45gal/205ltr drum

[pete23]

evening.

 

how much bleech would you use to swill a 45 gal drum out??

 

ive got a couple of recon plastic ones i want to use to fill me water tanks up with, but feel i need to give them a bit of a swilling first!!!

 

tar.

[churchward]

evening.

 

how much bleech would you use to swill a 45 gal drum out??

 

ive got a couple of recon plastic ones i want to use to fill me water tanks up with, but feel i need to give them a bit of a swilling first!!!

 

tar.

Probably about 45 gallons if they were used to hold a cesspit overflow!

 

In some respects I would be more worried about what kind of plastic are these containers and are they food safe.

[Grace and Favour]

Probably about 45 gallons if they were used to hold a cesspit overflow!

 

In some respects I would be more worried about what kind of plastic are these containers and are they food safe.

 

And, where are you going to empty them of bleach?

[churchward]

And, where are you going to empty them of bleach?

Same place you would empty 1 gallon of bleach.

[pete23]

theres a taddy little pond up the road full of rare carp and lots of vary rare birds, thought id go and unload meself in there

[onionbargee]

if they are standard blue or white HDPE drums they are food quality, but unless you know what was in there you could poison yourself, they also fill them with truly evil chemicals, and other nasties like caustic detergents. My water tank is one, but i got it from a food factory.

[Arthur Brown]

If it was previously used for food then start washing it out, otherwise give up now. I've seen lots of toxic chems in drums and wouldn't want to drink their leaching from the plastic drum.

[nb Innisfree]

Assuming a bleach solution is used follow up with a good rinse out then swill round with a sodium metabisulfite solution (available from homebrew shops)

 

Chlorine and metabisulfite chemically neutralise each other and leave everything untainted and odourless.

 

Edited for spelling.

Edited December 6, 2012 by nb Innisfree

[pete23]

cheers for the replies, but how much bleech would you mix to 45gal of water???

 

any ideas???

[ditchcrawler]

cheers for the replies, but how much bleech would you mix to 45gal of water???

 

any ideas???

I would say a cup full would be more than enough to kill any bugs and you would still need to rinse it several times to get rid of the taste

[pete23]

I would say a cup full would be more than enough to kill any bugs and you would still need to rinse it several times to get rid of the taste

 

cheers dc, was going to fill barrels up in the back of my trailer and take for a drive then leave it in over night, then rinse them out for the best part of a day.

[nb Innisfree]

I would pour in a bottle of neat thin bleach, dead cheap from Tesco, and brush it around the inside several times being carefull to keep your head clear of fumes, then drain into a container and carry on as in my previous post.

[Theo]

But I would add that the bleach will not remove any noxious chemicals. All it will do is kill bacteria.

 

N

[gaggle]

Only 99.9 %

[brian1042]

My thin bleach indicates 50ml per 5 litres off water for cleaning kitchen surfaces etc. This would seem fine to me as a ratio, but you should check your own bleach instructions.

 

Make sure you use Domestos, as it kills germs 'Dead!' as opposed to the other forms of killing germs that other bleaches do ... undead? Zombie germs?

Edited December 8, 2012 by brian1042

[larkshall]

Actually you could use Miltons solution, does the same job without the smell./

[ditchcrawler]

Actually you could use Miltons solution, does the same job without the smell./

But cost a lot more.

[nb Innisfree]

Actually you could use Miltons solution, does the same job without the smell./

 

Chlorine based like bleach.

[ditchcrawler]

But I would add that the bleach will not remove any noxious chemicals. All it will do is kill bacteria.

 

N

Which brings us back to the most important point, do you know exactly what has been in those drums before you got them, not just their original use but has anyone put anything else in them since?

[brian1042]

My thin bleach indicates 50ml per 5 litres off water for cleaning kitchen surfaces etc. This would seem fine to me as a ratio, but you should check your own bleach instructions.

 

I would use 5 litres diluted as indicated.

 

Make sure you use Domestos, as it kills germs 'Dead!' as opposed to the other forms of killing germs that other bleaches do ... undead? Zombie germs?

[pete23]

Which brings us back to the most important point, do you know exactly what has been in those drums before you got them, not just their original use but has anyone put anything else in them since?

 

no idea what was in them before, bloke i got them off reckons there good, but that means nothing!!!

 

been looking at some drinking water test kits you can get but not sure wich one to get.

[ditchcrawler]

no idea what was in them before, bloke i got them off reckons there good, but that means nothing!!!

 

been looking at some drinking water test kits you can get but not sure wich one to get.

My advice would be forget it. If you don't know what's been in there why risk it.

Would you drink water out of my pumpout tank if I give it a flush with chlorinated water? It could even be worse.