Toilet chemicals.... again

Tezza33 said:
I suppose being a toilet thread and me mentioning £1 shops and you replying with 99p shops for the first time we have stayed on topic, we can spend a penny o_O
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Goodness, you’re sharp today. BTW, if you go to, er, go, with just a penny, you’re going to wet yourself, or worse. Last time I used one it cost 20p ?
 
Just a (dumb) question from an ignorant male about toilet cassettes and bio detergent/conditioner/whatever....

I'm currently using Dometic Green tabs and they do the job of keeping the cassette relatively livable with, but I have questions about the bio laundry products:

Firstly - can you mix the tabs with whatever laundry product is recommended?
Or is that not a good idea: Would the two products work against each other?

Is the Laundry product as good a biological muncher of waste as the tabs, or do you use it JUST because it leaves a nicer smell?

Which actual laundry product do people use??
- A Bio Detergent? (e.g. Persil Bio?)
- A Fabric conditioner? (How do you know it's a biological one? I've never been able to figure this out when looking at various conditioner products)

I'll be in Spain tomorrow - what product would I buy? (Given I don't have much (any) spanish).

Thanks all replies, (even the piss-taking ones.... ;) )
 
Rockburner said:
Just a (dumb) question from an ignorant male about toilet cassettes and bio detergent/conditioner/whatever....

I'm currently using Dometic Green tabs and they do the job of keeping the cassette relatively livable with, but I have questions about the bio laundry products:

Firstly - can you mix the tabs with whatever laundry product is recommended?
Or is that not a good idea: Would the two products work against each other?

Is the Laundry product as good a biological muncher of waste as the tabs, or do you use it JUST because it leaves a nicer smell?

Which actual laundry product do people use??
- A Bio Detergent? (e.g. Persil Bio?)
- A Fabric conditioner? (How do you know it's a biological one? I've never been able to figure this out when looking at various conditioner products)

I'll be in Spain tomorrow - what product would I buy? (Given I don't have much (any) spanish).

Thanks all replies, (even the piss-taking ones.... ;) )
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I use bio washing liquid. Usually Tesco or Lidl own brand. Not conditioner!
The reason to use it is simply that it is much more effective, much less smelly and it breaks down all solids (including paper) much better.
It is also much more convenient and safer to handle thsn the stuff sold for toilets.
It is also cheaper, but it's not a significant saving.
 
hairydog said:
I use bio washing liquid. Usually Tesco or Lidl own brand. Not conditioner!
The reason to use it is simply that it is much more effective, much less smelly and it breaks down all solids (including paper) much better.
It is also much more convenient and safer to handle thsn the stuff sold for toilets.
It is also cheaper, but it's not a significant saving.
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Agreed - but I find the bio washing tablets much more convenient than the liquid, been using those for some years.
I find it difficult to believe that it's still legal to sell the blue formaldehyde based stuff which is known to be carcinogenic and is not only banned on many sites but also in some countries.
 
My non scientific opinion of washing products is that they need to be heated to work, otherwise it's just concentrated cold soap. If you buy at the right time green and blue additives are cheap.
Any chemical engineers here?
 
Rockburner said:
Just a (dumb) question from an ignorant male about toilet cassettes and bio detergent/conditioner/whatever....

I'm currently using Dometic Green tabs and they do the job of keeping the cassette relatively livable with, but I have questions about the bio laundry products:

Firstly - can you mix the tabs with whatever laundry product is recommended?
Or is that not a good idea: Would the two products work against each other?

Is the Laundry product as good a biological muncher of waste as the tabs, or do you use it JUST because it leaves a nicer smell?

Which actual laundry product do people use??
- A Bio Detergent? (e.g. Persil Bio?)
- A Fabric conditioner? (How do you know it's a biological one? I've never been able to figure this out when looking at various conditioner products)

I'll be in Spain tomorrow - what product would I buy? (Given I don't have much (any) spanish).

Thanks all replies, (even the piss-taking ones.... ;) )
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You must clean the cassette as much as you can using bio cleaner or just the new bio washing detergent.
Then it still may smell a bit for the first few times whilst the old dometic cleaner kills the bio.
Persevere past this by emptying the cassette more regularly and once you've done this don't use bleach based cleaners as these will kill the bio off.
 
I use non-bio washing tabs from Aldi as I sometimes empty into my septic tank. Just pop two tabs in
 
Formil Biological Capsules from Lidl or Almat Bio Laundry liquid sachets from Aldi are the ones I use. In Spain they are not packaged the same but the Formil ones in the green box from Lidl are the ones you want.
 
Bigusdickus said:
My non scientific opinion of washing products is that they need to be heated to work, otherwise it's just concentrated cold soap. If you buy at the right time green and blue additives are cheap.
Any chemical engineers here?
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To remove grease stains from fabric, you do need higher temperatures. But that's not the task, is it?
How many times do you need to be told that saving money isn't the point? People use washing liquid sachets because they are better and easier, not because they are cheaper. And they don't kill septic tanks.
 
hairydog said:
To remove grease stains from fabric, you do need higher temperatures. But that's not the task, is it?
How many times do you need to be told that saving money isn't the point? People use washing liquid sachets because they are better and easier, not because they are cheaper. And they don't kill septic tanks.
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Oh dear. Oh dear.
And how many times do some people have to make such blunders before they realise that there are more effective ways to communicate?

Colin :):):)
 
nabsim said:
I use non-bio washing tabs from Aldi as I sometimes empty into my septic tank. Just pop two tabs in
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Isn't NON-bio bad for septic tanks?? I thought the whole thing was that septic tanks needed BIO.
 
Lee said:
You must clean the cassette as much as you can using bio cleaner or just the new bio washing detergent.
Then it still may smell a bit for the first few times whilst the old dometic cleaner kills the bio.
Persevere past this by emptying the cassette more regularly and once you've done this don't use bleach based cleaners as these will kill the bio off.
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So - the Dometic BIO tabs are a different BIO material to the BIO in the BIO washing detergent, and they actively work against each other? Is that right?
 
Rockburner said:
So - the Dometic BIO tabs are a different BIO material to the BIO in the BIO washing detergent, and they actively work against each other? Is that right?
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I think that the chemicals in the Dometic fluid initially kill off the effects of the bio tabs. Apparently rinsing too much can have a similar effect because of the chlorine in tap water.
 
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