Is this ok?

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new_moonshiner
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Is this ok?

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Would this be ok as a fermenter? I have looked all over to see if its food safe I just picked one up for around 10.00 bucks ..I know I need to hook up a air lock and sanitize . ect..just wondering if its gonna be safe enough to use as a fermenter ..thanks for any replies

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I would go with only foodsafe plastics to ferment with.
I use a pot still.Sometimes with a thumper
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thanks tater.. thats what I thought I was buying but I might have been wrong ..
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you could use that, but they are awfully thin, wont last long. Also youll beat yourself to death tryin to get that lid to seal, because of the thinness the sides will bulge out, so an airlock wont do you much good. And forget tryin to move it when full of liquid if you need to. It'll fold up right now.
My wife uses those to store her seasonal things in, is how Im so friggin knowledgeable about them :wink: .

Food grade plastic bucket are everywhere, im sure youll stumble in to some soon.
If it was easy everybody would do it.

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Post by new_moonshiner »

thanks TRANSPLANTED HILLBILLY, for the heads up on that .. It just looked like right up my street what i was needing .. Ill start looking for something else... and this time Ill make sure its food grade .....thanks guys . :D :D
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Post by theholymackerel »

One of the easiest places to get free foodgrade buckets is from restaurants.
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Hey HM, thanks Soon as I seen that reply a light just went off , I have a good friend just in that business ,Think Ill give him a ring .. :lol:
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new_moonshiner wrote:Would this be ok as a fermenter? I have looked all over to see if its food safe I just picked one up for around 10.00 bucks ..I know I need to hook up a air lock and sanitize . ect..just wondering if its gonna be safe enough to use as a fermenter ..thanks for any replies

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If your aim is making ethanol with a sugar wash, this kind of container is fine a far as I'm concerned.

I use a 106 liter Rubbermaid opaque plastic storage container with lid.

No need to worry about air locks, if you use bakers yeast. Presently, making 80 liter washes, I syphon my wash into 4 airlocked 23 liter wine carboys after day three of the fementation.

I'm not positive that this last step is actually nessesary, I just do it this way to play it safe.

If you would like complete details of my sugar wash procedure; PM me.

Good luck.

G
My sugar wash for ethanol is under the Tried and true recipes forum.
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Post by new_moonshiner »

thanks birdwatcher , you have PM
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