Enzyme fermintation container

[the_jaydog]

Hello everyone. I am a new member here, and still fairly new to the art of distillation. I have been making wine for a few years now and recently decided to give distilling a try. Wine, for me only requires the 5 gallon fermentation vessels I have. Distillation requires a little more, "space" I guess I could say. Any way more to my question. I have recently purchased a 30 gallon plastic drum. The problem with the drum is that it was used to hold concentrated enzymatic cleaner. I am worried that the residue or trace amounts left behind will interfere with the fermentation process, or give me bad results. Does anyone know how I could clean any trace amounts out of this drum? Would it even be a problem. I just wanted to gather wisdom from all the years of experience you guys have before I wasted 30+ gallons of distilled water, all the sugar, and all the other ingredients. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

[blind drunk]

Does the container list what enzymes are used in the cleaner?

[the_jaydog]

No it doesn't name them. It only says Getinge is the company name and I work in a hospital in the surgery department. I think this was used to clean blood from instruments we use during surgery. I tried to find the MSDS on it but it doesnt have any labels on it that are any help. I will keep working to see if I can get anything that is more helpful. I could check to see what the have in use now and try to eliminate and narrow it down that way maybe. Thanks again.

[Dnderhead]

Enzyme Name Activity Applications
Protease Helps break down and digest protein. Dissolves blood, feces, urine, vomit and other protein material for removal from surfaces. Also deodorizes bad odor caused by protein sources.
Amylase Helps breaks down starches and sugars. Dissolves starch and sugar proteins for removal from surfaces. Also used in food industry to convert starches to sugars.
Lipase Helps break down fats and oils. Dissolves fats and oils (FOGs) from surfaces .
from what i can fiend ,,and all these are safe..but thats the object in using them...

[rad14701]

Just curious why the hell anyone would use 30 gallons of distilled water to make a wash... That's just crazy talk... Distilled water doesn't contain the trace elements that provide nutritional balance that the yeast need...

If in doubt, don't use the container...

[Dnderhead]

I just posted what is used in cleaners..

[F6Hawk]

+1 on the distilled water. You want hard, mineral-containing water. Not distilled. Not chlorinated. Not softened, if you can help it.

And to keep us straight... how big is your still that you plan to use a 30 gal fermenter on?

[the_jaydog]

Thank you guys so much for youre help. I have a 10 gallon distiller. I just wanted to use this because it was easy to fill and easy to empty. I don't plan on using distilled water in it I just really wanted to use the plastic drum. I was making my mash in two 5 gallon jugs. I just thought this would speed things up a little. Now I can run one batch of mash and get 3 or 4 runs through the distiller. Before it was a pain in the butt to drag everything out to make the mash, twice, then wait 3 days to ferment, then drag everything out to distill, and repeat.

MSDS : 816 DUAL ENZYME RENUZYME PLUS

CAS :
7732-18-5
50-70-4
64-02-8
9003-11-6
9073-77-2
9014-01-1

NAME : water sorbitol
tetrasodium salt of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, sodium
pluronic f68, slovanik m-640, polyoxypropylene glycol
proteinase *96-2*
subtilisins (proteolytic enzymes)

Here is the MSDS I was able to find on the solution that was in the container. I wanted to neutralize any amounts of remaining solution so it didn't harm me or anything I might make in the container.

Thanks again for all your help everyone.