Smelly Pickle Buckets
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Smelly Pickle Buckets
Okay I got some 5G pickel buckets from work a while back and I just realized they have a wicked smell to them. That hard core Kosher Dill pickel smell. They are polypropylene(sp?) food grade palstic buckets, lids and all; but they have been sitting with a hard vinegar solution in them for months. I have sent them through the power washer at the Restaurant about 20 times and no luck. This machine runs a 2 minute intense cycle of hi temp wash, Rinse and sanitize using industrial chemicals from EcoLab.
I'm tyring the old 3oz/g Bleach trick in the garge right now, but I was wondering it its a hopeless cause?
Any thoughts, tips or tricks? Its a Vinegar based odor. Base nuetralization? Scrubbing with metal Pads and resoaking?
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I'm tyring the old 3oz/g Bleach trick in the garge right now, but I was wondering it its a hopeless cause?
Any thoughts, tips or tricks? Its a Vinegar based odor. Base nuetralization? Scrubbing with metal Pads and resoaking?
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Don Ventura, It is not hopeless(but it could fail). Give the bleach soak a chance. DO NOT scrub them with a metal scrubber. Putting small scratches in your bucket gives a great place for bacteria and/or wild or undesireable yeast to live and contaminate your wash or beer.
I salvaged some feta chease buckets from my old employer. Took repeated washing, and bleach soaks, untill they didn't smell like a sheep's udders. Make sure you do the soak with the lid off to allow the vinigar odor to gas out.
Good luck
I salvaged some feta chease buckets from my old employer. Took repeated washing, and bleach soaks, untill they didn't smell like a sheep's udders. Make sure you do the soak with the lid off to allow the vinigar odor to gas out.
Good luck
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Yeah I just tried Comet cleanser with a sponge scrubie, Simple green undilluted, and doing another bleach soak now. Looks like I'll be heading over to local brew shop, or Eastbay restaurant supply for some new buckets...
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Don't use Lysol! I used that to clean out an old whiskey jug and I can't get the lysol smell out now. I have tried everything to get rid of that fragrance. I'll try blasting next.Don Ventura wrote:Yeah I just tried Comet cleanser with a sponge scrubie, Simple green undilluted, and doing another bleach soak now. Looks like I'll be heading over to local brew shop, or Eastbay restaurant supply for some new buckets...
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pickle buckets usually get recycled and used again as pickle buckets the smell will allways win.
just a thing with buckets, if you mean around a 20L bucket. homebrew shops charge around $15 -$20 here for one, or $6 -$8 for the same thing at hardware shop.
another thing if any aussies, bunnings warehouse, they have "water barrels" exactly the same as fermenting barrels and 1/4 of the price
just a thing with buckets, if you mean around a 20L bucket. homebrew shops charge around $15 -$20 here for one, or $6 -$8 for the same thing at hardware shop.
another thing if any aussies, bunnings warehouse, they have "water barrels" exactly the same as fermenting barrels and 1/4 of the price
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Hey Don,
I did 12 years in the kitchens. I know thoughs pickle buckets well. I have Chef friends I left behind who could get me and endless supply of the dreaded pickle buckets. You know you will never get that smell out. You could re-use them to store soup and wash them once a week for years (I did) and they still smell the pickles.
I found a good score for free buckets. The local grocery store with a bakery. Iceing buckets. I just go tho the counter and say "you guys got any empty buckets" and I get 2 or 3 every time, and with enough frosting left in them to give my wife an excuse to bake a cake. They are a buttery bitch to clean, but once you get the greasey mess out of them, an overnight mild bleach and dish soap soak takes care of the smell completly. I only ferment in them once or twice and then use new because I have so many now. Check it out next time you are at the store or bakery.
I did 12 years in the kitchens. I know thoughs pickle buckets well. I have Chef friends I left behind who could get me and endless supply of the dreaded pickle buckets. You know you will never get that smell out. You could re-use them to store soup and wash them once a week for years (I did) and they still smell the pickles.
I found a good score for free buckets. The local grocery store with a bakery. Iceing buckets. I just go tho the counter and say "you guys got any empty buckets" and I get 2 or 3 every time, and with enough frosting left in them to give my wife an excuse to bake a cake. They are a buttery bitch to clean, but once you get the greasey mess out of them, an overnight mild bleach and dish soap soak takes care of the smell completly. I only ferment in them once or twice and then use new because I have so many now. Check it out next time you are at the store or bakery.
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Yeah we use sysco too but dont buy much fruit salad TY though possum.
Yeah LHCB I will try that today at the store. I did manage to get one of the newest buckets I got clean. It took a modicum of elbow grease, multi bleach soaks and good luck that when we got the bucket we emptied the pickels out first and not let them sit aournd in it. The other one is a complete waste. Hell I guess I needed a new trash can in the garge anyway.
As for the first bucket, I wont use it though. It was just interesting trying to kill that stank. Pain in the ass yeah but interesting.
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Yeah LHCB I will try that today at the store. I did manage to get one of the newest buckets I got clean. It took a modicum of elbow grease, multi bleach soaks and good luck that when we got the bucket we emptied the pickels out first and not let them sit aournd in it. The other one is a complete waste. Hell I guess I needed a new trash can in the garge anyway.
As for the first bucket, I wont use it though. It was just interesting trying to kill that stank. Pain in the ass yeah but interesting.
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DAMN TY FOR ALL THE GREAT INFO!