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Homemade Humidifier Cleaner?

What is the best way to clean a humidifier to keep down on build up in the tank and filters instead of buying that Holmes Humidifier cleaner from Walmart?

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December 27, 20160 found this helpful

I only use vinegar to clean my humidifier. It breaks down the buildup and doesn't leave anything toxic behind.

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December 30, 20160 found this helpful

Do you clean it with vinegar or do you run it with vinegar in it?

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March 18, 20170 found this helpful

Do you use plain vinegar or cider? what household items do you add to the water so your not breathing vinegar. Also I read people use bleach, is that just to clean the filter or do you add that to the water also?

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October 21, 20171 found this helpful

I recently purchased a "swamp" cooler that uses water to cool the room. I was using a bacteriostatic treatment, hard to find, and costly.what can I add to the water while running the unit beside the bacteriostat?

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December 21, 20170 found this helpful

Please do NOT use bleach, you'll be breathing in the chemical toxins within the moisture you're adding to your home. Here's how I keep my filters fresh.

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Simple white vinegar, I soak my filters in 50/50 vinegar/water for a few minutes, then flip it over and do the same on the other side. A gentle rinse and back to it's place in the humidifier. Freshens the air while it adds toxin free moisture to your home. For added ambiance, I sometimes add a drop or two of my favorite perfume to the reservoir.
Gia, Oceanside NY

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February 10, 20180 found this helpful

I have run both apple cider vinegar & white vinegar in my humidifiers to freshen the air but neither does much of anything for the calcium buildup from our hard water. I still have to clean them and chip off the calcium buildup after about 2 weeks or our filterless humidifiers simply wont put out humidity.

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July 10, 20180 found this helpful

I grew up using a swamp cooler, and we just changed the filters every season. We had mineral build up, but never saw any mold etc.

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July 12, 20181 found this helpful

I have a swamp cooler too my dad uses snow fresh aspen snow cool for evaporative cooler water you can find it at any hardware store like true ace etc

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November 20, 20180 found this helpful

Clean it with vinegar. Soaking items that have lime scale buildup like animal water dishes, teakettle, irons, around bath or kitchen faucets for several hours will make lime scale clean up easy. Sometimes it only takes a few minutes like cleaning outside of windows. Running a humidifier with pure vinegar will make the whole house stink.

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January 16, 20170 found this helpful

home remedies for keeping humidifier water free o f algae/mold

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January 17, 20170 found this helpful

Check out this parent guide to the question you posted on. There are lots of answers there. It looks like vinegar is commonly recommended.

www.thriftyfun.com/tf45806742.tip.html

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