No, my black lab is still a black lab, smells like Dawn dish soap but it beats what he usually smells like, once the peroxide is diluted in water it won't.
Removing Smells from 5 Gallon Buckets
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Pickle juice just seems to be the herpes of food smells, it never entirely goes away.
Thanks. I'll have to give that a try...some buckets barely smell anymore...others are just as strong as day 1. I'm not sure what difference in what I've done to make some smell less than others. I'll try the charcoal thing. Hubby suggested I put a cup of straight baking soda in one and seal it up for a while to see what happens. I need to go purchase more baking soda (or charcoal brickets since I have none of those)
if you drink city water your drinking bleach ! cleaning a bucket with it wont be near enough to poison you.
i use a vinegar /dawn mix for all my house cleaning works great .
I know, but I do filter my water, just because it is city water, and i don't trust the communist state of kalifornia
I have heard that vinegar is a natural disinfectant.
i have used lemon juice on pickle jars, so it might work on the buckets. i coat the inside and lid with the juice and then close the bottle and let it set for a few days. if i can i also put in the sun. i have a bunch of these that i store beans and such in with no problem. you might have to do it twice. but it usually works pretty good.
im glad that i came across this topic.seeing how i now have 5 buckets that needs cleaning now..
I agree, bleach is wonderful stuff. I use it to clean just about everything, and it's cheap! I dilute it of course, but like bravery said, it kills just about anything. Even in Africa, with the Ebola virus, they have sprayers with diluted bleach, and it's effective. I think it's best point is it breaking down realitively quickly.
bleach is salt, it begins as salt and ends as salt, its sodium chloride, made from water and sodium hypochlorite 
On a side note, diluted bleach makes for a good wound irrigation, used it for years on my animals and me, wife and kids
On a side note, diluted bleach makes for a good wound irrigation, used it for years on my animals and me, wife and kids
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high fructose corn syrup uses sulfur dioxide and other chemicals in the process, I would be more concern with high fructose corn syrup then the simple process of bleach
im not sure about using bleach my self..so im thinking of going with what colt posted.
Check the recycle number on the plastic and verify they are really food safe. Then fill the buckets with water and pour a cup of vinegar per gallon. Let it sit overnight. Empty the bucket and fill with water again. put a cup of baking soda in and stir it around. Let it soak overnight. Guarantee this will eliminate all odors from the plastic.
Check the recycle number on the plastic and verify they are really food safe. Then fill the buckets with water and pour a cup of vinegar per gallon. Let it sit overnight. Empty the bucket and fill with water again. put a cup of baking soda in and stir it around. Let it soak overnight. Guarantee this will eliminate all odors from the plastic.
For odor removal vinegar is a good option for some odors, lots of uses for vinegar. Bleach has been used since 1941 for water purification, military in WWII used it for purifying water. I have used bleach since the early 60s, I fill my sink up pore a little bleach in the water then clean the vegetables that I purchased from the farmers market and still use this method of cleaning purchased vegetables.
I had one horse that absolutely LOVED the smell and taste of bleach. Whenever I'd add a little to the water, she'd go crazy for it and lap it up, play around in it, etc. Funniest thing. (keep in mind, was just a few cap fulls, to an entire watering trough)
Tap water, if you must use a hose use a white or blue RV hose not a garden hose, depending on your storage needs treat it with something like aquamira water treatment to prolong storage out to 5 years, if you plan on changing the water out every 6 to 12 month no other treatment is necessary if using municipal treated tap water, for added safety you can use a little bleach but not necessary, if you are using well water then the water needs to be filtered and treated.
I'd probably just use my hose and fill it up with water, thats what i did for the jacuzzi haha. But the hose thing is a really good idea. I'll probably treat the water just in case, cause im kind of lazy. Also keeping it out of sunlight? depend on the type of container or what?
The RV hose is a must and not an option and only use these hoses for drinking water, every prepper that has a water heater should already have a RV hose
keep out of light particularity sun light grow lights etc... and keep the water storage containers off concrete, the only containers that can be stored on concrete is glass, metal containers rust becomes an issue.I have a perfect area in my backyard thats up against a fence and out of sunlight most of the day, and not on concrete. Why cant the plastic containers sit on concrete? (what if i were to build a small wooden platform??)
If plastic containers are on wood then it is no problem, plastic under certain circumstances will leach chemicals out of the concrete if setting directly on concrete for a long period of time thus as a precaution its best to store on wood.
not sure..but im thinking there's different grades of containers.and im also thinking that it's a all around best idea to keep all water storage containers away from any direct sunlight.thats why i need to change out the water i keep in the van..on acount its been there a few days now.and that means direct sun light,and what heat we've had so far.if i remeber right.direct sunlight will warm/heat the water.and at least cause it to stagnate..to say the least..
Temperature doesn't affect water as much as one would think though sun light and heat promotes bacterial growth, water in of it's self doesn't really go bad but most plastic water bottles are not made for heat and may cause a heat induced leaching problem in plastic water bottles.
Jim, I keep a case of water bottles in the trunk of the vehicles and change the case out every 6 month, if not used, I give the water to the animals or water the plants with it as not to waste it, I even dranked water that was a year in the trunk and it was fine even after some wild temps.
this is what i keep in the van...there's 8 of the pink ones,at 32 ounce's each.and the 3 clear ones at 2 at 32 ounce and 1 is half gallon.total for all of them.is just over 3 gallons.pluss i have 32 ounce bottle here in the house,for water.instant iced tea or what ever.
p.s.. i fill them straight from the tap..so i dont really want to take any chances with them.if someone needs to drink any of it.so i change them out once every month or 2..
p.s.. i fill them straight from the tap..so i dont really want to take any chances with them.if someone needs to drink any of it.so i change them out once every month or 2..
