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Need Squick advice
Dave Miller
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After many skimming sessions and quick drains to clean out sediment only, my replacement steam boiler water was still a little cloudy. It was still surging in the sight glass and draining back into the glass (is that called "priming"?).
So I added Squick, on the advice of the local supply house, and my question is how long do I let it "work" before draining off the sediment? The instructions say "precipitated sludge may be drawn off" but not when.
Any thoughts............?
So I added Squick, on the advice of the local supply house, and my question is how long do I let it "work" before draining off the sediment? The instructions say "precipitated sludge may be drawn off" but not when.
Any thoughts............?
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a week or two should do it. then you might want to skim it.0 -
squick
I believe that squick is utilized a an agent to stop boiler surging, not as a cleaning agent. The boiler piping needs to be correct and proper cleaning/skimming should be done. I'v used this product with great results after the boiler was properly skimmed with TSP.0
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