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path1
Explorer
Apr 15, 2016

Vinegar to clean water system..How and how much?

I’ve heard people mentioned to use vinegar to get rid scale deposits. And then sanitize normally with bleach. We’ve been using R/O water for drinking for last 6 months. But rest of water system I w...
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CloudDriver
Explorer
Apr 15, 2016
How to Remove Limescale

A quick Google search found the above link.

IIRC the reaction between the dilute acid and the scale produces CO2 gas, so after adding the vinegar and pumping it into the piping I would leave a faucet open to avoid pressure build up.

From the look of your hose, you have really hard water where you live.

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