Water Bladder Plastic Taste

[Wind Chime]

I installed a 13 gallon Plastimo flexible water bladder last year, with electric pump and proper water lines.

I followed the instructions and cleaned with a vinegar solution, but it still has that plastic rubbery taste.

Any ideas on how to get the plastic tase out of the water?

[FinallySailing]

Hi, you could install a small under the counter water filter. There are some simple systems which consist of a cartridge (should last a year) with 6mm (I think) pushfit connections. Similar systems can be bought here for boats at around £30, for your home you can get them for less than half of that. Got one waiting to be installed, the water in my "plastimo" tank is really tasting awful since we moved south. And yes, I do change it regularly and use sterilizing tablets .

[K9Kampers]

Rinse the tank with vodka?

[Kittiwake]

Hi, you could install a small under the counter water filter. ......

If you go this route you should research (eg. google) filter types: for instance a filter designed to remove inorganic ions (eg. water-softener) will likely do little to remove an organic (plasticizer) taste.
Kittiwake

[Wind Chime]

Has anyone tried this Aquabon additive?
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... U9I32t5mSM

[FinallySailing]

Hi, you could install a small under the counter water filter. ......

If you go this route you should research (eg. google) filter types: for instance a filter designed to remove inorganic ions (eg. water-softener) will likely do little to remove an organic (plasticizer) taste.
Kittiwake

The standard single stage under sink filters that you can get here are carbon filters. They will get rid both of Chlorine and organic compounds. They look like this:

[FinallySailing]

Ah, and as my Admiral tells me, she knows them from North America as fridge filters .

[Ormonddude]

Or just use a Britta pitcher filter for drinking and cooking.
http://www.walmart.com/ip/Brita-Slim-Wa ... er/8470932

[ronacarme]

Water from the bladder for washing up and commercial bottled/fitered water to drink. Water that tastes off may well be. Why take a chance.....Ron

[Don T]

Has anyone tried this Aquabon additive?
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/st ... U9I32t5mSM

Yes, I use this additive in my water sys. Water is OK but we use a Britta pitcher for drinking after the frozen water bottles are used up.

Nauta flexible water tank installed.
http://www.macgregorsailors.com/modt/index.php?view=230

[Boblee]

We have used bladders for 7 years and no taste but use similar filter to this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Basic-Water- ... 3a7fab8e81 and food grade hoses.
edit how do you fill your bladder? no smart comments

[Wind Chime]

by Boblee » Tue Mar 26, 2013 2:52 am

We have used bladders for 7 years and no taste but use similar filter to this http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Basic-Water- ... 3a7fab8e81 and food grade hoses.
edit how do you fill your bladder? no smart comments

Hey Boblee;
You've taken all the fun out of it, by not allowing smart comments on "how I fill my bladder "

I fill the bladder using a drinking water hose. The expensive one that is white with blue stripe, and not supposed to add taste. I fill the bladder directly from the hose into the bladder, no deck filler plate or hose.

We have pretty good water here in Western Canada. The water to taste directly from the hose is fine, it is just after it is in the bladder that it takes the taste. I thought maybe it was just becasuse it was new bladder, pump and hoses, and maybe it will get better with time. I have rinsed out the system about 5 times now and the water is so bad my wife won't drink the coffee made with this water.

I have the head on a seperate system, with the stock 5 gallon plastic container and hand pump. The water in this system is not great, but better (will try the Aquabon product in this system this year), but having to hand pump drinking/cooking water defeats some of the purpose of the electric larger system

Darry

[Russ]

I think you should abandon all hopes of ridding your tank of plastic taste. Use water bottles or some other container for drinking water.

[Tomfoolery]

I don't have pressurized water on this boat, but on others that I've had that did, I never used it for anything other than washing. Potable water was always from either small bottles (drinking) or gallon jugs (cooking, coffee).

I just can't stand the taste of nylon, or whatever it is.

[Wind Chime]

by tkanzler » Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:18 am

I don't have pressurized water on this boat, but on others that I've had that did, I never used it for anything other than washing. Potable water was always from either small bottles (drinking) or gallon jugs (cooking, coffee).

I just can't stand the taste of nylon, or whatever it is

Gee-Wiz! We can send a man to the moon (and back), talk with anyone at anytime anywhere in the world ... but can't remove the plastic taste we put into the water

We are currently using large bottles for drinking water, and I am hoping to not have to do this. I've been on other boats for extended periods and drank the water from the tank, and it was resonable. Not perfect spring water taste, but resonable. Although, my tolerance of reasonable and my wifes tolerance of reasonable ... are probably not the same thing