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Post by chiangmai on Jul 14, 2017 13:23:16 GMT 7
Another thing worth looking at is to just change the shower head, as the avarage shower heads are as cheap as chips in Thailand. www.homepro.co.th/search?q=shower+headObviously if you have a mega expensive shower head, then it would be worth cleaning. Just to be clear, the problem is iron/rust deposits on garden sprinkler heads, not limescale on shower heads and definitely not deposits of any kind on the other head!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 13:35:28 GMT 7
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 14, 2017 13:44:10 GMT 7
The Lazada product looks like it's just the job, I reckon that'll be my fall back solution if the vinegar doesn't work - many thanks for posting the link, much appreciated. EDIT TO ADD: I just checked the sprinkler head that's been soaking in 5% vinegar for the past two and a half hours and it's definitely doing the job, four hours should see it sorted. A super big thanks to all for your comments and the drinks tonight are on SP, he said so (I'm sure he did).
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 14:08:49 GMT 7
The Lazada product looks like it's just the job, I reckon that'll be my fall back solution if the vinegar doesn't work - many thanks for posting the link, much appreciated. EDIT TO ADD: I just checked the sprinkler head that's been soaking in 5% vinegar for the past two and a half hours and it's definitely doing the job, four hours should see it sorted. A super big thanks to all for your comments and the drinks tonight are on SP, he said so (I'm sure he did). Excelent, hope it all works out. Reference to the drinks: We have 2 SP posters on this forum, Soutpeel & SiamPolee. Please tell me that it is SiamPolee that plans to foot my drinks bill as he lives just around the corner from me, whereas Soutpeel lives very far away.
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 14, 2017 14:24:20 GMT 7
The Lazada product looks like it's just the job, I reckon that'll be my fall back solution if the vinegar doesn't work - many thanks for posting the link, much appreciated. EDIT TO ADD: I just checked the sprinkler head that's been soaking in 5% vinegar for the past two and a half hours and it's definitely doing the job, four hours should see it sorted. A super big thanks to all for your comments and the drinks tonight are on SP, he said so (I'm sure he did). Excelent, hope it all works out. Reference to the drinks: We have 2 SP posters on this forum, Soutpeel & SiamPolee. Please tell me that it is SiamPolee that plans to foot my drinks bill as he lives just around the corner from me, whereas Soutpeel lives very far away. I believe it was Soutpeel. But since he lives so far away from you responsibility has been delegated, in your case only, to SiamPolee who I understand is a fine upstanding chap who will be pleased to help out. And in case anyone is interested in trivia, Big C sells one gallon containers of white vinegar for 69 baht, it such a bargain I bought two!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 14:29:50 GMT 7
There are a couple of great books out there, one is to do with the many uses of vinegar and the other is for bicarbonate of soda.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 14:34:53 GMT 7
Excelent, hope it all works out. Reference to the drinks: We have 2 SP posters on this forum, Soutpeel & SiamPolee. Please tell me that it is SiamPolee that plans to foot my drinks bill as he lives just around the corner from me, whereas Soutpeel lives very far away. I believe it was Soutpeel. But since he lives so far away from you responsibility has been delegated, in your case only, to SiamPolee who I understand is a fine upstanding chap who will be pleased to help out. And in case anyone is interested in trivia, Big C sells one gallon containers of white vinegar for 69 baht, it such a bargain I bought two! Here's an idea for you: Cut the top off the vinegar jug, drop the sprinkler heads in, also drop in 2 dozen hard boiled (and peeled) eggs, after 2 hours remove the sprinkler heads, after 2 months remove the hard boiled eggs, sit in your garden chair watching your newly spruced up sprinkler heads perform their duty whilst eating the now delicious pickled eggs. I'm pretty sure that this recipe would work better with Jamesons but I'm not sure if this would help with the rust removal.
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 14, 2017 14:42:58 GMT 7
I believe it was Soutpeel. But since he lives so far away from you responsibility has been delegated, in your case only, to SiamPolee who I understand is a fine upstanding chap who will be pleased to help out. And in case anyone is interested in trivia, Big C sells one gallon containers of white vinegar for 69 baht, it such a bargain I bought two! Here's an idea for you: Cut the top off the vinegar jug, drop the sprinkler heads in, also drop in 2 dozen hard boiled (and peeled) eggs, after 2 hours remove the sprinkler heads, after 2 months remove the hard boiled eggs, sit in your garden chair watching your newly spruced up sprinkler heads perform their duty whilst eating the now delicious pickled eggs. I'm pretty sure that this recipe would work better with Jamesons but I'm not sure if this would help with the rust removal. Arf arf arf.
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Post by siampolee on Jul 14, 2017 18:36:03 GMT 7
My god sir indeed you are fine stand up comedian!!!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2017 20:11:11 GMT 7
My god sir indeed you are fine stand up comedian!!! I have known SiamPolee for 17 years, met him when we used to teach English in Central BangNa on Sundays and we have been to each other's houses for drinks enough times to consider him a close friend. However, I am yet to see the man put his hand in his pocket and get me a Jamesons. Comedian is an understatement, comic genius is nearer the mark.
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Post by me on Jul 14, 2017 20:16:52 GMT 7
My god sir indeed you are fine stand up comedian!!! I have known SiamPolee for 17 years, met him when we used to teach English in Central BangNa on Sundays and we have been to each other's houses for drinks enough times to consider him a close friend. However, I am yet to see the man put his hand in his pocket and get me a Jamesons. Comedian is an understatement, comic genius is nearer the mark. prohibitation.weebly.com/uploads/4/6/8/1/46812935/7298962.jpgHope this was not the reason
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Post by Soutpeel on Jul 15, 2017 10:01:16 GMT 7
Excelent, hope it all works out. Reference to the drinks: We have 2 SP posters on this forum, Soutpeel & SiamPolee. Please tell me that it is SiamPolee that plans to foot my drinks bill as he lives just around the corner from me, whereas Soutpeel lives very far away. I believe it was Soutpeel. But since he lives so far away from you responsibility has been delegated, in your case only, to SiamPolee who I understand is a fine upstanding chap who will be pleased to help out. And in case anyone is interested in trivia, Big C sells one gallon containers of white vinegar for 69 baht, it such a bargain I bought two! Tell you what, i will donate the case of Hoegaarden Bleth owes me, he will deliver it too you personally next time he is in CM 2 gallons of white vinegar ! What you going to do with all that ?...cant even use it for fish and chips, your as bad as Mrs S...buy bulk quantites of shit we will never use in a million years
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Post by chiangmai on Jul 15, 2017 10:09:15 GMT 7
I believe it was Soutpeel. But since he lives so far away from you responsibility has been delegated, in your case only, to SiamPolee who I understand is a fine upstanding chap who will be pleased to help out. And in case anyone is interested in trivia, Big C sells one gallon containers of white vinegar for 69 baht, it such a bargain I bought two! Tell you what, i will donate the case of Hoegaarden Bleth owes me, he will deliver it too you personally next time he is in CM 2 gallons of white vinegar ! What you going to do with all that ?...cant even use it for fish and chips The sprinkler heads are not small and cost about 750 each, I have fourteen of them. I just finished soaking/cleaning them all and I used about a gallon of vinegar hence I'm all set for six months hence when I will have to repeat. Shallow well water (under 40 feet) is notorious for containing rust and it very quickly stains walls and clogs pumps etc., that's why you see so many of those cascade filter systems where well water is allowed to filter through several trays of stones in order to remove the rust.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2017 10:13:50 GMT 7
Tell you what, i will donate the case of Hoegaarden Bleth owes me, he will deliver it too you personally next time he is in CM 2 gallons of white vinegar ! What you going to do with all that ?...cant even use it for fish and chips The sprinkler heads are not small and cost about 750 each, I have fourteen of them. I just finished soaking/cleaning them all and I used about a gallon of vinegar hence I'm all set for six months hence when I will have to repeat. Shallow well water (under 40 feet) is notorious for containing rust and it very quickly stains walls and clogs pumps etc., that's why you see so many of those cascade filter systems where well water is allowed to filter through several trays of stones in order to remove the rust. So what were the results of the excersise, are the sprinklers now back to their best?
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Post by Soutpeel on Jul 15, 2017 10:17:44 GMT 7
Tell you what, i will donate the case of Hoegaarden Bleth owes me, he will deliver it too you personally next time he is in CM 2 gallons of white vinegar ! What you going to do with all that ?...cant even use it for fish and chips The sprinkler heads are not small and cost about 750 each, I have fourteen of them. I just finished soaking/cleaning them all and I used about a gallon of vinegar hence I'm all set for six months hence when I will have to repeat. Shallow well water (under 40 feet) is notorious for containing rust and it very quickly stains walls and clogs pumps etc., that's why you see so many of those cascade filter systems where well water is allowed to filter through several trays of stones in order to remove the rust. Dependent on your FE mg/l, you can treat the water to stop this =3 Mg/l = phosphate treatment = 5 mg/l = ion exchange water softener = 15 mg/l = oxidising filter You can also treat with chlorine and a sand bed filter
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