Cleaning tygon

stereomod · 02-May-05, 10:25 PM

i picked up a few feet of tygon and was wondering how i would go about cleaning it out there are a few brown spots in it and kinda want it to get clean so that i can use it, so what do they Water Pimps think?

Wordbiker · 03-May-05, 12:16 AM

Try looking in aquarium supply stores. They should carry some long pipe cleaner type brushes for cleaning tubing. As for a solvent....I'd try something mild, like soap.

lcpiper · 03-May-05, 12:44 AM

Vinigar might work as well.

Enko · 03-May-05, 12:53 AM

i had some tubing that i didn't add any additive to for 6 months. green stuff was coating the tubing the entire length. i dumped some comet into the tubing and ran the pump for a little bit. stuff came right off.

subdismal · 03-May-05, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by stereomod


	i picked up a few feet of tygon and was wondering how i would go about cleaning it out there are a few brown spots in it and kinda want it to get clean so that i can use it, so what do they Water Pimps think?

You can always go back to the old fashioned way of cleaning in hard-to-reach places: pipe cleaners. You can pick them up from almost anywhere that has a craft section or whatever.

As for solvents and actual chemicals, I'm no water cooling expert, but how about bleach or a diluted Liquid Draino (for use in plumbing systems)?

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03-May-05, 12:16 AM		#2 (permalink)
Wordbiker Apex Tech God	Try looking in aquarium supply stores. They should carry some long pipe cleaner type brushes for cleaning tubing. As for a solvent....I'd try something mild, like soap.

03-May-05, 12:44 AM		#3 (permalink)
lcpiper H2-Hoe	Vinigar might work as well.

03-May-05, 12:53 AM		#4 (permalink)
Enko Apex Tech God	i had some tubing that i didn't add any additive to for 6 months. green stuff was coating the tubing the entire length. i dumped some comet into the tubing and ran the pump for a little bit. stuff came right off.