Need advice on reducing bathroom stink.

[Rich W.]

KDP’s Detergent Divergence:

I Too Was Thinking Borax

Here's the deal!
Before I moved on to a boat
Before I started cruising
I did things much the way many of you do

But holding tank goo
was being pumped out all around me
in my environment!!!
I learned that poisoning is poisoning

What goes around comes around
in the water that is more true than on land
But I can't forget my lessons
So I am what I've learned

Not that I would ever expose my dirty laundry
I make exception here
Having just been reintroduced to Borax
for it's poison free status

I have some on hand
Using Borax only as my detergent only makes sense
due to the fact
I would drag some clothing on a line while underway

Long story short
I will introduce you to the subject
Group! This is the subject,
Subject! This is the group!

They say a picture
is worth a thousand words!!!
No poison, no suds
Clean and odor free

Forget adding anything else!!!

 

[TheLooks]

Actually I was thinking Dawn and Borax. Carry them with me in the camper. Just havn't put the miles on to shake things up.

 

[Rollin Ollen]

Actually I was thinking Dawn and Borax. Carry them with me in the camper. Just havn't put the miles on to shake things up.

We add a few ounces of Dawn to our black tank after every dump along with Happy Camper Classic Campers Organic Holding Tank Cleaner - 64 Treatments then we add at least a gallon of water to make sure that it can splash around a bit. We never allow much for solid food particles to enter our grey tank. We wipe our dishes and pots with a paper towel before they go into the dish water. Every second or third dump we will add Happy Camper to the grey. Our tank gauges have always worked for us and our grey hardly ever smells bad. Been doing this for years now.

Darrell

 

[LMHS]

For the first few trips, I would stick to auto DW detergent. You really need to put it down both of your waste tanks BEFORE traveling along with a decent amount of water. You want some good agitation going on, so you don't want more than about 1/4 to 1/3 full but no sudsing. You likely need to work on cleaning out any residual waste the previous owner left in the tanks. Either get sites with a sewer hookup or stop at the dump station to dump as soon as you get to your campground. Don't let your waste tanks dry out. After about 4 or 5 "cleanings" with detergent, you can start looking at solutions for smells. Also, if you have AAV's (Air Admittance Valve) under your sinks, you may want to replace them. You should be able to use the ones they have at Lowe's/Home Depot (with or without a reducer, depending on the pipe they are attached to). They screw on/off fairly easily and they do fail, so don't glue them on. They run between $20 and $30.

If you are going to camp seasonally, I would do the detergent in the tank for one or two trips before your last trip to get any sticky stuff out of the tanks before storing.

 

[Jdeets23]

Hi all we are new to RV-ing in our 2005 Itasca Sunrise. We've noticed that after only 3 days of pretty much urine only going into the toilet that as soon as we get moving it stinks quite bad- mainly that acrid urine stink! Even if it's just two of us. We have been using the Lavender scented RV porta-pack deodorizers but they don't seem to work too well- are there better products?

The tank sure seems to drain properly- drains until dry and then I use the flushing hook up and give it a good dose of fresh water which then seeens to drain all the way out as well. And as soon as the tank is flushed no more odor- it's gone immediately.

Any advice on how to reduce the stink when we get moving? Thank you- we're grateful for this forum!

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[mgoodin08]

Just want to let everyone know we replaced the toilet with a brand new Dometic and that seems to have really helped. Also did a rinse of both tanks with a bit of dish washing detergent and lots of water. But I think it was our old toilet that mas mostly the culprit. The drain tube on the old toilet was not a smooth, all enclosed drop and things would get stuck and we'd have to poke it down into the holding tank- no bueno. New toilet flushes super clean every time.

Appreciate all the advice- learned a lot!