White vinegar vs lemon juice

weinie · Mar 17, 2015

why do you want to kill bacteria?

Brian D · Mar 17, 2015

Vinegar has a pH of 2.2 while lemon juice is 2.0. This makes lemon juice more acidic that vinegar. However, will lemon juice be as effective as vinegar? Who knows. There may be other things in lemon juice like sugars that bacteria thrive on.

Stu Jackson · Mar 17, 2015

IH82BL8 said:
I want to kill whatever is making my boat stink. Bacteria may have been the wrong term.

Buy this book.

http://shop.catalinaowners.com/prod.php?53615/

Save us a lot of retyping.

This is at the very top of this portion of this forum:

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woodster · Mar 17, 2015

Stu Jackson said:
Buy this book.

http://shop.catalinaowners.com/prod.php?53615/

Save us a lot of retyping.

This is at the very top of this portion of this forum:

Marine Plumbing and Sanitation Marine plumbing and MSD's, dedicated to The Head Mistress, Peggie Hall. Keep an eye out because she drops in now and then. Also check out her book, Get Rid of Boat Odors

this is the one time in your whole life if you do what is written in this book you will win big time ...its a no nonsense approach to solving these order problems... if it says to use vinegar...then that is the best option.....if it says replace the hoses ...just replace them...sanitation is not free so be prepared to spend some boat bucks on a clean environment or you can keep on using a stinky boat as the man says ..."your boat your choice!"

Kermit · Mar 17, 2015

Brian D said:
There may be other things in lemon juice like sugars that bacteria thrive on.

Wouldn't that be called lemonade?

KZW · Mar 17, 2015

Do what Stu and Woodster said. You will be glad you did and you will keep the book forever!

Peggie Hall HeadMistress · Mar 17, 2015

IH82BL8 said:
I assume white vinegar is recommended to kill bacteria because it is acidic. Wouldn't lemon juice be equally acidic and smell a lot better? Thanks.

Neither white vinegar nor lemon juice is recommended to kill bacteria. White vinegar, when flushed through the system every week or so, prevents MINERAL buildup in the hoses...I have no idea what good lemon juice would do... it wouldn't solve your odor problem, it would just add a lemony smell to the odor and would also be sticky.

I'll be glad to help you solve it...first we need to know what's creating it...that's gonna require conversation in more detail than is practical in a forum. So send me an email (EMAIL, not PM!) and we'll go from there. Once we've figured out what you need to do, you can post it here.

David in Sandusky · Mar 17, 2015

Wow, Peggy is back!

Hi, Peggy!

I would email Peggy immediately. She is the best, and I can only say, "Take her offer!"

NYSail · Mar 26, 2015

Replace hoses and make sure venting is good.

Squidd · Mar 26, 2015

Click on her name and a box will pop up with contact info

justsomeguy · Mar 26, 2015

IH82BL8 said:
I've already looked at her profile, but I don't see any way to email her. Again, I'm probably looking right at it.

Should be a "send message" button just below her pretty picture.

I'm such a schmoozer.

justsomeguy · Mar 26, 2015

IH82BL8 said:
She specifically said email, not PM

Not sure about your system, but when I click the "send message" button, I get both options.

Stu Jackson · Mar 26, 2015

You click on the name. Menu opens. Yes, it's right there.

Peggie Hall HeadMistress · Mar 26, 2015

IH82BL8 said:
Peggy,I'm sure it's staring me in the face, but I can't seem to find your email address. Thanks.

Thanks for trying, guys...it's my turn to take a crack at getting him sorted out:

Click on my name at the left of this post...you'll see a choice of sending private message or send an email...click on email. Voila!

You won't see my email address...you will see a whole bunch of choices, including one that lets you send an email to me. Click on that one. You'll only actually see my email address if I reply...which I most likely will. I'll look for it.

That's how you communicate privately with any poster. However, not everyone offers a choice of PM or email...in which case, PM would be your only choice.