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Mystery green in the tub dean 05-21-2007
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Posted by dean on May 21, 2007, 1:03 am
Over the weeks after cleaning my bath tub, there appears slowly a
greenish scummy deposit - feels like soap scum but its green. My first
thought was the green 'Shield' soap I was using was the source of the
color. But I stopped using colored soap (ivory now, its pure white),
and still the green returns, regular as clockwork.
I changed my shampoo to and orange one, and still the green continues.
I washed the tiles thoroughly, and cleaned the curtain, and still its
coming back.
So I have narrowed it down to one of the following:
1. Leaching out of the copper piping. Nothing appears in the other
showers and sinks, however, its just this one.
2. Leaching out of the tiles - they are indeed pale green, but come
on!
3. As my wife just put it, something green is leaking out of me. I
feel pretty healthy though!
Any ideas?
Posted by Meat Plow on May 21, 2007, 1:11 am
On Sun, 20 May 2007 22:03:12 -0700, dean wrote:
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Excessive mineral content.
Metal parts in equipment eroding.
Copper, iron or manganese in water being oxidized by chlorine,
monopersulfate or ozone. Low hardness level
Ripped off from a www.google.com search.
Posted by The Reverend Natural Light on May 21, 2007, 1:14 pm
Do you have copper pipes and acidic water?
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Posted by clifto on May 23, 2007, 3:39 pm
dean wrote:
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Sure sounds like mold to me.
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