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Offline joelaw99  
#1 Posted : Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:30:34 PM(UTC)
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"can you use the 5 gal. orange buckets from home depot for fermenting? This is my first run and i hope it wont have and plastic taste or dangerous chemicals from the plastic? how do you tell if the plastic container is ok???


thanks in advance,,,joe"
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Offline garyliza  
#2 Posted : Sunday, June 14, 2009 12:04:04 AM(UTC)
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can you use the 5 gal. orange buckets from home depot for fermenting? This is my first run and i hope it wont have and plastic taste or dangerous chemicals from the plastic? how do you tell if the plastic container is ok???


thanks in advance,,,joe


Hey, Joe...

I tried to find some info on the ""net"" for you, and came up with a place that had information on ""brining"", and they covered some info on food grade plastics, etc. Here's the link:
http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/plastics.html
Down in that article, they said you should avoid utility buckets from home improvement places. Maybe you can determine from the symbols that they show whether you have a legitimate bucket, or not.

Hope this helps some,,,
Gary"
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Offline rick2014  
#3 Posted : Sunday, June 21, 2009 10:44:59 AM(UTC)
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"I saw those, now they sell with the lids or at least get one too. I was concerned about nasties.

Thanks for link Gary

Cheers"
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Offline ratflinger  
#4 Posted : Monday, June 29, 2009 8:49:30 AM(UTC)
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I'd only use ones labeled 'Food Grade" or stainless steel. Paint doesn't care if something leaches from the plastic, your liver does. They're $15 - $20 at brew shops.

Ask at Sonic or someplace like that, they get pickles & such in 5 gal buckets.
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Offline just_me  
#5 Posted : Tuesday, June 30, 2009 10:19:04 AM(UTC)
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Offline BillG  
#6 Posted : Tuesday, July 14, 2009 4:08:21 PM(UTC)
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Hello y'all havent been here in a while just thought I would chime in and say hi, I have using the sterilite bins from wal-mart you know the kind that most people use for storage, and they work great. wal mart has them from real small to real big and they are real cheap. They are kinda flimsy but I just set them on the table and syphen the wash out of them.
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Offline ratflinger  
#7 Posted : Saturday, July 18, 2009 12:40:40 AM(UTC)
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If you use anything not labeled "Food Grade" then you are taking your life in your own hands. It may leach, especially in the presents of alcohol, which is a powerful solvent.
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