Personal Cleaning Wipes

[Devonm2012]

I know there have been many posts over the years about TP ~ what to use, what not to use, etc. Last night, I saw a commercial for those personal cleaning wipes and wondered if those are RV safe or not. Thoughts?

[V10guy]

hitchup wrote:
We have a small round step can sitting next to our toilet. It's for baby wipes and feminine products. A 4-gal trash or shopping bag fits in it perfectly. Ties off and then goes into the larger garbage can in the kitchen cabinet.

X2...it aint worth the hassle to not just stick them in a small trashcan in the bathroom...

They will not dissolve in the RV tank. I've tried several, my sewer solution wouldn't even dissolve them even with the high pressure blast...

[C-Leigh_Racing]

If a wad of TP or wipes, regardless of the type, wont drain out when you dump the tanks, probably be best for everybody to start squishing up what is in the stool before you flush it down, because anything solid will take a while before it turns into a fluid that your thinking will drain out easy.
Neil

[hitchup]

We have a small round step can sitting next to our toilet. It's for baby wipes and feminine products. A 4-gal trash or shopping bag fits in it perfectly. Ties off and then goes into the larger garbage can in the kitchen cabinet.

[MarcW]

I saw that commercial too. There was a big deal in the news recently about what a problem these things are to the sewer systems in the country and the bilions of dollars that municipal waste management agencies are spending on dealing with them. It seems that in spite of the manufactures claims, they are bad news everywhere. So a RV would be the last place you would want them.

[YC_1]

One solution

Another good one

Have used both. The second is the best. It may take some "design work" to modify them but really make life less of a pain in the .


Yes a bit more water consumption but try to get one of those wipe out of a Macerator Pump.

[hershey]

Not no but hell no. Our grand daughter spent 3 weeks with us and I spent the rest of the summer trying to get rid of them. I'd rather have someone drop bricks down the toilet than those .....wipes.

[IAMICHABOD]

The Texan wrote:
There was a thread recently about them and more than one person had a bad problem, because they DO NOT dissolve, but clump and plug the system.

Here is a thread about it, sent it to a friend of mine....

LINK

[CallThisCamping]

I now use Thetfords tissue dissolver when I add chemicals to my tank. It contains an enzyme that dissolves wood fibers. I use septic safe Cottonelle and haven't had any clogs since I started adding it as part of my tank dumping and flushing regimen. We have the moist wipes, but they don't go in the tank.

[Wheel_Estate]

Mr.Mark wrote:
My understanding is that those wipe won't dissolve. We have a septic system at two of our homes and they shouldn't be used.

In the motorhome, we have a macerator toilet and I wouldn't think that would be good for our toilet. We also have the option to use our macerator/hose when it's time to empty the tanks, again, not good for a macerator.

I just recently bought TP at Walmart. The 'Coleman' brand of TP for 4 small rolls was $3.99 a pack. We went over to the grocery section and found the cheap Walmart TP and was .89 a four pack. So, I bought several as it said on the pack it was septic safe.

When I got back to the motorhome I compared our .89 Walmart TP to our Camping World TP, put them in the sink, ran water on them and they dissolved exactly the same. So, it's Walmart TP at .89 a pack from now on! LOL!

Safe travels,
MM.

same thing here (with same results) some time ago... thanks for confirming my findings !!! LOL

AND i notice spell checker is working ...THANKS to whoever is responsible !!!!

[wny_pat1]

nevadanick wrote:
The flushable ones should dissolve.

The Equate Flushable Wipes (compare to Cottonelle Fresh Care wipes) say that they "break apart after flushing like toilet paper, reducing the chance for blockages at home and in waste management systems". Say that they are "Certified Flushable for Sewer and Septic - Use one or two wipes per flush".

Now having quoted Equate, I have put them to the jar and water test and after 24 hours they did not dissolve! Have not tried them in the black tank, except for one or two that ended up there by mistake. Don't know what happened to them while they were in the tank. Don't know if they are still in the tank, or if they came out during a dump.

[Mr_Mark1]

My understanding is that those wipe won't dissolve. We have a septic system at two of our homes and they shouldn't be used.

In the motorhome, we have a macerator toilet and I wouldn't think that would be good for our toilet. We also have the option to use our macerator/hose when it's time to empty the tanks, again, not good for a macerator.

I just recently bought TP at Walmart. The 'Coleman' brand of TP for 4 small rolls was $3.99 a pack. We went over to the grocery section and found the cheap Walmart TP and was .89 a four pack. So, I bought several as it said on the pack it was septic safe.

When I got back to the motorhome I compared our .89 Walmart TP to our Camping World TP, put them in the sink, ran water on them and they dissolved exactly the same. So, it's Walmart TP at .89 a pack from now on! LOL!

Safe travels,
MM.

[RCtime]

The best way to choose a brand of TP or any wipes is to put a piece of it in a glass of water. If it dissolves its OK.
I don't think the wipes would dissolve, they are pre-moist.

[The_Texan]

There was a thread recently about them and more than one person had a bad problem, because they DO NOT dissolve, but clump and plug the system.

[twins89]

You can use them but I wouldn't flush them. Some RVers don't even flush their TP (why I will never understand), but you could do what they do and use the wipe at the end and place it in a ziplock in the bathroom trash. We bought a used fifth wheel years ago and it had the infamous pyramid in it and for that reason I won't flush the wipes. We did clear it but it wasn't fun to finally get it softened and out of the tank.

[loulou57]

They are likely to stick to the side of the tank. My son, the plumber, has always told me to never use them, even the flushable ones. They do cause issues in the house plumbing. The RV does not have the same amount of water pressure sending things through, basically gravity. I wouldn't put them in the system.