Barrels used for pickel onions any good?

[troy]

Hi

I have found black food grade plastic barrels used for pickel onions , would like to know if these would be ok to use for aging water and if anyone knows of ways to get rid of the smell .

Troy

[Carol_Roberts]

I bet they'll work just fine! I cleaned mine with a few drop of mild soap and water. Rinse really, really, really good. Leave lid off for a few days to air out. Smell will go away over time.
Carol :heart1:

[Smokey]

Howdy:
I would not use any detergent. I have used Isopholine alchole to sterilze and clean the inside and then wash with water and back soda, gets rid if the odor.

After a few uses the ofor should diminish..

Smokey

[troy]

Hi smiley

How much baking soda do you need, do need to soak the barrel with baking soda and water or wash with a rag.

Troy

[Smokey]

Troy.
Backing soda absorbs the smell. Wash the inside down; with a water/baking soda solution. rinse a couple of times.
The remaining oder should slowly dissapate. You could just throw a box of baking soda and a gallon of water i n the barrel and let it sit for a few days.

you could also use bleach or sanitizer(food grade bleach) then rinse well, if your still worried use vinegar or de-chlor to neutralize it.

I use Chlorox and it works great...it kills 99.9% of bacteria, and if u let water sit in it for a day, any left-over chlorine will be gone so there's no danger...

[Smokey]

There you go Troy; a lot of very good advice.

Clean the barrel ; sanitize; sterilize, and de- oderize.
I used a 65 gal. barrel which had olives in. The bleach did its job, and the soda took away any residual oder. I used the barrel for over 8 years; and at times it still reminded me of its orginal use. LOL...
Never had any problems with the water. The fish, however, did want martini's !!!!

Smokey