would anyone entertain the idea of using a old stainless sprayer tank cleaned to distill in. in theory you could triple rinse then distill water through it clean again. run a vinigar and a sacrificial run and all pesticide would be cleaned out at that point. Is this just a terrible idea or have others tried it?
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Not that I would want to use such a kettle, but pesticides are usually made to easily and completely dissolve in water for what I know. I would only use water, preferably hot water, many times, and I would live the tank full of water for one night. That must take the pesticide away I would guess.
Vinegar or other acids might interact with the pesticide in an unknown way and I personally would not use them.
If the tank was used always with the same pesticide, knowing which pesticide is that would probably help if there is any special precaution to be taken.
As a side and sad note, the famous "gas chambers" in Birkenau were not actually gas chambers, but collective showers. A pesticide, the Zyklon B, which was very similar to a nervin gas and in liquid form I believe, was diluted into the water tanks. When the showers were opened, the pesticide in the water killed all those in the shower room.
Later on the same shower room was used as normal showers for what I know. There were no specific shower rooms to kill people. When they wanted to kill people, they put the pesticide in the water tanks, and when they did not want, they did not put it. I cannot imagine a long and winded cleaning procedure. They would just rinse the showers.
That said, pesticides are not all made equal and some might be "sticky" and designed not to be washed away by rain for instance. Some people here is into cultivation and will certainly give you a more informed answer than myself.
The common wisdom used to say one must use sodium bicarbonate to eliminate pesticide residues from the skin of vegetables, so maybe sodium bicarbonate is better than vinegar as a chemical pass.
Vinegar or other acids might interact with the pesticide in an unknown way and I personally would not use them.
If the tank was used always with the same pesticide, knowing which pesticide is that would probably help if there is any special precaution to be taken.
As a side and sad note, the famous "gas chambers" in Birkenau were not actually gas chambers, but collective showers. A pesticide, the Zyklon B, which was very similar to a nervin gas and in liquid form I believe, was diluted into the water tanks. When the showers were opened, the pesticide in the water killed all those in the shower room.
Later on the same shower room was used as normal showers for what I know. There were no specific shower rooms to kill people. When they wanted to kill people, they put the pesticide in the water tanks, and when they did not want, they did not put it. I cannot imagine a long and winded cleaning procedure. They would just rinse the showers.
That said, pesticides are not all made equal and some might be "sticky" and designed not to be washed away by rain for instance. Some people here is into cultivation and will certainly give you a more informed answer than myself.
The common wisdom used to say one must use sodium bicarbonate to eliminate pesticide residues from the skin of vegetables, so maybe sodium bicarbonate is better than vinegar as a chemical pass.