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sight glasses

Jack P.
Jack P. Member Posts: 38
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Most hardware stores carry a thin brush that will fit inside the glass. If that doesn't clean it soak it in CLR for a couple of hours.

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  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040


    May sight glasses be cleaned with a solution that will eat the rust & calcium, or should it just be replaced?

    Thanks, Tim
    Just a guy running some pipes.
  • geno54
    geno54 Member Posts: 43
    Cleaning Sight glass

    I cut a small piece of "Brillo pad" cleaning cloth, for cleaning copper fittings, wrap it around the rod that protects the sight glass and shove it back and forth through the tube while under water at the sink. Works well
  • bob young
    bob young Member Posts: 2,177


    BABY BOTTLE BRUSH & LIQUID SOAP
  • tomd7735
    tomd7735 Member Posts: 11
    You might have

    to buy new packings or O-rings, too.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Steam cleaning

    When the boiler is producing steam , close the bottom gage glass valve and open the little drain on the bottom of it . The steam should clean the inside of the glass pretty quick .
  • Timco
    Timco Member Posts: 3,040


    I had a really dirty one today, and just for the halibut, I tried Vanisol...the high acidic toilet bowl cleaner...worked in seconds with no scrubbing. My supplier calls it 'teeth whitener'...makes me cringe!

    Tim
    Just a guy running some pipes.
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