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Title: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: H20cleaning on July 11, 2014, 09:15:33 am
Mine have flattened and shrunk in size, i have looked everywere for them but nowhere has them??? Any ideas
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: gary999 on July 11, 2014, 09:27:19 am
Just make one out of a household sponge matey
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: jarvy on July 11, 2014, 03:41:40 pm
Mine is knackered too.
Managed to rip mine in half.
Will try the sponge idea, couldnt make it worse!
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: H20cleaning on July 11, 2014, 07:23:06 pm
I rang Colin's water products but he doesnt sell them
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 11, 2014, 07:45:31 pm
Get a yellow dishwashing sponge with the green scouring pad attached. Get a pair of scissors and roughly cut it slightly oversize. Wedge it in with a rolling pin or similar. They last for ever.
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: rosskesava on July 11, 2014, 07:52:17 pm
Sponge?

What sponge?

 ???
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 11, 2014, 07:58:32 pm
Sponge?

What sponge?

 ???

It's Private. Like in Dad's army. Old Bean.
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: 8weekly on July 11, 2014, 08:03:57 pm
Pure Freedom sell them. For the 10" container I assume you mean?
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: H20cleaning on July 11, 2014, 08:57:05 pm
Pure Freedom sell them. For the 10" container I assume you mean?

Yeh mate what catogory ??
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: rosskesava on July 11, 2014, 10:29:29 pm
Pure Freedom sell them. For the 10" container I assume you mean?

Yeh mate what catogory ??

I couldn't find the elusive sponge either.
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: gary999 on July 11, 2014, 11:57:06 pm
feck me...its a sponge anything will do ::)roll

Its been pointed out twice the obvious solution

mine fell apart in my ro..i cut a new one out of a household
sponge...problem solved. ;D
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: H20cleaning on July 12, 2014, 12:06:32 am
feck me...its a sponge anything will do ::)roll

Its been pointed out twice the obvious solution

mine fell apart in my ro..i cut a new one out of a household
sponge...problem solved. ;D

And if somewere sells them i would rather just order a load or ready made to fit ones
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: gary999 on July 12, 2014, 12:13:10 am
So you are going to pay for something plus postage when you
can look under your sink and find what you need.

If you are worried about using scissors im sure there is an adult
in the house who can help you. ;D

H2o matey you are a suppliers wet dream ;D
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: rosskesava on July 12, 2014, 12:21:25 am
Jeepers.

What does the sponge do and where does it go?

 ???
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: H20cleaning on July 12, 2014, 07:48:09 am
So you are going to pay for something plus postage when you
can look under your sink and find what you need.

If you are worried about using scissors im sure there is an adult
in the house who can help you. ;D

H2o matey you are a suppliers wet dream ;D

Well its not something i need asap.... But if somewere sells them i would much rather buy them already done rather than cutting up sponges for the sake of a few quid!

Now i understand why you bought a brick of a mobile... Price! You tight man Gary  ;D
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: Don Kee on July 12, 2014, 08:27:00 am
Jeepers.

What does the sponge do and where does it go?

 ???

In the 10'' / 1 litre D.I vessels (the most useless vessels ever) there is a sponge at the top and bottom that (i think) basically keeps your resin compact and probably stops and unwanted dirt going near the resin

Imagine a sponge at the top and bottom on your D.I that fits on the base (inside) and top.
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: H20cleaning on July 12, 2014, 08:29:02 am
Jeepers.

What does the sponge do and where does it go?

 ???

In the 10'' / 1 litre D.I vessels (the most useless vessels ever) there is a spinge at the top and bottom that (i think) basically keeps your reain compact and probably stops and unwanted dirt going near the resin

Imagine a sponge at the top and bottom on your D.I that fits on the base (inside) and top.
Ye this is true however if my sponges are not in place the resin escapes into the housing
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: Don Kee on July 12, 2014, 08:38:06 am
Sorry mate, wasn't saying the sponges were useless....the whole vessel is useless!! ;D

I used one when i first started, i was changing the resin every week...now have a 25litre (whole bag of resin) and now change the resin once a year ish...
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: Dannymackreturn on July 12, 2014, 09:08:41 am
I got the 25L same as Dal why does the smaller vessels need a sponge and the bigger ones don't ? I'd always go for a bigger vessel anyway as like Darren says it's around a year + that you change the resin !!! 👍
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: gary999 on July 12, 2014, 09:09:41 am
So you are going to pay for something plus postage when you
can look under your sink and find what you need.

If you are worried about using scissors im sure there is an adult
in the house who can help you. ;D

H2o matey you are a suppliers wet dream ;D

Well its not something i need asap.... But if somewere sells them i would much rather buy them already done rather than cutting up sponges for the sake of a few quid!

Now i understand why you bought a brick of a mobile... Price! You tight man Gary  ;D

Seriously mate dont talk like a plonker ;D the sponge you get in
a household sponge will do a better job and will last forever like
gold told you in a previous post.

Like i said a suppliers wet dream ;D
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: AuRavelling79 on July 12, 2014, 09:29:15 am
I feel your pain, Gary!

OK, if you have a "Ro-man" type or copy of R/O you will have three chambers hanging down.

Looking at it, the one on your left has a kilo of resin in it if you want to polish your water before putting it in your van tank.

To change the resin, you unscrew the chamber and pull out the cylinder of old resin. Take off the top bits and pour out the resin. At the bottom is a little round flat sponge about the size of a biscuit which stops the resin beads getting in the water and blocking pipes and filters.

After a few years this splits or frays and you need to replace it.

Just cut one out of a household sponge - I used a scourer as the rough surface is stronger and goes face down in the bottom of the tube.

Then spoon your resin in, re-assemble, and jobs a good 'un.

I also buy 25 litres of resin but spoon it in every week or two as the TDS climbs past 005.

Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: rosskesava on July 12, 2014, 09:52:36 am
I didn't know that about the sponge. Amazing what you learn on CIU.

Who knows, perhaps Gardiners will bring out the worlds first spongeless DI soon or maybe Ionics will bring out the same at an incredible cost that does exactly the same thing.
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: Tom White on July 12, 2014, 10:04:47 am
I didn't know that about the sponge.

I bet you don't know about soap too, you filthy urchin.

I've not used a sponge in years and all is well.
Title: Re: Does anywhere sell the little round sponges out or resin holder?
Post by: koopmaster on July 12, 2014, 02:26:39 pm
So you are going to pay for something plus postage when you
can look under your sink and find what you need.

If you are worried about using scissors im sure there is an adult
in the house who can help you. ;D

H2o matey you are a suppliers wet dream ;D
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LOL you actually made me laugh.  Good one.