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04-16-2016, 01:57 PM
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Black Tank Additive
What black tank additive do you use: liquid or packet - preferred brand?
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04-16-2016, 02:14 PM
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Odorlos
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04-16-2016, 02:32 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Texas
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Tank Techs RX
Found them while searching the Internet for information concerning "The Incredible Smell" that occupied my cabin. By the second day, I noticed a difference.
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04-16-2016, 02:45 PM
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Location: Whereever our Berkshire is Parked!
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Save yourself some $$ and use this home brew most of the folks on the Forum use:
Equal parts of:
Water
PineSol
Liquid Calgon Water Softener
SuperClean
All these items are available at your local Wally World or on line at Amazon.
We put @ 6OZ in the black tank & 4OZ in the gray tank after dumping and "Prime" the black tank with @ 3 gallons of water.
If you have a black tank rinse, make sure you use it EVERY time you dump.
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04-16-2016, 03:10 PM
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Location: Idaho
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What ever is on sale in Walmart's RV section.
Bought some of the single use bottles last year, no odor issues to report with the blue or orange stuff from there.
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04-16-2016, 03:41 PM
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GEO Method. Search this forum or Google it.
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04-16-2016, 04:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ford Idaho
What ever is on sale in Walmart's RV section.
Bought some of the single use bottles last year, no odor issues to report with the blue or orange stuff from there.
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Same for us. I think a lot of odor control has to do with keeping the tank as clean from build up as possible and using plenty of water.
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04-16-2016, 04:23 PM
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(Dry Huunday)
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Location: Eastern North Carolina
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Evereddie
GEO Method. Search this forum or Google it.
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This. No problem with odors 
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04-16-2016, 04:34 PM
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I have switched from the GEO method to the blue streak system. So far so good
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04-16-2016, 05:13 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Idaho
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Quote:
Originally Posted by keith_h
Same for us. I think a lot of odor control has to do with keeping the tank as clean from build up as possible and using plenty of water.
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Totally agree, lots of water when I drain the tanks.
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04-16-2016, 07:15 PM
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Senior Member
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Location: Jefferson County, MO
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We used to use Camco TST black tank treatment but a couple of years ago we switched to the Walex Porta-Paks. I think they do a better and quicker job of starting the solids in the black tank breaking down.
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04-16-2016, 11:24 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
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Happy Campers powder along with some Calgon. Mix it up with a couple gallons of warm water and dump it in the tank before heading off for our trip.
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