Cleaning Pots / Saucers, Salt buildup removal?

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2com

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PadawanWarrior said:
Citric acid is definitely cheaper than vinegar.

Amazon.com: Milliard Citric Acid 5 Pound - 100% Pure Food Grade Non-GMO Project Verified (5 Pound): Health & Personal Care
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That's what I found out too. I was kinda hoping to find acetic acid powder, because I did a test (with what I had on hand) and vinegar definitely worked the best. I found vinegar powder but it's more for flavorings and shit, and not cheap.

The citric acid products even say they're de-liming or descaling, and the descaler products ingredients list "citric acid" as the only ingredient, haha.

Thanks.
 
thumper60

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Stoned Whale said:
Does anyone have any advice on this?

I have always just used basic dish soap / shower gel or whatever was to hand, but I have recently moved to coco and have found removing the salt buildup can be a bit of a pain in the bum sometimes!

Is there a household product that works well, or even a grow specific thing I can look into?

Also how often do you all clean this stuff, every grow?

Thanks for reading!
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soap an warm water takes the salts off plastic pot Might not take the stain off but the salt is gone. I clean all my pots before reuse.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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2com said:
That's what I found out too. I was kinda hoping to find acetic acid powder, because I did a test (with what I had on hand) and vinegar definitely worked the best. I found vinegar powder but it's more for flavorings and shit, and not cheap.

The citric acid products even say they're de-liming or descaling, and the descaler products ingredients list "citric acid" as the only ingredient, haha.

Thanks.
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I heard about someone using a little citric acid in their dishwasher each load since they had hard water. I'm gonna try it. I've got a huge bag.

I also used some to make sour gummies. It has many uses.

And I actually used it to clean the Ca buildup from a few 1/2 gal pots a month or so ago and it worked pretty damn good. Way better than a scraper.
 
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2com

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PadawanWarrior said:
I heard about someone using a little citric acid in their dishwasher each load since they had hard water. I'm gonna try it. I've got a huge bag.

I also used some to make sour gummies. It has many uses.

And I actually used it to clean the Ca buildup from a few 1/2 gal pots a month or so ago and it worked pretty damn good. Way better than a scraper.
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Nice.
I saw a recipe for dishwashing detergent in the reviews for the citric acid; citric acid, baking soda, and maybe a third ingredient. I don't remember the ratios.
 
Star Dog

Star Dog

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I've got a gallon of peroxyacetic acid mixed with 25% h2o2, I don't know anything about chemistry but from what I've picked up it basically vinegar and h2o2, anyone used it or know anything about it?
 
V256.420

V256.420

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I use old fashioned soap and hot water with a scrubby sponge. My oldest 2 gallon pots are 7 years old. Working like new :eyesmoke:
 
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2com

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speedwell68 said:
I just wash them in anitbac dish soap in really hot water.
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Citric acid can be used to make a solution/soak, and the result is basically zero need for scrubbing. It's the physical scrubbing and scraping I wanted to avoid. For the hard, salty build up, boiling water and soap does nothing. The citric acid essentially breaks down the salt; dissolves it. A simply spray or wipe will then remove almost every single hint of it.

The stuff is very acidic.
 
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2com

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hotrodharley said:
And for a fungicide mixture and an insecticide too. Citric acid is extremely useful.
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I wanted to try and use citric acid in some light nutrient solution, as a way to try and break up some of the salt build-up on the surface of the medium, and near the drainage holes. But I couldn't find anything that suggested a rate to use it at for this.
 
hotrodharley

hotrodharley

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2com said:
I wanted to try and use citric acid in some light nutrient solution, as a way to try and break up some of the salt build-up on the surface of the medium, and near the drainage holes. But I couldn't find anything that suggested a rate to use it at for this.
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Because your nutrient solution would be too acidic.
 
Rurumo

Rurumo

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2com said:
I wanted to try and use citric acid in some light nutrient solution, as a way to try and break up some of the salt build-up on the surface of the medium, and near the drainage holes. But I couldn't find anything that suggested a rate to use it at for this.
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The amount of citric acid you need to adjust the PH of a nutrient solution is too little to actually dissolve anything in the media. To lower 4 gallons of my nutrient solution from around 7 to 5.8 is just about 1/4 teaspoon. If you have that much buildup, maybe look into enzymes. I sprinkle citric acid directly on the limescale in my toilet, let it sit 15 min, then it scrubs right off-that's my toilet though.
 
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