Water pressure

Posted on 12/11/2022 13:21 by Tinwheeler

Be intrigued no more, DD. It’s a well known solution - pardon the pun.

Posted on 12/11/2022 14:06 by

Well it's a solution that goes against all the chemistry lessons I sat through. Get the proportions right and you will end up with a PH neutral solution.

Posted on 12/11/2022 14:03 by Cornersteady

I remember my mum telling me and (just checked) Mrs C's grandma telling her it's an effective combination.

From memory from school it's all about the vinegar reacting with the baking soda to release carbon dioxide that makes it so effective?

There's plenty of stuff from a simple google search to get the right optimal ratio of one to the other.

Posted on 12/11/2022 13:21 by Tinwheeler

Be intrigued no more, DD. It’s a well known solution - pardon the pun.

Posted on 12/11/2022 15:26 by

No disputing that the concoction will result is a creamy mild abrasive reasonably good at removing greasy and grime from cooker surfaces and the like. However, that same concoction will, as AD has said be more or less Ph neutral.

Lime scale is best removed by being dissolved with acid. Formic acid is very good but can also harm some parts of LV water systems so vinegar with a 6% or more acid content; e.g. malt or white pickling vinegar or white wine vinegar are good and not very aggressive to the systems.

Of course putting the "concoction" in an LV water / heating system would have at least one distinct downside.  Being an abrasive it will grind away at any moving parts such as the internals of the heating pump and fresh water delivery pump.  

 

Posted on 12/11/2022 15:47 by Tinwheeler

As I recall, it forms a frothy liquid. Remember, it’s baking soda, not washing soda we're talking about. Washing soda is abrasive while baking soda is very much less so - you’d not be able to eat/drink it if it was. Obviously the system should be rinsed well afterwards.

I'm with R&R, worth a try.👍🏻