Acid in drinker cups

How does everyone apply acid to drinker cups when cleaning them?

Am wanting a better solution to a knapsack sprayer with no nozzle on it.

It's more the safety aspect of having a knapsack full of acid on your back and the consequences should it leak.

I've an idea of some form of trolley but was just wanting more ideas.
 

chickens and wheat

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Mixed Farmer
I just whacked them with a mallet, next step was a spinning jet dirt blaster nozzle, wear eye protection, sharp bits flying off all over.

3rd and final cure was a borehole, no hard water problems.

Never had much joy with acid, our cups got so bad acid wasnt enough to cut into the scale.

square cups round cups? single leg, square twin legs are the worse due to the squareness and the ridge up each leg. scap then and go single leg? they arnt so expensive 37p each or less, cheaper than having infected scale on your drinkers.
 
I just whacked them with a mallet, next step was a spinning jet dirt blaster nozzle, wear eye protection, sharp bits flying off all over.

3rd and final cure was a borehole, no hard water problems.

Never had much joy with acid, our cups got so bad acid wasnt enough to cut into the scale.

square cups round cups? single leg, square twin legs are the worse due to the squareness and the ridge up each leg. scap then and go single leg? they arnt so expensive 37p each or less, cheaper than having infected scale on your drinkers.

On a borehole, with ion filters.

Already on round single leg cups, only a year old.

They do clean up well with acid, it's just the risk I'm trying to engineer out of the job.
 

Exfarmer

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Location
Bury St Edmunds
If it is the knap sack you are worried about there are plenty of small sprayers on wheels or even just a hand carried would be possibly safer. Dont forget the acid will be eating your concrete too
 

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