Will ICE Clean out your black water tank...Video

I'll bet there are a number of things that will work. Dishwashing liquid. Laundry detergent. Commercial cleaners that restaurants use on their kitchen floors to break up grease. All of them will need water & agitation (a drive).

After that be sure to dump a few gallons of water into the tank after every dumping.

At a "Life on Wheels" seminar, the DW heard Vicki Kieva spread this one. I laughed and laughed and then laughed some more. So, after about 3 years of humoring her, she's done dumping good ice down the toilet. Now it's about 3 ounces of dish detergent and a gallon of water on travel days. Slosh, slosh, suds suds, and the DW is happy. And that makes her happy, which in turn makes me happy. :)

minnow wrote:

WILDEBILL308 wrote:

minnow wrote:

WILDEBILL308 wrote:
The water softener was what helped to brake up/dissolve your problem. The ice might have made you feel better.
Bill

So say's you. Now prove it.

Did you watch the video? You can't get the ice to move around enough to do anything. the other thing if you have water in the tank, now think about it, where is the stuck on poo and where is the ice? The water softener will do the job along with several commercial tank additives. If you believe that ice will work I will sell you ice.:B :)
Bill

Yeah I have watched all of his video's. Doesn't prove a thing in the real world.

I go by what worked for me. Tried backflushing, no go. Tried using the wand down the toilet, nothing. Put in about 20-25 lbs. of ice when leaving the campground and when we got to the next stop at the end of the day, everything was flowing fine again.

I agree 100%, the video is not a replication of real world!!!

I had a bad black tank when we bought our Copper Canyon.
I first put in about 10 gals. of hot water and water softer and let it set over night.
Then on the way out the next day stopped at a convenience store and bought about 14# of ice tossed it in and headed out.
It made a huge improvement, took about twice to get really good results.

WILDEBILL308 wrote:

minnow wrote:

WILDEBILL308 wrote:
The water softener was what helped to brake up/dissolve your problem. The ice might have made you feel better.
Bill

So say's you. Now prove it.

Did you watch the video? You can't get the ice to move around enough to do anything. the other thing if you have water in the tank, now think about it, where is the stuck on poo and where is the ice? The water softener will do the job along with several commercial tank additives. If you believe that ice will work I will sell you ice.:B :)
Bill

Yeah I have watched all of his video's. Doesn't prove a thing in the real world.

I go by what worked for me. Tried backflushing, no go. Tried using the wand down the toilet, nothing. Put in about 20-25 lbs. of ice when leaving the campground and when we got to the next stop at the end of the day, everything was flowing fine again.

All we used for 16 years of full-timing was water with no problems!

The ice is going to melt in what, 15 minutes or so? It then becomes, uh, um, lets see. Oh, thats right. WATER.

Might as well just give the tank a good dose of water, along with the additives of choice. The only way to possibly do the job a bit better would be to send a load of hot water down there & go for a drive.

After all, hot water helps keep home drain pipes clean.

minnow wrote:

WILDEBILL308 wrote:
The water softener was what helped to brake up/dissolve your problem. The ice might have made you feel better.
Bill

So say's you. Now prove it.

Did you watch the video? You can't get the ice to move around enough to do anything. the other thing if you have water in the tank, now think about it, where is the stuck on poo and where is the ice? The water softener will do the job along with several commercial tank additives. If you believe that ice will work I will sell you ice.:B :)
Bill

rhagfo wrote:
The first test is highly flawed, the poo isn't like most real poo, there is far more natural liquid in the tank. Even in hot climates it would not be like sitting the clear tank on a sheet of black in the hot sun!

Accept no substitute!

WILDEBILL308 wrote:
The water softener was what helped to brake up/dissolve your problem. The ice might have made you feel better.
Bill

So say's you. Now prove it.

The water softener was what helped to brake up/dissolve your problem. The ice might have made you feel better.
Bill