Got rid of Blk Tank Odor and more
Okay, first I have to say we bought our first self contained RV in 1998, a Bounder 27D. We have traveled to all 49 continental states and lots and lots of short trips. We never had a tank that smelled like the one in the Adventurer "DID". Meaning it no longer does. Following the advice I received here I cleaned and applied a little plumbers grease to the AAValves, replaced the toilet seal and now I can run the vent fans with the RV buttoned up and no odor. As soon as I get a clear elbow for the dump valve, I will flush the crud(not an intended pun) out of both tanks. I will use some of the ideas found here to help remove whatever is in the tanks and then I will use a little odor control liquid to the tanks when I return the RV to storage.
As an added benefit to replacing the seals and getting the toilet to hold water in the bowl, I found a liquid cleaner in a spray bottle that removed the hard water deposits on the flush ball and cleaned almost 15 years of unpleasant stuff on and around the toilet. I now have to look twice to see the water in the bowl and the surface odor that I hadn't noticed before is gone. Boy O'Boy is the DW happy I cleaned the WC and that she didn't have to get on her hands and knees to do it.
Now to the cleaner, it is Bar Keepers Friend brand spray and foam cleaner for "hard surfaces", not for fabrics or vinyl upholstery. I did have to apply it three times before the water scale was gone and I did use a couple bar towels doing it, but, with out a scrubber or scraper the scale is gone. That does not mean it was effortless
The second thing that I learned here on the forum is how our day/night shades and valences are mounted. We're taking an afternoon off from the kitchen remodel tomorrow and going shopping for new window treatments. It was the DGS's responsibility to open and close the shades during our shakedown cruise and now we'll have to get a new chore to replace that one.
Contrary to his attitude about doing chores at home, he really wants to be helpful to Nana and "G"dude, Could it be the locales he visits and the fact that we can't easily do all the things he can do and he is respectful, to us at least.
We folks, it's been a pleasure to sit and talk to all of you, but, there is cabinetry to be done before we can put the RV in storage and get busy selling the old one. Thanks for the ideas and suggestions.
As an added benefit to replacing the seals and getting the toilet to hold water in the bowl, I found a liquid cleaner in a spray bottle that removed the hard water deposits on the flush ball and cleaned almost 15 years of unpleasant stuff on and around the toilet. I now have to look twice to see the water in the bowl and the surface odor that I hadn't noticed before is gone. Boy O'Boy is the DW happy I cleaned the WC and that she didn't have to get on her hands and knees to do it.
Now to the cleaner, it is Bar Keepers Friend brand spray and foam cleaner for "hard surfaces", not for fabrics or vinyl upholstery. I did have to apply it three times before the water scale was gone and I did use a couple bar towels doing it, but, with out a scrubber or scraper the scale is gone. That does not mean it was effortless
The second thing that I learned here on the forum is how our day/night shades and valences are mounted. We're taking an afternoon off from the kitchen remodel tomorrow and going shopping for new window treatments. It was the DGS's responsibility to open and close the shades during our shakedown cruise and now we'll have to get a new chore to replace that one.
Contrary to his attitude about doing chores at home, he really wants to be helpful to Nana and "G"dude, Could it be the locales he visits and the fact that we can't easily do all the things he can do and he is respectful, to us at least.
We folks, it's been a pleasure to sit and talk to all of you, but, there is cabinetry to be done before we can put the RV in storage and get busy selling the old one. Thanks for the ideas and suggestions.
