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 ·  Posted: 02.10.2014  ·  #1
Our toilet cassette wasn't the cleanest inside since we got the van. The flap thing ended up breaking as it was sticking, cleaned the cassette out and bleached it, but still a film of limescale etc :sick: in it.

Got a new flap from Hagans.

Filled it 3/4 with water and added two washing machine tablets and drove around for a few days, I use my van most days. The cassette is now as good as new and sparkly clean :)

So if you just use the blue or green, worthwhile to stick a few washing tabs in there from time to time.
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Re: Dirty Cassette TIP

 ·  Posted: 02.10.2014  ·  #2
Yip I find the tabs work wonders,

Also helps if you have soft water, :up:
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 ·  Posted: 02.10.2014  ·  #3
Will any kind of washing machine tablets do?
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 ·  Posted: 02.10.2014  ·  #4
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Will any kind of washing machine tablets do?


I suppose, but the BIO ones probably best.
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #5
fit a sog and you wont have that problem
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #6
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fit a sog and you wont have that problem


The inside of the cassette won't get dirty if you fit a sog?
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #7
it will but not that blue crud the chemicals create
a simple rinse is all thats needed

plus you can empty toilet as often as you like as there is no expense for chemicals
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #8
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it will but not that blue crud the chemicals create
a simple rinse is all thats needed

plus you can empty toilet as often as you like as there is no expense for chemicals


Good point.

I think limescale was a big issue in mine, water is quite soft here but the last owner must of had hard water.
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #9
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Will any kind of washing machine tablets do?
If you use your own septic tank to empty your toilet you must use non-bio tabs. WE have been using scented washing tablets for younks in the toilet instead of BLUE. Works brill.
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #10
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If you use your own septic tank to empty your toilet you must use non-bio tabs. WE have been using scented washing tablets for younks in the toilet instead of BLUE. Works brill.


Tried this a few times with different tablets and never got the results that we get with the blue/green, still a pong with the tabs :sick:
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #11
I find since we started using the Thetford sachets , we don't get the crud build up. We don't even stock the liquid chemical anymore in the shop.
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #12
Tristan it's impossible to get the sachets up here anywhere and I think they are the best. I've had them when I was on the mainland but the folk up here seem to sell what they get the biggest profit on.
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #13
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Tristan it's impossible to get the sachets up here anywhere and I think they are the best. I've had them when I was on the mainland but the folk up here seem to sell what they get the biggest profit on.


Hagans stock them, which is only a stones throw :)
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #14
Ally the guys there told me 2 weeks ago they had none.
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #15
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Ally the guys there told me 2 weeks ago they had none.


They have been doing them for months, flansvan been using them for ages out of Hagans now.

Ahh hang on, they might be the Dometic Tabs, anyhow they meant to be brilliant.
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #16
I have the sachets in stock and use them in our own Motorhome without any problems :up:
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #17
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Will any kind of washing machine tablets do?
If you use your own septic tank to empty your toilet you must use non-bio tabs. WE have been using scented washing tablets for younks in the toilet instead of BLUE. Works brill.



Bio is the ones to use as it's the biological action that's needed, and that goes for the septic tank aswell,
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 ·  Posted: 03.10.2014  ·  #18
Yep Ally, they sold me the Domestic ones. Also I got the Craic 10 pc off them.
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 ·  Posted: 04.10.2014  ·  #19
Put a little drop of flora in tank with the bio tabs helps keep the smell down
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 ·  Posted: 04.10.2014  ·  #20
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Put a little drop of flora in tank with the bio tabs helps keep the smell down


Hi Hinton 9
What's flora?
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Put a little drop of flora in tank with the bio tabs helps keep the smell down


Hi Hinton 9
What's flora?



It's not the cooking margarine that you are thinking of ken,
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 ·  Posted: 04.10.2014  ·  #22
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Quote by TAYLOR.

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Put a little drop of flora in tank with the bio tabs helps keep the smell down


Hi Hinton 9
What's flora?



It's not the cooking margarine that you are thinking of ken,


Thanks John, has it something to do with flowers?
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 ·  Posted: 04.10.2014  ·  #24
I knew it was some kinda smelly stuff ken but didn't want to look like a numty (keep your comments to your self :lol: ) so I waited til somebody explained it first,

Thanks for the info FC :up:
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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2014  ·  #25
Flora, haven't laughed so much in ages, the idea of putting a blob of margarine in the loo - priceless.

Ya can't beat the pink and blue :up: :up: :up:
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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2014  ·  #26
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Flora, haven't laughed so much in ages, the idea of putting a blob of margarine in the loo - priceless.

Ya can't beat the pink and blue :up: :up: :up:


D that's what I was thinking myself, so I asked the question
Thanks FC for the explanation :up:
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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2014  ·  #27
Folks, its not Flora margarine - have a look at earlier posts.
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 ·  Posted: 05.10.2014  ·  #28
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Folks, its not Flora margarine - have a look at earlier posts.


Jack we have discovered that thanks to FC post 23 :up:
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