heads/tails disposal

mendodistilling · Post by **mendodistilling** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:38 am

I need help with suggestions for heads/tails disposal. Is there any alternative uses for it, will it foul a septic system since it may kill all biology?

Durace11 · Post by **Durace11** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:00 am

Reflux the snot out of it to get it as neutral as possible and dump the rest. I think you'd have to put a whole lot into a spetic system to actually kill everything in there but I've got very little experience with septic systems. How much total volume are we talking about(gallons/liters)? As an alternative you could just dump it on the edge of the lawn outside of the area you want to keep nice looking. I dumpped about a gallon of foreshots/feints on a tree I wanted to get rid of and over a month later it still looks fine...

Post by **rad14701** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:17 am

Unless you are talking massive quantities, simply disposing of heads and tails into a septic system should not present any problems due to the dilution rate... Most septic tanks are in the 1000 - 1500 gallon range and remain filled to nearly maximum capacity unless there is an unintentional leak... And it probably processes worse things than alcohol throughout its service life...

Here is an example... Dumping 10 gallons of 75% heads and tails into 740 gallons of gray water would result in a ~1% ABV solution... That small percentage would have no effect on the septic systems health...

Post by **Bushman** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:21 am

Recycle, there are recipes for using it to make windshield wiper fluid, some people have made camp stoves and used it as fuel, us it to clean tools in shop.....

dakotasnake · Post by **dakotasnake** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:16 am

i use my discarded heads for sanitizing tables etc.- charcoal fluid- burning branches & trash, i like winsheld wiper idea, im gonna look that up.

Post by **Odin** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 12:36 pm

Windshield wiper fluid it is for me. And somehow, after some ageing, the smell I get when cleaning my windows ... is just beautiful. Makes me wonder: "why did I toss that?

Odin.

Post by **HolyBear** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 3:37 pm

Yer funny Sir Odin...

I use it for starting the grill...

As a weed killer...

And for cleaning my stilling area. CLEANS, DISINFECTS AND DEODORIZES!!! Good stuff...

Post by **Mud Mechanik** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:05 pm

Fire ant killer

Post by **maheel** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:31 pm

the weeds in my driveway get pissed on it...

junkyard dawg · Post by **junkyard dawg** » Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:37 pm

save it and use it for fire starter.

I light the wood stove with it all winter....

Victoria · Post by **Victoria** » Wed Nov 07, 2012 5:00 pm

I work on the theory that my 'heads' are basically metholated spirits, so I keep a bottle separate and use them where I would use meths.- cleaning, making shellac, removing felt markers, removing sticky residue from labels etc. Should work just as well to start a charcoal BBQ as regular meths ?
Where I live, meths is between 3 & 4x the price of gasoline.

Post by **rad14701** » Thu Nov 08, 2012 9:59 am

I would consider Methanol to be in the Foreshots, not Heads...

Home Boy · Post by **Home Boy** » Thu Nov 29, 2012 6:19 am

Mud Mechanik wrote:Fire ant killer

Try Termidor. You will never look back...just to see them move 10'

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