to at least wipe it off.
Our rows are 600 feet long. One sprays down one side and then back up the other. By the time you get back to the top of the row, the stuff on the other side is visibly browned and wilting.
The vinegar plant is close enough for me to pick up the product. There are cases of empty bottles that re-sellers send to the plant with their label already affixed. A plant employee inverts the cases into a machine. The upside down bottles pass over an air jet that helps to clean out any debris that didn't fall out. Then the bottles are tipped upright, filled, capped and at the other end of the line replaced to their box. Store brands and gourmet vinegars with fancy labels are all filled from the same tap with the same product- often for the same customer trying to exploit both ends of the market demographic.
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[#11] Posted: 01/03/2012 - 07:19:00 AM | | |
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Vinegar is powerful stuff, if you give it time to work. When my wife started as a concrete tech the tool kit they gave her hadn't been cleaned in years. She soaked it in vinegar, and scrubbed it a couple times a day, for about two weeks. Now, her test pot is almost shiny.
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Quote: Originally posted by Jim KatenQuote: Originally posted by BainWell, but the vinegar actually did the trick, and the humidifier is working like it's supposed to. Interestingly, this is only the second occasion I'm aware of in which Jim Katen was wrong. The other occasion was when he told me I had a bright future ahead of me and would no doubt be a tremendous success. Click to View
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Kentucky Koil Kleaner. Look for the jug with the triple X. (3 K's crossed out)
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[#13] Posted: 01/03/2012 - 12:54:45 PM | | |
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The water in my town is really hard. Cheap white vinegar works very well for the coffee maker and the stainless steel interior of the dishwasher. You need to let it sit a while, or work it a bit with a soft toothbrush. Good and cheap.
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[#14] Posted: 03/14/2012 - 11:51:52 PM | | |
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Get reverse osmosis filter for the steam or get rid of it. We have a 5x5 box full of removed tru steams at the warehouse. Juice aint worth the squeeze
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