2009 Omlet cube and run for sale

[Vicky40]

Hi

 

Have just been out to do the weekly clean of the

 

I dont know about you but I find the hardest part about cleaning out the cube is getting the dried on bits of poop off the plastic roosting bars.

 

It would be a lot easier to scrub them clean if we could completely immerse the roosting bars in some hot soapy water, just for a few minutes to soften the poop. I'd wondered about getting a tall plastic bin to soak them in perhaps?

 

So my questions is - what's the best way to loosen dried on poop?

 

Lovely subject for a Sunday tea time, sorry folks !

[bellekatz]

I use a pressure washer.

[MaggieMcHen]

I use a pressure washer.

 

Me too - the best investment we made a couple of years ago

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I use a rectangular cat litter tray which is just like a large shallow washing up bowl really. The small bars fit right under the water and I just swop the long ones round to do each end. Old washing up brushes are good for scrubbing at the poo .

[Redwing]

I do the same as ANH, I use a tub trug of hot soapy water and put the roosting bars in at an angle then wander past about five mins later and turn them up the other way then after about five more mins use a brush to clean them with (I bought a tyre brush from Halfords, it looks like a giant folded in half pipe cleaner and gets in the gaps a treat)

 

During the time I am waiting for the bars to soak I clean the rest of the Eglu

[mccroft]

I bought a tyre brush from Halfords, it looks like a giant folded in half pipe cleaner and gets in the gaps a treat

 

 

Thanks for a brillant suggestion.

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I had one of them . It fell apart after about a year of scrubbing .

[Falkor]

I use a big tray that OH uses (USED ) when he changes oil on car. it is about three times the size of a large cat litter tray. Just add extra hot water and a bit of Ecover and soak whilst I scrubbed the rest of the eglu. Then a pot brush to scrub any extra tough bits.

 

To dry i give them a good shake (windmill styley!) and then dry off with old towel. Quick sray with dininfectant and than air dry.

[Redwing]

If you use a tiny tiny bit of vegetable oil rubbed on with a kitchen towel making a very thin coating on the plastic it makes things slide off A LOT easier when cleaning

 

I use it on my cat litter tray but am in two minds about trying it with the Eglu bars

[Olly]

Cube bars won't fit in a cat-litter tray. I just blast mine with a hose-pipe to get the poop off, and then scrub with hot water and Ecover, and a brush designed for scrubbing plant-pots with.

 

If I'm honest, they are probably not always spotless. Chickens don't seem to mind!

[Vicky40]

Thanks for the replies and different suggestions

[Plum]

If you slop a bit of warm soapy water on the bars and then clean the rest of the cube, when you go back to the bars it comes off very easily.