How to clean stones. Thanks @peachfuzz
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I never let them dry before I get a chance to clean them…
So if I pull them out of the system they go directly into a little bucket of water until I can get to them…
Once I get to them I fill a bucket with super hot water and let them soak for about 30 minutes and then i take a spray nozzle that’s attached to my 150 psi air compressor with a little peice of the same tubing that i run them on and blow all of the crap out of them , smells like the nastiest swamp that you could ever imagine…
I repeat that step 3 times…
Then i do the same thing but this time I use just 3% hydrogen peroxide to soak in and repeat 3 times and then I do the same thing 3 times with good 0 ppm ro water…
Never have any issues and I’ve been using these stones for almost 7 years now…
If for some reason they still smell a little swampy after the 3rd dip in the hydrogen peroxide when blowing the high air pressure through them , let them soak overnight in the hydrogen peroxide and then continue with the rest of the steps…
I would bet that the main problem is letting them dry out with all of the gunk in them before getting a chance to clean them…
Unless they have been cleaned , don’t let them dry out…
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