Food-grade barrel?!

[tangboy]

I am looking for a 55g food-grade plastic barrel for saltwater storage at my school. Does anyone know the easiest place to find one for a decent price?

I see online they range from $75-100 and that is before shipping. If anyone knows where I can find one please let me know! Thanks in advance!

 

[ct_vol]

Most rubbermaid trash cans work fine... $20 at Walmart... $75 if you want the big one...

 

[tangboy]

Ahhh... I have heard of people using those but I was always affraid of them bursting. I could not imagine walking into the school one morning to find a ruptured trashcan and 50g of saltwater on the floor... I think my principle would kill me without any questions

 

[awcurl]

This is something Eric posted a long time ago. I bought them and they work great.:bum:

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=5402440#post5402440 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fry-man
If anyone needs 55 gal plastic drums for salt, rock, critters etc, they have nice used food grade drums at RBM Co 524-8621, 2700 texas ave. The drums still have some worcestershire sauce that has to be cleaned out. Drums are $15@ and have a nice tight fitting top with two threaded screw plugs.

 

[ct_vol]

I love worcestershire sauce... I wonder how long it would take me to go through a 55g drum???

 

[tangboy]

I picked up a barrel, now how do I clean out the Worcester sauce for curing the barrel?

 

[tangboy]

Got this off another website...

Curing all new Rubbermaid and plastic buckets.

When buckets are made they are put one inside the other. This is called nesting. When newly fabricated buckets are made and they are nested, there is no way any air can circulate. Thus any toxins from newly formed synthetic materials cannot escape.

To cure: Fill the container with water. Add one cup of Clorox (bleach) and 10 pounds of common salt (rock salt will do), to each 25 gallon size container.

Allow to sit for 4-5 days.

Dump out, not on your lawn! Wash with clean fresh water.

Fill with clean fresh water. Add de-chlorinator. Allow to sit for 4-5 days.

Discard this water. Allow to open air cure (leave in your back yard) for 4-5 days.

At the end of this process, smell inside the container. If there is ANY odor of plastic, resins, etc. Cure again.

Once there is NO odor of any type, you can safely use this container to mix and store salt water.

 

[H@rry]

I just got a big RubberMaid trashcan at WallyWorld and started using it to collect water from the RO/DI unit. Never noticed any problems. That was 7 years ago. I'm still using it. It might split wide open tonight but up until now I haven't had any problem.

 

[tangboy]

Welpers I figure if I can get this sucker clean and whatnot great, if not I'll be going over and grabbing a Rubbermaid from Walmart :/

 

[awcurl]

All I did with my barrels was wash the Worcestershire sauce out with dish soap and then again with bleach and sit to dry in the sun for a few days. I've been using them ever since, no problems.

 

[fishdoc11]

MMMMMMMMM.......worcestershire sauce

 

[Pandarian]

Art, do you have pictures of the barrel? And do you just call and ask, then go pick one up?

 

[tangboy]

I just called and he said he had a couple. He has another one and it has a bit more in it to clean then the other one that I got. It only has the two access holes in the top that you can't fit even your hand into.

 

[awcurl]

The barrels I bought from RBM have the two threaded bungs on the top and the entire top is removable, it's held on with a removable metal band. They are 50 gallon.

 

[Pandarian]

Thanks guys!

 

[tangboy]

Mine is a closed top That means I have to break out the sawzaw and have some fun. Hopefully I can get a clean cut on the topside and still be able to save the top and create a lid that will suffice. We'll see what happens.

I have water and bleach soaking it right now, so far nothing has disolved, will have to cut er open and scrub the residue then soak it some more and air it out after the weekend.