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Sun, Jul 1, 12 at 23:01
| We have a bunch of the soaker hoses that seep water slowly but now barely allow any water to pass. Before I toss them, does anyone have any bright ideas on how to restore them to their former porosity? Right now I have them soaking in a container of plain water, hoping it might help to dissolve the minerals I suspect are the culprit. Vinegar? Muriatic acid? We have pretty hard water.
No fair suggesting tossing them as I mentioned it myself. I need ideas to salvage them. TIA |
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| I would use a full strength white vinegar soak of at least 24 hours. Vinegar will cut the surface deposits but it may take multiple soaks to remove the deposits within the hose walls, if ever. I usually don't use muriatic acid as it's very strong, however, if the vinegar doesn't work you may have to try a diluted muriatic solution. |
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- Posted by albert_135 Sunset 2 or 3 (My Page) on Sat, Jul 7, 12 at 16:35
| In the household cleaning sections of some superstores is a household cleaning product called "The Works" which is the diluted muriatic acid that webbee mentions above. I am not sure that will fix anything but it is an inexpensive product to try. I would add some dish-washing detergent too. Muriatic acid is used to adjust the pH of swimming pools. Perhaps you know someone who has some in the pool shed. |
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