Disinfectant for Power washer?
- Thread starter sjewart
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- Montgomeryshire
If you want a disinfectant then there’s little better than Virkon imo.
However, what are you trying to disinfect the shed? Are the sheep coming into it, or the bales for litter, going to be sterile, or are you just creating a blank canvass for any bugs to breed on?
Clean the shed out then introduce beneficial bacteria to swamp out the harmful ones with Pruex. It really does work.?
Rod Dumbreck
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What is medicated lime? Or rather , what do they put in lime to call it that?
sjewart
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I have Virkon S. Just mix that up with water and put it through the power washer?
I've just been calving in it. Had a beast right bad with retained cleansing. She's grand now but it's taken 2 plus weeks to get her on right road. Shed thick with straw and slack dung off her.
Yeah im putting my BFL's in it soon to lamb so want it disinfected properly.
sheepwise
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- Location
- SW Scotland
@neilo Would the Preux treatment have any effect on crypto? Had a couple of scouring lambs in the last of the early batch. Lost a small triplet and had it diagnosed as crypto. The last of the autumn calvers calved in the same shed across the feed passage and a couple of the last calves scoured a bit too so suspect the infection came from them. Have had crypto in calves in the past, but now that we have the mineral balance(especially selenium) in the cows diet sorted out, it hasn't really been a major issue. Just keen to get things right before and during the shed being used for the spring calvers and possibly March lambers if weather is bad.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Why not? It dissolves easily enough in water and only needs a low conc to be effective.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Sorry, I’ve no idea. If you ring them they will likely know of people that have used it in calf units, were it would be a more common problem?
- Location
- Southern end of an island.
What are the contact details for ‘Pruex’ as I’m keen to learn more! And google ain’t helping at the moment.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
sjewart
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Thank you. Il run Virkon S through the power washer [emoji106]
Crex
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- Location
- Innse Gall, Alba
We normally pressure wash, then put Virkon on using a knapsack sprayer.
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sjewart
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Ah OK, that's a plan. I briefly read the instructions and got the impression it was too go in the power washer but I could easily have got it wrong!
Crex
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- Location
- Innse Gall, Alba
I'm sure it could, but I found it was easier to apply it at the correct rate with the knapsack. That could be because I don't know how to use the pressure washer properly.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I don’t suppose it matters a lot from the disinfecting pov, and you’d save a bit on chem if you clean it first then disinfect.
Hugh Crane Ltd
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Have you tried Diversey Zal Perax? This is DEFRA approved and being in liquid form is easier to apply through a pressure washer. We also stock the Virkon S.
2wheels
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- Location
- aberdeenshire
won't you need breathing apparatus if you are putting it through the pressure washer?
sjewart
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No not tried that.
Pieces_of_Eight
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I'd rather wreck a knapsack sprayer than a pressure washer.
Some of these chems do rubber pipes & seals no good at all
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I'd rather wreck a knapsack sprayer than a pressure washer.
Some of these chems do rubber pipes & seals no good at all
I always considered Virkon to be one of the 'nicest' disinfectants to work with.
A quick Google shows that it has a recc for application through a pressure washer:
Virkon
virkon.com