Removing Smells from 5 Gallon Buckets

[bill harrell]

A jar ?????? This threads about 5 gallon buckets....lol ...
Just kidding .I'd love a jar. By the way ...I got you some jelly (possem grape) but how do you send that without them getting broken? Plus I'm making you a custom butter mould. Haha

 

[old_anorak]

You're going to laugh your butt off at this, but I stick the jar into athletic socks and fold the cuff down over it so the jar has a layer or two of protection and then I stuff the space with popcorn or wadded newspaper. Butter molds are wonderful pieces of art.

I'll make sure that when I send the eggs, I'll send more than one jar. Do you like pickled beets?

 

[bill harrell]

Love them

 

[bill harrell]

That's how I'll send mine .....but I need my sock back..
Are you talking about regular popcorn

 

[old_anorak]

I'll return your sock! I like to use regular old, unsalted, unbuttered popcorn that you pop on top of the stove. That way you can toss the popcorn out to the birds when the package gets there.

 

[bill harrell]

My wife says you are her hero

 

[old_anorak]

Why for?

 

[bill harrell]

She says your everything she aspires to be.

 

[old_anorak]

Me? I'm nothing special, just a backasswards hillbilly who likes to do everything the old fashioned way. Tell her thank you for me, she's made me blush.

 

[Chicknladee]

Well, the pickle bucket experiment is somewhat of a bust. The first bucket with fresh vinegar and fresh baking soda water is fairly smell free (not totally smell-free) but the second bucket with used vinegar water and used baking soda water is just as pickle smelling as it was the first day! I'll keep using my pickle buckets but I guess I'll not be using them without mylar.

 

[old_anorak]

No, you can't reuse the vinegar, it absorbs the smells the first time it's used. It's a good way to get skunk funk off of a dog too.

 

[bill harrell]

OK...it might be cheaper to just buy buckets than cleaning supplies. Kinda like using $ 7.00 worth of lacquer thinner to clean a paint roller that cost $ 1.30 from the start and it is still crunchy and lumpy tomorrow.

 

[old_anorak]

I think you're right when it comes to pickle buckets. I use those for feeding animals, hauling dirt, and other farm chores.

 

[Chicknladee]

OK...it might be cheaper to just buy buckets than cleaning supplies. Kinda like using $ 7.00 worth of lacquer thinner to clean a paint roller that cost $ 1.30 from the start and it is still crunchy and lumpy tomorrow.

but that was why I was trying to use the vinegar water on multiple buckets! I'll just live with the smell. I'm a fan of pickles so all is good...if I seal in mylar the food shouldn't take on the pickle aroma. I also have garlic buckets...those arn't as strong smelling as pickle buckets.

 

[realisticdude]

I have read this entire post and I think you dudes are " in a pickle "

 

[topdoc30]

I personally use Cat Litter buckets, I have friends with cats and they are fine after you wash them out with plain soap and water...

 

[Dani]

Pickled eggs are great on a salad. . . with either beet juice or vinegar, make sure to add a jalapeno.

 

[Dani]

Just plain old white vinegar. This works for a room that has a funky stench to it as well. Set a bowl of baking soda out and a couple of bowls of white vinegar in the room, close the room up for the day and somehow it neutralizes the odors for a good while after you open the room back up again. Yes, it does smell like vinegar until you open a window, but it's better than smelling dead mouse in the walls.

Will need to do that since we have taken in piglets. . .they stink for the most part, even after I BATHE THEM EVERYDAY, AND CHANGR OUT THEIR BEDDING.!

 

[Bravery]

I personally use Cat Litter buckets, I have friends with cats and they are fine after you wash them out with plain soap and water...

Please tell me that you use fresh kitty litter!!!

 

[topdoc30]

Please tell me that you use fresh kitty litter!!!

LOL.... I do not have a cat, but friends do the containers work well.. I assume its fresh hahah...

 

[Chicknladee]

Please tell me that you use fresh kitty litter!!!

When I read the original post, my nose crinkled up...I use my buckets for holding the results from scooping out the litterboxes!!!!

 

[topdoc30]

When I read the original post, my nose crinkled up...I use my buckets for holding the results from scooping out the litterboxes!!!!

Ahhh ok, no they I assume just dump the little box and rinse them out for me. I have about 7 of them currently filled with rice, beans, sugar, salt etc.. Vacuum sealed and in Mylar bags. I haven't noticed any smell after I re-rinse them out.. They are sturdy, stack able and FREE...lol

 

[Hunter Valley Preppers]

Being a former Macdonalds employee, we also had the large white buckets full of pickles. I, to this day (some 10-12yrs later) still have a few and they STILL smell of pickles.

 

[old_anorak]

Yep pickle stink is one of the worst to get rid of. You can get it almost gone, but it's always going to linger a little. Nothing like pickle flavored sugar to make the cookies extra yummy!

 

[Bravery]

Well, I don't really know why I worry much about it. I seal all the food up in mylar bags and just place the bags inside the buckets. The odor shouldn't ever get through the mylar... if it keeps oxygen out then it shouldn't allow odors in.

Iguess one reason I want to reduce the smell is I don't want rodents attracted to the buckets.... rats can eat through the buckets in no time at all.

 

[bill harrell]

I knew there was a logical reason he has pickle breath all the time

 

[topdoc30]

Yeah the littler cans I get are the big open lid containers, there pretty solid so not worried about something eating through them. And like I said they do not smell after being washed/rinsed.. They have handles and when filled are not so heavy that you have be a 18 yrd old to pick up and move from one spot to another and they can take some abuse without damage, water proof as well ..

 

[Chicknladee]

I have LOTS of kitty litter containers (we now have only 2 cats)...like I said, normally I fill with USED kitty litter...other times I use them as covers for plants when it is due to frost in the spring, haul around tools in the garden, hold garden waste, hold egg shells for around the plants and all manner of uses...hubby has even put used oil, radiator fluid, and washer fluid in the jug type containers...I've just never had any left over for storing food and other preps.

The pickle buckets I tried cleaning still smell like pickles...I've been using them as garden buckets but some have food in mylar bags. I STILL need to put water in some for when our power goes out and I want to wash up or flush toilet, lol!!!

 

[Isabelle]

I've always used, baking soda, dish soap and hydrogen peroxide to get smells out. Works great getting skunk stink off dogs too.

 

[gimpdog]

Doesn't the hydrogen peroxide change the color of the dog? lol