Do you need to use the special toilet paper the caravan distributors and shops want to sell you or will any bio degradable toilet paper work?
Thank you
Still so much to learn
Desert Dweller said
07:43 PM Jan 24, 2017
Any loo paper will do.
Col Rennie said
08:05 PM Jan 24, 2017
Thank you
so much still to learn
Baz421 said
08:16 PM Jan 24, 2017
Col Rennie
are you ex RAAF,,,, name rings a bell.
Hylife said
08:23 PM Jan 24, 2017
What you want of your porta potti is to end up with a nice slurry to empty that doesn't clog or catch on the potti internals.
In most cases the ordinary paper you use at home is perfect.
Grab a glass jam jar and 3/4 fill with water. Add a couple of squares of loo paper, pop on the lid, and shake for 5 seconds. If your paper breaks up into mushy little bits, all is good.
Just remember that number ones are sterile and without any number twos in the potti the system can build a powerful ammonia odour regardless of chemical used, so use it for both.
rockylizard said
08:29 PM Jan 24, 2017
Hylife wrote:
SNIP~~~ Just remember that number ones are sterile ~~~SNIP
Yes, yes, I know, but it was the simplest way to explain to a newby that urine is never-the-less quite low on bacteria, even to the point that it is preferable to p!ss on a dirty wound to clean it than to use water from a muddy puddle.
Without an appropriately large amount of natural bacteria in the system the chemicals don't work.
If you only use it for number ones, portable toilets become very stinky very quickly.
If you use it for one and twos you can go 3-4 days on a chemical dose, without bad smells, assuming your tank is large enough.
Moonraker said
10:28 PM Jan 24, 2017
This topic is likely to spread fast from paper type to pee or not to pee, best, cheapest, enviro friendly chemical to use, SOG units etc.
probably the best response to this topic would be from Motherhen if she is around. Or to use search as a lot of good advise in previous posts.
Guys another Newbe question .
Do you need to use the special toilet paper the caravan distributors and shops want to sell you or will any bio degradable toilet paper work?
Thank you
Still so much to learn
Thank you
so much still to learn
Col Rennie
are you ex RAAF,,,, name rings a bell.
What you want of your porta potti is to end up with a nice slurry to empty that doesn't clog or catch on the potti internals.
In most cases the ordinary paper you use at home is perfect.
Grab a glass jam jar and 3/4 fill with water.
Add a couple of squares of loo paper, pop on the lid, and shake for 5 seconds.
If your paper breaks up into mushy little bits, all is good.
Just remember that number ones are sterile and without any number twos in the potti the system can build a powerful ammonia odour regardless of chemical used, so use it for both.
Gday...
https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/gory-details/urine-not-sterile-and-neither-rest-you
Cheers - John
Yes, yes, I know, but it was the simplest way to explain to a newby that urine is never-the-less quite low on bacteria, even to the point that it is preferable to p!ss on a dirty wound to clean it than to use water from a muddy puddle.
Without an appropriately large amount of natural bacteria in the system the chemicals don't work.
If you only use it for number ones, portable toilets become very stinky very quickly.
If you use it for one and twos you can go 3-4 days on a chemical dose, without bad smells, assuming your tank is large enough.
probably the best response to this topic would be from Motherhen if she is around. Or to use search as a lot of good advise in previous posts.