GrubbyGirl
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 | | Subject: Slate from the garden centre Tue Jan 12, 2010 12:36 am | |
| I just picked up some nice slate from the garden centre for my tank. Much better and much cheaper than a lfs. anyway, is just washing it going to be sufficeint or should I do something specail like boil it, to make sure it's clean? Advice welcome please | |
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Jagtazman
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| | Subject: Re: Slate from the garden centre Tue Jan 12, 2010 1:02 pm | |
| I just washed mine in boiling hot water, then gave it a good old rinse | |
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deano
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| | Subject: Re: Slate from the garden centre Tue Jan 12, 2010 6:31 pm | |
| hot water and a good scrub and a rinse will be fine garden centers are really cheap for slate the one i use charges £3 for a large chunk | |
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Curby
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| | Subject: Re: Slate from the garden centre Wed Jan 20, 2010 5:57 pm | |
| - Jagtazman wrote:
- I just washed mine in boiling hot water, then gave it a good old rinse
I'll second this way............  | |
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Kurosaki J
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| | Subject: Re: Slate from the garden centre Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:22 pm | |
| Sodium meta-bisulphate is perfect for this - being a gas it can into all the nooks and crannies, then just rinse in cold water.  J | |
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