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We have had two caravans and a motorhome and have never experienced any problems with keeping the toilet smelling clean and fresh. However these all had separate flush tanks whilst our current motorhome uses water from the fresh watertank for flushing.
This toilet never smells as fresh as I would like. My husband has cleaned the tank and it is as clean as these tanks can be and we always use and keep a chemical solution in the tank.
The only difference that we can see is that as we do not have a separate flush tank we cannot use the pink liquid we have always previously used in the flush water. We have taken to spraying a solution of the pink liquid into the loo everytime it is used, this has helped but has not completely solved the problem.
Has anyone come across anything that can be used in these loos to help with the problem? Help appreciated!
I've taken to cleaning the 'internals ' of the tank periodically - about every 3 months I remove the cassette from the van (usually when I'm doing a 'between trips' clean) and clean the inside of the tank. Simply slide off external shutter and use yellow knob to open the rubber internal shutter. Then hot water and grey tank cleaner or a good proprietary detergent solution (Flash do one) to 'shake and rinse' 2 or 3 times finally finishing over with the garden hose. I did this for the first time last year and removed what must have been 5 years of accumiulated 'brown' coating and got the internals of the tank back to grey plastic.
Put your "pink stuff" on a spray bottle and give the toilet a spray after use.
She already does that Christine ( ) but the pink stuff doesn't smell strong enough IMHO. (And it's not a very "fresh" smell.)
We have just started putting pine disinfectant in our flush tank, and it seems to work quite well. A bit soon to be too confident though.
Maz could try putting a strong solution in her spray bottle, and who is to say it must only be sprayed down the pan?? A quick squirt on the shower floor is not going to hurt anything, and will add to the fresh, clean smell which will then (hopefully) pervade the room.
One of the tricks when using a diluted spray of either Thetford Pink, or Zoflora concentrated disinfectant, is to make sure that enough accumulates in the bottom of the bowl, to cover the lip between the rubber seal, and the sliding plate.
We have found this to help in the past, as it appears to help to seal off odours. If it continually drains away with the blade in the closed position, then you need a new seal.
I can categorically state that anything other than the Thetford Pink that we have tried, does not appear to have the same protective coating qualities, on the surface of the bowl.
HTH,
Jock.
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Just a thought, has anyone tried that Duck toilet smelling thing (excuse the technical phraseing) that you pump and it sticks to the side of the toilet bowl. When you flush a conventional toilet it flows over the deposit on the side of the bowl and creates a fresh smell.
Would this work on the Thetford and would it cause any damage to the bowl I wonder.
Just a thought, has anyone tried that Duck toilet smelling thing (excuse the technical phraseing) that you pump and it sticks to the side of the toilet bowl. When you flush a conventional toilet it flows over the deposit on the side of the bowl and creates a fresh smell.
Would this work on the Thetford and would it cause any damage to the bowl I wonder.
this was raised in another thread a few months back and I seem to remember that the manufacturer said something about not using in in plastic toilet bowls - but someone with better technical skills might be able to find the post to confirm what was said
I'm happy with a loo that doesn't smell of anything so, apart from making sure all the internal bits are clean and the cassette ( using bio laundry liquid) is emptied regularly we don't use anything to make it smell nice.
I clean the toilet bowl and seat with Tesco bathroom wet wipes. I wouldn't use them at home ( expensive for long-term use) but, when you have limited water and cloth-rinsing facilities, these can be used and thrown away - in the bin not the loo. I've used them for years and they do not damage the plastic.
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) but the pink stuff doesn't smell strong enough IMHO. (And it's not a very "fresh" smell.)
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