powder soap vs. chemical

[Joe M]

What is your preference. I have never used chemical in the five gallon buckets but might like to try it. It would eliminate the need for a 55 gallon soap tank to mix the powder in. If anyone could tell me, what size line would you run from the concentrated liquid? Like I said, Ive never tried anything but powder soap.

 

[superclean44]

I have never been a fan of powders, they don't always stay mixed good with out a lot of stirring. They can fall out and gather at the bottom of the mixing drum or gunk up you lines and injectors. I buy kits that are more like syrup, 6 gal. pails that make a 55 gal. drum and they work awesome. You could downstream concentrates in 5 gal. pails and set your injector to draw 40-50:1 I suppose but buying 5 gal. pails is not economical I don't think.

Run a 1?4" or 3/8" line if the concentrate is water thin or slightly thicker.

 

[mbryan]

We usually have to use both for our mixes. A paint stirrer works well to mix them up real good. I have never found a good method for downstreaming straight liquids, we always have to dilute them to get enough draw. Maybe if there was an injector with a 3/8" line on it you could get more draw.

 

[BUNN]

How about a pump fed downstream injector?