Scrubbing Bubbles and Acrylic

[Baleful]

Anyone out there know if Scrubbing Bubbles (http://http://www.scrubbingbubbles.com/products.aspx?product=aerosol-bathroom-cleaners#tabline-where) will eat acrylic? I know alcohol will over extended periods of time, but I don't see alcohol as one of the main active ingredients.

I was using this stuff to clean my tubing the other day when I got to thinking about it's antibacterial properties and wondered what it's affects would be against algae.

1- I don't see this harming Tygon 3603, I'm not sure about UV tubing such as Fesser.

2- I don't see this harming copper, but what about nickel plating?

3- I don't see this harming Delrin or Acetal


So what do you think? If I add a drop or two of Scrubbing Bubbles to a loop, do you think it would eat the acrylic?

[Cutless009]

Im not sure about acrylic, but I do know that SB will make like clear shower curtains and stuff foggy over time.

[Xilikon]

I filled my MCRES with scrubbing bubbles only and it didn't damage it at all. It's now over 2 months and I don't see any cracks.

[rubidium]

According to the MSDS (material safety data sheet) submitted by S.C. Johnson as required by law, the stuff contains "deionized water and a 1-5% surfactant mixture" designed to lower the interfacial tension between the water and the crud lining your shower. Translation: the stuff is essentially soap and water. I always get a kick out the plethora of proprietary products lining that certain isle at the grocery store. They're essentially all the same - give or take the packaging and the price tag.

rubidium

[Xilikon]

According to the MSDS (material safety data sheet) submitted by S.C. Johnson as required by law, the stuff contains "deionized water and a 1-5% surfactant mixture" designed to lower the interfacial tension between the water and the crud lining your shower. Translation: the stuff is essentially soap and water. I always get a kick out most proprietary products lining that certain isle at the grocery store. They're essentially all the same - give or take.

rubidium

Something like a mix of water, soap and jetdry.

[bigslappy]

can't see the harm BUT don't it's usefulness either

& soap Not In Mine !

as for PTnuke causing color never have seen that & i've used it with distilled for years
don't remember if It was u who had a problemo with PTnuke ?
May the blue color that was after the PTnuke was added was left over Rad Flux that reacted with the PTnuke ??
Who the fuck Knows ?
But Never seen that .. & i use swifties MCR's & HL GTX Rads ..

[cheapskate]

Scrubbing bubbles is great for removing latex paint from acrylic paint. I don't think it has an effect on plexiglas. It's murder on soft vinyls, though.

[mcoffey]

I don't know why you'd want to use something like scrubbing bubles on anything as it relates to a LC system? Or any household cleaner for that matter. I wouldn't let it within a mile of my tubing when I'm cleaning that, I know I wouldn't allow it to run inside my loop. The foaming alone would be enough to steer me way, not to mention any left over residue.

I'm with Slappy on the PT Nuke issue. As long as you use it as directed, I can't imagine it causing an issue. One or two, and one or two drops ONLY, and it will never casue as issue that I know of. I think the whole PT Nuke scare comes from idiots the don't RTFM and use 10-20 drops in their loops, because in their infinite wisdom, they think more always equals better. I've got the same little bottle I started out with over 2 years ago from Petra's, I've never had an issue, it's still 2/3 full, and I've used it for at least 25 fills. And I've never seen a hint of crud growing in my loops....knock on wood.

andyc

[Kayin]

It will remove the plasticizer residue from within tubing, as well as clean acrylic. It's completely safe (more so than PT-Nuke, to be perfectly honest) and could actually be a viable loop additive. See surfactants in the FAQ.

[Baleful]

Thanks for the replies. I was considering using this in a loop just as an experiment, I would be interested to see how it would work.

As for the PTNuke, I have used it for the past 2 years, and still have the same original bottle I started out with. I use 2 drops per loop and always end up having crap in my loops. It's not algae, but more like a thick film and it's always blue, the same color as the PTNuke. I'm not sure if this is just a coincidence or not, we will see as I'm going to stick strictly to the silver coils this time.

I also used the scrubbing bubbles over the weekend to clean some MCRES's. The thick film that was in them wouldn't come out after I soaked them in dishwashing fluid and ran them through the dishwasher. I squirted a liberal amount of SB in there with hot water and let it soak over night. Rinsed it out in the morning and the film was gone.

[Septim]

hmm me thinks me needs some of this here...
maybe ask gary to carry some of this... hehe...

[cheapskate]

I don't know why I never thought to use a scum cleaner to remove loop scum before...
I have 6 cans of the shit sitting behind me on a shelf right now. I use it for everything else. -IT'S GO TIME!!!

[Baleful]

I don't know why I never thought to use a scum cleaner to remove loop scum before...
I have 6 cans of the shit sitting behind me on a shelf right now. I use it for everything else. -IT'S GO TIME!!!


Oh man it works wonders on cleaning your tubing. I have Tygon 3606 and it works wonders at removing the cloudy crud. It worked wonders on my res as well.

[cheapskate]

I've got a bottle right here. It says 'it's a violation of Federal law to use in a manner inconsistent with it's labeling.' :lol:
It also says it's not recommended for acrylic and brass. (Although 'acrylic' is used as a safety blanket here.-Way too general.)
-So it will clean the hell out of it, but would be bad for long-term soaking. Kind of like my using toilet bowl cleaner on brass and copper.

[Baleful]

LMAO I just noticed the acrylic warning... gotta love the fine print. Man I let my res soak over night, they were caked with the same cloudy crap as the tubes. It presented no problems for me.

[cheapskate]

I've informed the FBI about your illegal activity.

[Baleful]

I've informed the FBI about your illegal activity.

As long as they don't find the meth lab behind the trailor i'm aight. :crack::crack:

[RedRaider]

Mississippi MethHead...:crack: :crack: :crack: :crack: