Blue drum cleaning

[Supramike]

Was just wondering what to use to clean the oil out of the drum? I can't remember the name of the oil but the drum was used at a food flavoring plant. Thanks.

 

[racin2438]

I would use a touch of mild soap, hot water.

A little bleach and hot water.

Some vinegar and water .


Rinse.....rinse.....rinse.


Let barrel sit with water and prime.

Do the finger squeak test..there can not be any kind of oil residue , which I'm sure you know that anyway.

Others may chime in on it, with their ideas.......

 

[pickupman66]

Scares me.... alot.

 

[MRRBW]

vinegar and water. Repeatedly with multiple soaks. Rinsing is key. A lot of it. Worse case, if you don't get all of the vinegar out, it will be diluted by your ro/di and act like vodka dosing. Not ideal, but you reduce the potential harm from not getting it all out. Bleach is another monster I would stay away from IMO. Maybe use a mild soap the first couple of rinses too. After good rinsing and good vinegar water rinses, the soap would be completely gone. Good luck!

 

[Supramike]

Thank you when you say mild soap does dish soap fall in the mild?

 

[vic67]

I think dish soap would be fine to use but definitely thorough rinsing. I like vingegar in a spray bottle too to get good coverage.

 

[Reefing Madness]

If its a food grade barrel, vinegar and water should be used.

 

[MRRBW]

dish or hand soap. It's soft and will be easily removed with hot water from the barrel. Finish the rinsing cycle with vinegar though.

 

[Supramike]

Will do and thanks everyone for the input.

 

[prsnlty]

I have one of these drums. It's been cleaned every which way over and over, sitting and getting washed out with rain water for a year and still leaches. It's become a permanent rain barrel now. It was from a juice plant.