Re: [Killietalk] Suggestion for dealing with 'salt blockage' of bbshatchery airlines

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

*Ken Simolo <Simolo at chem_chem.rochester.edu> wrote.*

> Every time I start a new batch, I just stick the rigid airline under 
> the faucet and run water through it. I have hard well water and never 
> have had the airline clog in 6 years.


My experience in many years of bbs-hatching in the rather hard water of 
the south SF Bay are was exactly like Ken's. Our water was relatively 
hard (200-300 ppm as CaCO3). Humidity was modest, but usually not low.

I now have much softer water (50 ppm as CaCO3) and far drier air, and 
had the problem until I added the soft tip to the rigid airline. For 
some reason, simple rinsing by flowing tap water through the rigid line 
wasn't clearing the clog. It was quite resistant to poking with a 
toothpick, etc., too, as I recall. Now, for some reason, I don't seem to 
even have to pinch it to break the crust up. It just doesn't clog like 
it did. I have an inch of plain vinyl airline on the end of the rigid 
line. Why it works is a bit of a mystery to me.

Wright

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