Just dropped in again. I use citrus cleaner for other uses and would like to hear more of the magic trio. I'm starting to get into making my own detergent for laundry and other things. So there might be a crossover of information.
O.K had my PBW arrive today and I already just made a mess of my HT when the cap to my ELB didn't bother to stay on.
SO, no time like the present.
LSS, I didn't get tot scientific first time out. more like rolling up my sleeves and diggin' in.
Anyway, I have a 2 liter nalgene bottle I no longer use to drink from and a rubbermaid tub and my bathroom tub for all the spillover.
First a very small amount of PBW and 1 liter of warm water in the nalgene and enough centrifugal shaking to breakup the crystals and foam thing up. All the glass pieces are already sitting in the tub. Ready to be cleaned. Then I proceed to very slowly pour the weak PBW mix into the mouths of each piece. And continue to fill the nalgene with warm water and shake a little and repeat pouring slowly into the mouths of each and repeat until there is overflow into the tub.
I let them all sit for 5m, then warm rinse all the stuff that
wants to come out. Next batch was the same nalgenes 1 liter's worth, but more PBW, more setting, more of a chemical reaction occuring, then I flush out as much as I can.
Before I went for the third and final application, I try everything else that seemed to work at the problem. (The hail-mary pass/stage.
) The ISO was able to melt the gobs and stubborn spots with a lot less effort. I did use a little shaking, and other older techniques. Perhaps next time out it will just be a small amount of ISO for the small globs and no shaking or overworking. Did try to run water straight through like it was a piece of glass plumbing enough times. Which is more in line with how it was meant to work.
Third time, I put crystals directly in the pieces and added water. allowed for the reaction, shake a small amount to get the crystals to break up inside. Rinse, break up the heavier crystals, allow for the reaction, pour a little out and repeat. Rinsed out everything being careful to get any residual fine particles of PBW and hard water stains out.
I tried to use warm water instead of hot when it worked well enough, and slow soaking over the practice of flushing of gallons of water when I could get it to work for me, and was pretty meticulous cleaning the glass first time out. All forms of cloudiness is gone. The ISO worked where the PBW didn't and was able to work better at those concentrated areas. Not bad for a first time out. Now to actually read the thread more closly and get with how to do it,
CORRECTLY!!
