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oily taste in galvanized pipe. How to best remove it?
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| David Jensen 2005-07-26, 1:21 pm |
| I put a drinking fountain on the end of a 4' prethreaded galvanized pipe
from Home Depot. I used the galvanized so that it would stand up on its own
in the yard. The 4' galvanized pipe is fed with PVC. The water from the
drinking fountain head continues to taste oily even though I've flushed it
with several minutes of water. I'm pretty sure that the oily taste is from
oil in the pipe when I bought it at HD. I think it gets the oil in in from
cutting the threads in on each end of the pipe.
What should I do to remove the oily taste from the pipe? It seems like
disassembling it and putting some kind of bottle brush and soap would be
quite an effort. There must be better way. How would a plumber do it?
Thanks.
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David Jensen
Change the xx in my email address to MJ for my real email address. Thanks.
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| Duane Bozarth 2005-07-26, 1:21 pm |
| David Jensen wrote:
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> ...How would a plumber do it?
Woulda' done it <first>, if at all. Let it run, it'll eventually go
away as there's no practical way once it's installed. I suppose you
could take the faucet/fixture off the top and use a stiff rod w/ some
scrubbing arrangement, but I'd not bother...
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| Sacramento Dave 2005-07-26, 3:21 pm |
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"David Jensen" <DJNews1@xxAssociates.net> wrote in message
news:ndtFe.9377$oZ.7763@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> I put a drinking fountain on the end of a 4' prethreaded galvanized pipe
> from Home Depot. I used the galvanized so that it would stand up on its
own
> in the yard. The 4' galvanized pipe is fed with PVC. The water from the
> drinking fountain head continues to taste oily even though I've flushed it
> with several minutes of water. I'm pretty sure that the oily taste is
from
> oil in the pipe when I bought it at HD. I think it gets the oil in in
from
> cutting the threads in on each end of the pipe.
>
> What should I do to remove the oily taste from the pipe? It seems like
> disassembling it and putting some kind of bottle brush and soap would be
> quite an effort. There must be better way. How would a plumber do it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> --
> David Jensen
> Change the xx in my email address to MJ for my real email address.
Thanks.
>
> let the water run . Like mentioned take it apart and clean it. If you go
that far order a piece of stainless steel pipe or Type K cooper.
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| ~^Johnny^~ 2005-07-26, 3:21 pm |
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>What should I do to remove the oily taste from the pipe?
It'll go away in a few months. ;->
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| anoldfart2@invalid.com 2005-07-26, 3:21 pm |
| On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 16:07:47 GMT, "David Jensen"
<DJNews1@xxAssociates.net> wrote:
>I put a drinking fountain on the end of a 4' prethreaded galvanized pipe
>from Home Depot. I used the galvanized so that it would stand up on its own
>in the yard. The 4' galvanized pipe is fed with PVC. The water from the
>drinking fountain head continues to taste oily even though I've flushed it
>with several minutes of water. I'm pretty sure that the oily taste is from
>oil in the pipe when I bought it at HD. I think it gets the oil in in from
>cutting the threads in on each end of the pipe.
>
>What should I do to remove the oily taste from the pipe? It seems like
>disassembling it and putting some kind of bottle brush and soap would be
>quite an effort. There must be better way. How would a plumber do it?
>
>Thanks.
A few minutes of flushing is not going to do anything. Flush it for a
full day or more. And rather than waste the water, rig a hose onto
it, and water the lawn. Galvanized pipe has been used for many years,
and they always used cutting oil. Flush Flush Flush.....
You remind me of my neighbor who put a downpayment on a property that
had been vacant for nearly 20 years, thus the drilled well had not
been used in 20 years. This guy said he would complete the purchase
of this property if the well water was safe. He ran the well pump for
5 to 10 minutes, took a water sample to be tested. The test came back
saying the water was bad. He almost declined the purchase because of
it. He called a plumber to discuss the cost of drilling a new well,
which he was going to use to negotiate the price of the property. The
plumber told him to run the water for 3 days straight. Suddenly the
water was safe....... DUH !!!
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| Edwin Pawlowski 2005-07-26, 3:21 pm |
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"David Jensen" <DJNews1@xxAssociates.net> wrote in message
>
> What should I do to remove the oily taste from the pipe? It seems like
> disassembling it and putting some kind of bottle brush and soap would be
> quite an effort. There must be better way. How would a plumber do it?
>
> Thanks.
He'd disassemble it and put some kind of bottle brush and soap in it. Aside
from letting the water run for a long time, there really is no other
solution. It will eventually go away but could take many gallons of water.
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| Robert Barr 2005-07-26, 7:21 pm |
| David Jensen wrote:
> I put a drinking fountain on the end of a 4' prethreaded galvanized pipe
> from Home Depot. I used the galvanized so that it would stand up on its own
> in the yard. The 4' galvanized pipe is fed with PVC. The water from the
> drinking fountain head continues to taste oily even though I've flushed it
> with several minutes of water. I'm pretty sure that the oily taste is from
> oil in the pipe when I bought it at HD. I think it gets the oil in in from
> cutting the threads in on each end of the pipe.
>
> What should I do to remove the oily taste from the pipe? It seems like
> disassembling it and putting some kind of bottle brush and soap would be
> quite an effort. There must be better way. How would a plumber do it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
I replaced some pipe to my sink for the hard (drinking) water outlet,
using galvanized pipe from HD. Chinese import. The water that would
stand in the pipe overnight always, always smelled and tasted horrible.
Very strong smell & taste.
I pulled the length of pipe (2 feet, I think) and scrubbed it with a
shotgun cleaning brush and some dish soap. Rinsed thoroughly.
Reinstalled. No help.
After two months, I gave up and replaced the galvanized with PVC.
I realize the PVC isn't an option for you, but perhaps a different
source for your galvanized or iron pipe would do it. I had never had
problems like this with galvanized before.
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| Norminn 2005-07-27, 8:21 am |
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> After two months, I gave up and replaced the galvanized with PVC.
>
> I realize the PVC isn't an option for you, but perhaps a different
> source for your galvanized or iron pipe would do it. I had never had
> problems like this with galvanized before.
It may be wise for the OP to replace the galvanized and everything
beyond it, as the oil will have coated what it touched on it's way out.
Yuck. Given that it could be coated with waste oil, it may not be the
healthiest stuff to ingest.
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| anoldfart2@invalid.com 2005-07-28, 2:21 am |
| On Tue, 26 Jul 2005 21:59:52 GMT, Robert Barr <not@for.harvest> wrote:
>David Jensen wrote:
>
>I replaced some pipe to my sink for the hard (drinking) water outlet,
>using galvanized pipe from HD. Chinese import. The water that would
>stand in the pipe overnight always, always smelled and tasted horrible.
> Very strong smell & taste.
>
>I pulled the length of pipe (2 feet, I think) and scrubbed it with a
>shotgun cleaning brush and some dish soap. Rinsed thoroughly.
>Reinstalled. No help.
>
>After two months, I gave up and replaced the galvanized with PVC.
>
>I realize the PVC isn't an option for you, but perhaps a different
>source for your galvanized or iron pipe would do it. I had never had
>problems like this with galvanized before.
That makes no sense to me. The dish soap should have cleaned it right
out.
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| Craven Morehead 2005-07-29, 12:21 pm |
| Cutting oil is an acquired taste. Be patient and experiment with various
foods until you find some that go well with the oil.
"David Jensen" <DJNews1@xxAssociates.net> wrote in message
news:ndtFe.9377$oZ.7763@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net...
> I put a drinking fountain on the end of a 4' prethreaded galvanized pipe
> from Home Depot. I used the galvanized so that it would stand up on its
own
> in the yard. The 4' galvanized pipe is fed with PVC. The water from the
> drinking fountain head continues to taste oily even though I've flushed it
> with several minutes of water. I'm pretty sure that the oily taste is
from
> oil in the pipe when I bought it at HD. I think it gets the oil in in
from
> cutting the threads in on each end of the pipe.
>
> What should I do to remove the oily taste from the pipe? It seems like
> disassembling it and putting some kind of bottle brush and soap would be
> quite an effort. There must be better way. How would a plumber do it?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> --
> David Jensen
> Change the xx in my email address to MJ for my real email address.
Thanks.
>
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