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    Default RO soap to clean 3/16 system

    I'm curious thoughts on [pumping flush of RO soap water up through my lines and drops? Possible warm water and soak time. Seems simple and smart but...
    2017- 80 taps on 3/16 natural experimenting with Sap Sucking options
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    Interested if there is an answer / research on this. For those of us with small setups and who pump fluid up our lines to clean them, this is intriguing.

    Assume there might be issues with caustic base residue in the lines and making sure its fully flushed/rinsed before using any sap from the lines.
    Last edited by DRoseum; 10-07-2022 at 06:21 AM.
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    You would be training a whole generation of squirrels to search for salt by eating tubing, other than that its a great idea!
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    What are you hoping to achieve by doing this? RO soap is for cleaning an RO....
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