hello everyone, while travelling a dehumidifier fell on the floor which was full of water. The floor was sticky. We washed the floor with hot water and washing up detergeant. The stickiness has gone but there is a film on the lino which is slippery. Any ideas?
brickies said
08:31 PM Sep 15, 2016
The liquid in the Humidifier should be just water, Slippery could be to much detergent has it is slippery maybe keep rinsing with just water to remove the detergent , We never use detergent on our floor have been told it can cause a film on the floor
the rocket said
05:58 AM Sep 16, 2016
Thanks brickies. Will do that
macka17 said
09:18 AM Sep 16, 2016
Most of those Lino floors get sticky. slippy when things spill on them.
Bunnings are selling flooring cork tiles at present $13.95 pack of 6.
300mmsq each.
Just going down this morn to buy some for mine.
Good silencing. Insulation and protection.
Plus will look a lot better than carpet or lino.
Weedpharma said
06:47 PM Sep 16, 2016
Dehumidifiers use calcium chloride that absorbs water from the the air. So what spilt is not "just water".
The dehumidifier can be refilled cheaper than buying the refill pack. From the pool chemicals section of Bunnings, buy calcium chloride.
Hi everyone, remopped the floor with warm water a few times. That did the trick.
got me to wondering, i wake up with a dry mouth in the van but not at the housesit and now wondering if it could be the dehumidifiers. What do u think?
aussie_paul said
11:46 AM Sep 17, 2016
Weedpharma wrote:
Dehumidifiers use calcium chloride that absorbs water from the the air. So what spilt is not "just water".
The dehumidifier can be refilled cheaper than buying the refill pack. From the pool chemicals section of Bunnings, buy calcium chloride.
-- Edited by Weedpharma on Saturday 17th of September 2016 03:53:35 PM
hako said
12:07 AM Sep 18, 2016
Calcium chloride is basically caustic soda and the reason the traces on the floor felt slippery is due to the caustic which is highly alkaline turning the skin oils on your skin to soap - called saponification.
Back a few years ago in the Bureau we mixed calcium chloride and ferrosilicon together with water in a pressure vessel to make hydrogen for filling our balloons. In the tropics we'd be stripped to the waist when doing this operation and the dust from the calcium chloride which settled on your bare sweaty skin made you as slippery as a Philadelphia lawyer.
hello everyone, while travelling a dehumidifier fell on the floor which was full of water. The floor was sticky. We washed the floor with hot water and washing up detergeant. The stickiness has gone but there is a film on the lino which is slippery. Any ideas?
Thanks brickies. Will do that
Bunnings are selling flooring cork tiles at present $13.95 pack of 6.
300mmsq each.
Just going down this morn to buy some for mine.
Good silencing. Insulation and protection.
Plus will look a lot better than carpet or lino.
Dehumidifiers use calcium chloride that absorbs water from the the air. So what spilt is not "just water".
The dehumidifier can be refilled cheaper than buying the refill pack. From the pool chemicals section of Bunnings, buy calcium chloride.
https://www.bunnings.com.au/hy-clor-4kg-calcium-increaser_p3090325
Weedpharma
Hi everyone, remopped the floor with warm water a few times. That did the trick.
got me to wondering, i wake up with a dry mouth in the van but not at the housesit and now wondering if it could be the dehumidifiers. What do u think?
Are we are talking about Cpap humidifier or a dehumidifier?
Aussie Paul.
Damp Rid. As used in cupboards and wardrobe.
OP refer to DEhumidifier being spilt.
www.bunnings.com.au/our-range/brands/d/damprid
Weedpharma
-- Edited by Weedpharma on Saturday 17th of September 2016 03:53:35 PM
Back a few years ago in the Bureau we mixed calcium chloride and ferrosilicon together with water in a pressure vessel to make hydrogen for filling our balloons. In the tropics we'd be stripped to the waist when doing this operation and the dust from the calcium chloride which settled on your bare sweaty skin made you as slippery as a Philadelphia lawyer.
Cheers