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cleaning camelbak
I've got a 3litre camelbak and forgot to clean it!! I've now got black
marks inside. I've done washing with hot soapy water and then milton overnight inside the bag but the marks are still there. Any suggestions? I've heard using denture tablets is a good one or are the camelbak cleaning tablets any good? Thanks Gareth |
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gareth price wrote: I've got a 3litre camelbak and forgot to clean it!! I've now got black marks inside. I've done washing with hot soapy water and then milton overnight inside the bag but the marks are still there. Any suggestions? I've heard using denture tablets is a good one or are the camelbak cleaning tablets any good? Baking soda or mild bleach then rinse well (its on the current Camelback instructions). If its inside the drinking tube you need one of their tube cleaning brushes and you can also fit your hand inside the bag with a cleaning cloth to wipe it off. Tony |
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gareth price wrote:
I've got a 3litre camelbak and forgot to clean it!! I've now got black marks inside. I've done washing with hot soapy water and then milton overnight inside the bag but the marks are still there. Any suggestions? I've heard using denture tablets is a good one or are the camelbak cleaning tablets any good? Thanks Gareth Mechanical cleaning with a strip of cotton cloth of whatever size you can get in through the opening, and just the right amount of water (a small amount found by trial and error) was a very effective method for cleaning algae from the inside of glass vessels in my lab days. You need to devise a way of causing the cloth to rub the surface where the marks are, and the amount of water is critical to achieve this. Wash out thoroughly and sterilise with Milton. |
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Tony Raven wrote:
Baking soda or mild bleach then rinse well (its on the current Camelback instructions). If its inside the drinking tube you need one of their tube cleaning brushes and you can also fit your hand inside the bag with a cleaning cloth to wipe it off. Tony Just read Tony's post......if you can get your hand INSIDE?? the bag then there's no problem. Just wipe it off. If it wont budge you may have a permanent stain which is likely harmless. |
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gareth price wrote:
I've got a 3litre camelbak and forgot to clean it!! I've now got black marks inside. I've done washing with hot soapy water and then milton overnight inside the bag but the marks are still there. Any suggestions? I've heard using denture tablets is a good one or are the camelbak cleaning tablets any good? Thanks Gareth To clean the tube, remove it from the bladder by softening slightly in hot water. Then obtain a piece of electrical cable that is about twice the length of the tube. I find a length of 16/0.2 is thin enough and strong enough. Next get a small piece of cotton cloth and knot the wire around it in the middle of the wires length. Feed the wire into the tube and so that it protrudes from the other end of the tube, this can be helped by lubricating the inside of the tube with washing up liquid. You can now pull the cloth from one end of the tube and back again until it is nice and clean. Simple and cost free. |
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