2nd hand barrel cleaning

[fatbloke]

Hi
Over the weekend managed to source a nice barrel and fv both of which have only been used once.
The barre has a small amount of residue in the bottle and i have had it soaking with campdon tablets but i cannot reach it with a bottle brush..any clues or tips would be greatly appreciated.
would oxyplus shift it or is it a case of improvising a brush that will reach?

cheers

fatbloke

 

[adomant]

its worth giving oxy a go, add a strong measure to hot water in the barrel, give a good shake and leave for 30 mins to an hour. metabisulphate wont clean anything like oxy.

 

[fatbloke]

its worth giving oxy a go, add a strong measure to hot water in the barrel, give a good shake and leave for 30 mins to an hour. metabisulphate wont clean anything like oxy.

thanks for that

 

[droche]

I managed to remove some sediment that had set like concrete on the bottom of my barrel using gravel. I had some left over from when I set my fish tank up but I don't think it's very expensive. I gave the gravel a good rinse then put some in a pan (you need enough to just cover the bottom of your barrel, roughly 4 coffee mugs full) then boiled it for a few minutes. Tip it all in the barrel with about 5 pints of water put the cap on then give it a good swirl round and the gravel acts like a scourer and brings the sediment off easily. I took a few goes to get all the gravel out but a good shake and plenty of water left it looking very clean. Just make sure you don't get gravel that is too sharp or it will leave scratches, the one I used was called pea gravel about 3 - 5 mm big.

Hope that helps

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[fatbloke]

I managed to remove some sediment that had set like concrete on the bottom of my barrel using gravel. I had some left over from when I set my fish tank up but I don't think it's very expensive. I gave the gravel a good rinse then put some in a pan (you need enough to just cover the bottom of your barrel, roughly 4 coffee mugs full) then boiled it for a few minutes. Tip it all in the barrel with about 5 pints of water put the cap on then give it a good swirl round and the gravel acts like a scourer and brings the sediment off easily. I took a few goes to get all the gravel out but a good shake and plenty of water left it looking very clean. Just make sure you don't get gravel that is too sharp or it will leave scratches, the one I used was called pea gravel about 3 - 5 mm big.

Hope that helps

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Fantastic idea that..rather like when a brickie chucks a few broken bricks into the cement mixer to clean it :thumb:

 

[andyrebo]

...or you could use rice...does the same job without the risk of a rogue pointy bit scratching the surface.

 

[fatbloke]

...or you could use rice...does the same job without the risk of a rogue pointy bit scratching the surface.

just used this method because we had a bag of rice at hand and it works a treat.. :