View Single Post
  #3   Report Post  
Old 12-07-2005, 12:59 PM
Martin Brown
 
Posts: n/a
Default

Pam Moore wrote:

This is on a similar theme to "Stertilised water".
A friend has a rain-water butt which got very smelly.
She was told to put Milton in it. I told her I wouldn't use water
containing Milton on my garden!


A nearly pure sodium hypochlorite solution like Milton without excess
surfactants and thickener found in toilet bleach should be OK and cheap.
It will decompose to leave slightly more alkaline water and table salt
over a period of a week or two in the open air with sunlight.

NB not such a good idea if the water butt smells stronly of ammonia -
then you could get some really nasty compounds formed. The warning on
bleach bottles not to mix with other household cleaners is serious.

Is there anything she can use which will remove the smell and not
render the water unusable. Had it been mine the water would not have
stayed there long enough to get smelly!
The butt is fixed on the wall with down pipe connected and not easily
accessible.


Siphon it all out and start again?

Regards,
Martin Brown