Baking Soda

[jwieneck]

Peggy each year I put a couple of boxes of baking soda (in small plastic bowls) in many of the low spots in my boat. It seems to help keep the smell nice etc. I normally just throw these small bowls of baking soda away. But I was wondering if I should save the baking soda and put into the holding tank. Would this help the holding tank? Deodorize it maybe? Help clean it out? What do you think?

 

[Peggie Hall HeadMistress]

Throw it away. Even the boxes of baking soda in a fridge need to be replaced every 3 months. So whatever any baking soda you've put around the boat in a year has long ago done everything it can ever do.

 

[BobM]

I usually save them and use them to raise the pH in the swimming pool. Waste not want not. I agree with Peggie though...you don't want to add a bunch of base to your holding tank. You might outgas something you won't like. I suppose you might add a small quantity of one of those septic tank treatments to add some bugs, but it is a holding tank not a septic tank and if you have smells you are likely better off just pumping it out more often.