Dishsoap dunk?

RedOctober · 09-02-09, 19:25

I always seem to have trouble with straw logs contaminating after a post-flush dunk so I got to thinking that in addition to the low bleach solution what if I mixed in just a touch of dish soap with it. I believe the active chemical is triclosan. I know that triclosan is probably an anti-mycotic as we as anti bacterial, but I though in a very low concentration it might not harm the log.

Any thoughts as to whether or not this would work?
Or more importantly, be harmful in some way?

Hippie3 · 09-02-09, 20:34

don't use triclosan [disinfectant soap]
but a squirt of ordinary dish soap
improves water absorption .

RedOctober · 09-04-09, 20:17

Any particular brand you recommend Hip?
It seems hard to find soap without triclosan these days!
Jetdry?

Hippie3 · 09-04-09, 20:38

jet-dri would work fine.

coorsmikey · 09-06-09, 19:11

Hey Red are you sterilizing or pasteurizing your straw logs? When I sterilize straw it almost always go bad on me. I have way better luck pasteurizing.

RedOctober · 09-08-09, 02:32

No I pasteurize at 160 for an hour and a half. I agree, sterilizing is bad.

I got some jet-dri finish, would this work. Also how about Kirkland dish washing detergent?

Do these soaps do anything as far as warding off contams, or do they just aid in water absorption Hip?

BuckarooBanzai · 09-08-09, 09:17

The soap decreases the surface tension of the water, it does not aid in fighting off the contams.

RedOctober · 09-13-09, 21:49

what is the measurement of soap to water that you use?

roscoe · 09-14-09, 01:10

what if someone were to use a "water wetter" like sm-90?

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09-02-09, 19:25	#1 (permalink)
RedOctober Mycophage Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 193	Dishsoap dunk? I always seem to have trouble with straw logs contaminating after a post-flush dunk so I got to thinking that in addition to the low bleach solution what if I mixed in just a touch of dish soap with it. I believe the active chemical is triclosan. I know that triclosan is probably an anti-mycotic as we as anti bacterial, but I though in a very low concentration it might not harm the log. Any thoughts as to whether or not this would work? Or more importantly, be harmful in some way?

09-02-09, 20:34	#2 (permalink)
Hippie3 DUNG DEALER Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 43,272	don't use triclosan [disinfectant soap] but a squirt of ordinary dish soap improves water absorption . __________________ visit dial-a-hippie . Last edited by Hippie3; 09-04-09 at 20:38.

09-04-09, 20:38	#4 (permalink)
Hippie3 DUNG DEALER Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 43,272	jet-dri would work fine. __________________ visit dial-a-hippie .

09-08-09, 09:17	#7 (permalink)
BuckarooBanzai Prone to ranting... Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 6,050	The soap decreases the surface tension of the water, it does not aid in fighting off the contams. __________________ Banzai Institute for Higher Education (a collection of growing Teks & threads)

09-04-09, 20:17	#3 (permalink)
RedOctober Mycophage Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 193	Any particular brand you recommend Hip? It seems hard to find soap without triclosan these days! Jetdry?

09-06-09, 19:11	#5 (permalink)
coorsmikey mycotrophic Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 281	Hey Red are you sterilizing or pasteurizing your straw logs? When I sterilize straw it almost always go bad on me. I have way better luck pasteurizing.

09-08-09, 02:32	#6 (permalink)
RedOctober Mycophage Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 193	No I pasteurize at 160 for an hour and a half. I agree, sterilizing is bad. I got some jet-dri finish, would this work. Also how about Kirkland dish washing detergent? Do these soaps do anything as far as warding off contams, or do they just aid in water absorption Hip?

09-13-09, 21:49	#8 (permalink)
RedOctober Mycophage Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 193	what is the measurement of soap to water that you use?

09-14-09, 01:10	#9 (permalink)
roscoe Smother? Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 233	what if someone were to use a "water wetter" like sm-90? __________________ Don't believe everything I think.

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