Cleaning 55 gallon drum

[ruffdog]

I would tie the drum down onto my small trailer, put 10 gal of hot water in the drum (from hot water heater), then, pull the trailer around the property for 30 min....rinse, repeat.

 

[chas0218]

I would tie the drum down onto my small trailer, put 10 gal of hot water in the drum (from hot water heater), then, pull the trailer around the property for 30 min....rinse, repeat.

I can do that no problem. I'll give it shot and see what I end up with and how much comes out. I'm betting I should dump it by one of my tree stands....

 

[Industrial Toys]

I never found cleaning out a honey jar in warm soapy dish water to be any particular trouble at all.

 

[Kingsqueak]

Yeah for sure, just soap and water. It's a food product not an oil based compound, water is enough of a solvent. Ten gallons or so of hot water, dish liquid or powdered Tide etc, roll them around, rinse, repeat. Probably very clean in two runs.

 

[chas0218]

So here is what the 1st one looks like after cleaning. I can't see any remaining honey.

 

[chas0218]

And the 2nd one.

 

[PA hayseed]

The pictures make it seem clean. When I clean things I use my nose. So if it strongly smells of honey I would imagine some residue is in there. I would put them outside with the opening facing the ground and stick my pressure washer in there with a soap tip. I would let it drain and dry again, then rinse with a little kerosene and let dry again. I'm not a honey expert, nor a barrel cleaning expert.

Like someone else said, I got my 55 gal barrel off the oil people for like $5, worked for a couple of years until I got a used 275 gal tank.

 

[Diggin It]

I guess you already have them done, but I was going to suggest the wand at a self serve car wash.

 

[chas0218]

I guess you already have them done, but I was going to suggest the wand at a self serve car wash.

Thought about that too.

The pictures make it seem clean. When I clean things I use my nose. So if it strongly smells of honey I would imagine some residue is in there. I would put them outside with the opening facing the ground and stick my pressure washer in there with a soap tip. I would let it drain and dry again, then rinse with a little kerosene and let dry again. I'm not a honey expert, nor a barrel cleaning expert.

Like someone else said, I got my 55 gal barrel off the oil people for like $5, worked for a couple of years until I got a used 275 gal tank.

Yeah they don't smell much anymore. I was thinking the same thing.

 

[chas0218]

FWIW I paid scrap price for these per the lbs. with little to no rust on the exterior and interior. I think it was something like $5 for the pair, bought them last year and didn't have the need to clean them.