People who use flushable wipes are....

I am not too proud to admit that I keep a box of wet wipes on the back of the toilet.  And a trash can next to it.

Was the issue a flushable wipe or a baby-wipe (not supposed to be flushed)?  I was under the impression that "flushable" wipes do not clog toilets & whatnot.

That said, in an airplane bathroom, you have a sink right there.  Water + TP = wet wipe.

Use wet wipes all you want but don't flush them, shiny happy person! There are trash cans in bathrooms for a reason. The problem is present even with "flushable" wipes. They do not break down fast enough or thoroughly enough and clog toilets, plumbing, and main sewage equipment like lift stations. They're bad, all around bad, and your delicate little pansy butthole can handle putting a wipe in the trash instead of the toilet. It's not exactly an Iron Man to do so.

I have this Pink Pony in my home court!  

If you didn't know, bidet is French for small horse (pony) which is how you "ride" one of these (seated facing the knobs) 

I do septic surveys and septic eval. You wouldn't believe the E36 M3 I've seen.

EastCoastMojo said:

poopshovel again said:

I’m trying to picture someone doing the “walk of shame” down the isle with a pack of baby-wipes. 

Edit: Obviously a woman is responsible for this travesty. 

Seriously? What about these men designing airplanes that can be rendered useless by a wet nap? 

I'd rather see engineering effort put into a good flying aircraft, not a good flying toilet.

Appleseed said:

I do septic surveys and septic eval. You wouldn't believe the E36 M3 I've seen.

He’s going to be here all week folks. Tip your waitress. 

Just remember the 9:30 show is completely different from the 7:30 show.

Seems to me if explosive decompression can suck a human being through a 10" diameter hole in a plane, then they could harness this same energy to blow solid waste (and wipes) out of the plumbing while aloft over select California cities. 

In reply to 1988RedT2 :

that would make for a new definition of explosive diarrhea

Ever since being in South America and not being able to flush toilet paper, I now have a new found respect for our sewer system in the US. The more pressing issue, who couldn't go more than a few days without wipes AND brought/used them on a plane?

a thought on that. What if it was a mother (or father) who had to change their child on the plane?

Having worked in both engineering and marketing I've got to wonder if the slogan should have been, "Flushable wipes, JUST like our regular wipes with the word flushable stuck on front."

When we take the kids to the local municipalities for the civic days they have, the water district is ALWAYS telling people to not flush flushable wipes. Especially the few left on septic in our area.

In reply to mad_machine :

I’ve done it. You put the wipes in the waste diaper and put it in the trash can in the bathroom.  Bonus points that everyone after you thinks the previous person in the bathroom blew it up.  

John Welsh said:

I have this Pink Pony in my home court!  

If you didn't know, bidet is French for small horse (pony) which is how you "ride" one of these (seated facing the knobs) 

 

Am I the only one wondering why on Earth you'd want a drain stop in a bidet?  Let that E36 M3 go down with the least resistence.  Get it GONE!!

ProDarwin said:

Was the issue a flushable wipe or a baby-wipe (not supposed to be flushed)?  I was under the impression that "flushable" wipes do not clog toilets & whatnot.

 

That said, in an airplane bathroom, you have a sink right there.  Water + TP = wet wipe.

It seems the issue is that "flushable wipes" only break down under the right conditions.  And a lot of sewer systems don't have those conditions. Especially older ones.  They don't dissolve fast enough.

IIRC, air plane toilets work via a vacuum system and I could see how wipes could really berk up that system.

In reply to sirrichardpumpaloaf :

But then it doubles as a sink for shaving...low places...

Sorry, I just have to tell this story:  Working my way through school, I fueled commercial aircraft.  One of the side jobs was emptying the toilets on the planes.  It consisted of popping open a hatch, inserting a handle, removing a rubber "donut",  hooking up the hose and then pulling the release.  Some sadist found out that if you pulled the handle with the donut in place, the next guy got drenched when he pulled the donut out.  Since the planes came from anywhere, you could not track down the miscreant.  Thankfully, I was warned and never got a brown bath.  They had donuts that were sanitized, but found to be too old or dented and then not used.  I took one to keep on my desk.  If I ever became tired of studying it was there as a reminder that I could go back to that job.   Still, not the worst job I ever had.  I'll tell stories about the funeral business some other time.  Oddly enough, I never saw that part of the system on the aircraft plugged.

In reply to thedoc :

We got that warning too on the ERJ-145's. It was there to prevent the dump valve from freezing shut. Still had mechanics take a bath.

The nastiest one I ever saw was the line leading to the holding tank from the toilet corroded off and the passengers started flushing the toilet into the bilge of the aircraft. Luckily (or un luckily) I was the avionics guy at that point so the interior guys got the joy of cleaning up the insulation with all the waste and blue juice. All I had to do was pull off all the grounds and clamps off the wire bundles and clean up under them.

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WILL A MODERATOR PLEASE LOCK THIS THREAD?

sirrichardpumpaloaf said:

John Welsh said:

I have this Pink Pony in my home court!  

If you didn't know, bidet is French for small horse (pony) which is how you "ride" one of these (seated facing the knobs) 

 

Am I the only one wondering why on Earth you'd want a drain stop in a bidet?  Let that E36 M3 go down with the least resistence.  Get it GONE!!

You want the drain stopper so you can fill the bowl and "soak" in hot or cold water of your choosing. Amateur 

I keep a small pack of those fancy ass wipes in my race bag. Super nice when you get the poop sweats at an autocross with only porta-saunas on site. 

In reply to John Welsh :

Do I dare ask what you are actually soaking?

This thread is E36 M3ty.

Ian F said:

It seems the issue is that "flushable wipes" only break down under the right conditions.  And a lot of sewer systems don't have those conditions. Especially older ones.  They don't dissolve fast enough.

The issue is they have fiber strands in them that make wipes strong, but the fibers don't biodegrade.  As a result the strands get wrapped up in pump impellers and jam them.