long story short I cant get the fancy norwesco white vertical water storage in my area and shipping is more than the tank..................................
SOO I ended up with some nice white 55gal food grade barrels paid $15 bucks each ( yeah I had to drive 4.5hr each way ) was the best thing I could find after a few months of looking.
the barrels are HDPE #2 and came from i think Pepsi or or coke plant? IDK I dont drink the stuff. they smell of mountain due so a lemon citric thing going on inside.
here is what I have done:
1. pressure wash the inside
2. a very light bleach soak of 1/2 cup to a barrel let sit for 24+ hours.
3. a good rinse and let sit for 48+ hrs to air out.
4. 1/2 gal vinegar per barrel and let soak for 24+ hrs fallowed by a good rinse and let sit to air out for about a week.
5. blue dawn soak for 24+ hrs then a good rinse.
the smell has come down but is still pretty strong if you put your nose right to the openings.
so my questions are:
is there anything I am messing here in my cleaning process?
and do you think they are safe to use one will be RODI res for ATO and SW mixing station and the other will be SW for AWC.
thoughts?
cheers
D
SOO I ended up with some nice white 55gal food grade barrels paid $15 bucks each ( yeah I had to drive 4.5hr each way ) was the best thing I could find after a few months of looking.
the barrels are HDPE #2 and came from i think Pepsi or or coke plant? IDK I dont drink the stuff. they smell of mountain due so a lemon citric thing going on inside.
here is what I have done:
1. pressure wash the inside
2. a very light bleach soak of 1/2 cup to a barrel let sit for 24+ hours.
3. a good rinse and let sit for 48+ hrs to air out.
4. 1/2 gal vinegar per barrel and let soak for 24+ hrs fallowed by a good rinse and let sit to air out for about a week.
5. blue dawn soak for 24+ hrs then a good rinse.
the smell has come down but is still pretty strong if you put your nose right to the openings.
so my questions are:
is there anything I am messing here in my cleaning process?
and do you think they are safe to use one will be RODI res for ATO and SW mixing station and the other will be SW for AWC.
thoughts?
cheers
D