Ideas on washing tubing

[twitch]

Looking for ideas on washing a tubing system mine is only 70 tapes so I dont really want to buy a tubing washer. What do you do?

[maple flats]

Just pump water air mix up thru tubing. Many use just water, others add chlorine and I add Hydrogen Peroxide. Make up a manifold to feed both compressed air and water up thru each tap. The air gives it turbulance for cleaning action.

[Haynes Forest Products]

Or do nothing like alot of us do. YUP I suck the lines dry as possible and walk away.

[Maplebrook]

Here's my version of what Mapleflats is talking about...
Plug all the spiles, turn it on and then pull one spile off at a time, let the turbulence blast out for a few seconds, plug it and move to the next one.

[Sugarmaker]

We wash 500 plus taps on 30 short run systems. I have these back at the sugarhouse when I wash. Lik others I also built a air and water system for about $30 it works good. There probably are some pictures on here if you search for them. Make sure you have good filters on your air supply.
Regards,
Chris