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Be about hour ride hour half at most. Little dawn? Think be ok to soak or think it might absorb soap and Lea j back?They can be pretty ripe with vinegar smell when you first get em. I pressure washed mine with a little dish soap and then pressure rinsed them for about 20 minutes. I would think they'd be OK for transport at this point. I.e. Short term. I might hesitate a little if you were thinking about anything longer term than just for transport.
Be about hour ride hour half at most. Little dawn? Think be ok to soak or think it might absorb soap and Lea j back?
Just picked barrel up. Don't smell vinegar. Smells like cucumber. Probably give it a quick wash and go with it.I used dawn....only think I worried about was the fragrance (which is a product, not just a smell) from the Dawn getting into the plastic.
The only think I was concerned about physically cleaning from the plastic was the oil. (Olives are packed in vinegar and oil and use the same barrel....I have a couple.)
I dunno if you can get detergent without ANY fragrance....even the Dr Bronners has it....but if it existed, then the soak might be more worthy to try. I like the idea. I have to say that I had a 7-gallon pickle bucket years ago and nothing but time got the smell out of it....tried everything I could think of. I didn't try so hard on my olive barrels.
Once the surfaces are clean and soap-free, I would not worry about the vinegar smell for a quick transport.
I'm not sure bleaching would help. It won't kill the vinegar smell. It might produce some noxious fumes if it does interact with any significant amount of vinegar (vinegar + bleach is BAD NEWS. Bleach + most organics, in fact.)...like if you tried cleaning it with bleach first instead of just water or soapy water.
Mostly I just wouldn't bleach it because it won't help the smell and we don't need it to be disinfected.
I'd clean it with bleach and then rinse it with tap water a lot, then fill it with saltwater for a few hours. If it still smells of vinegar or bleach, rinse it out some more.