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Posted by Bill S on April 18, 2006 at 12:00:27 am EDT
In reply to black stuff in camelbak tube posted by Backcountry (Guest) on April 17, 2006 at 12:12:09 pm EDT

Get the hose cleaner brush, remove the tube from the bladder and the bite valve (and shutoff if you have one) and scrub the inside of the tube thoroughly with the brush. There are two (or more maybe) different lengths of cable on the brushes. Get the longest one if you have a choice.

After scrubbing thoroughly and getting the black stuff out (it's called "mold"!), scrub the bladder (there is a brush for this as well) and clean the bite and shutoff valves by scrubbing as well (the hose brush can be used for this). After all that, reassemble and pour straight chlorine bleach into the bladder and bleed the air out through the valve. Let it sit overnight, then rinse several times with hot water. This will pretty well clean the junk out and sterilize it.

Camelback recommends using their chemical pill. This works, too, but it's more expensive than chlorine bleach. By the way, use straight chlorine bleach, not the versions with perfumes, fabric softeners, etc in them.

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