Hey guys 'n' gals! Looking for some advice for cleaning up after a slime session in an inflatable pool.
I'll be having my first messy session with a friend. We have 60 litres of thick and extra thick MS Gunge from messy supplies and we'll be using a large inflatable pool. I have a couple questions:
1. Plastic sheet in pool? I've heard lining the pool with a plastic sheet will help with the clean up. Does this still apply if we're filling the pool with 60 litres of slime and no solids? Seems like it should be easy enough to just empty the pool with buckets then wash it out in the shower/bath or with a hose in the yard.
2. Obviously 60 litres is a lot of gunge to dispose of. I was planning on scooping it out of the pool into buckets then pouring it into the bathtub and diluting it if necessary to get it down the plug hole. Has anyone had experience disposing of thick/extra thick gunge before? Any better ideas?
3. Any general tips for having a session with someone for the first time?
Depends how big the pool is really. if it's a tiny one person pool about 3ft diameter and with the sides not too high then do whatever you feel best
If the pool is bigger than that then I have the following advice.
I hate plastic getting stuck to my skin in a pool and find it tends to do this and tear (and when it tears it lets gunge through to the pool and becomes utterly pointless) and is generally a pain in the ass. If you're going to line it you need heavy gauge 125mu polythene and enough to encompass the entire pool including underneath, whack the sides into place and tape it so it doesn't bunch up and go weird.
washing a larger pool in the shower or bath is also much harder than you think. Short version is, nooks, crannies, and it doesn't just slide off unless you've made the gunge too runny, and where's the fun in that?
To spray it off with a hose outside does work, but you will get gunge everywhere in the process of taking it outside. walls, doors, ceiling... yeah been there.
I think the best way is to empty out, just scoop the stuff back into buckets using your hands or a dustpan (be careful jagged edges on those dustpans though) have a bucket of soapy warm water and a dish brush (or any brush with stiff bristles) waiting near your pool somewhere, tip that in the pool and use the brush to dip in the water and loosen all the gunge off. Then scoop out the water and dry it off with towels and/or microfibre cloths
I love the above method because you don't need as much prep as with the plastic, no dragging it outside, no wrestling a slimy blimp in the shower, it's still fairly easy, gets it 100% clean and dried and you can store and use the pool again without finding it's gone mildewy from tiny blobs of gunge left or being too wet.
My other fave method is to scoop out and then just pop and ditch the pool. I have a stock of $20 pools for the purpose of saving myself every single bit of hassle and just being disposable
My comment on the drain. Yes, if you dilute most substances, they will usually go down without any problems. Be careful of any gunge that may still be absorbing water. Some substances will thicken over a few hours, and you certainly don't want anything thickening once in the pipes.
The best solution is to empty gunge into a bathtub, add lots of water, mix thoroughly and let it go down the drain.
I fully agree on the folly of lining a plastic pool with plastic sheeting. Best to just get the pool messy and wash it out.
Pour into bath and mix with warm water to loosen and drain. Then deflate the pool, turn it inside out, put in bath of warm water and go at it with a nylon scouring pad. Use your hand to feel for missed stuff. You won't get everything so dry it outside and the rest will dry off.
Obviously there is a size restriction unless you have a massive bath!
Thanks for all the help! I'm pretty lazy and fancy a swift clean up so after bailing out the pool i may just bin it as it was under $30! Super excited for this session!
Line the pool like you mean it, and I mean PROPERLY line it and tape it down everywhere. Like spend some serious heartfelt, one-on-one time with that pool. Or just call it a good time and bin that pool. The alternative is hours of wiping and sponging, in my case trying to get tiny bits of mess and crumbs out of crevices and folds while wondering why I was afflicted with this extremely involved fetish.
kittenish said: Line the pool like you mean it, and I mean PROPERLY line it and tape it down everywhere. Like spend some serious heartfelt, one-on-one time with that pool. Or just call it a good time and bin that pool. The alternative is hours of wiping and sponging, in my case trying to get tiny bits of mess and crumbs out of crevices and folds while wondering why I was afflicted with this extremely involved fetish.
I hardly can recommend kittens advice. If you don't protect the pool properly you will regret it a lot!
gness7 said: I'm pro-lining the pool, but also remember that there are plastic liners of varying thickness. Buy too thin of a liner and you're just waiting for a blowout. Check the dimensions of what you're buying. 2mm at least. 3mm if you can find it.
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