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daivid
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I've bought a second hand plastic barrel to keep a bulk order of flour in. The barrel came clean but with a residual odour of whatever it held in its first use (smells like lime pickle to me).
So far I've tried airing the barrel, scrubbing with hot water and washing up liquid, bicarbonate of soda dry left overnight, then scrubbing with a bicarbonate paste left overnight. The odour is less strong but still there and I don’t want the flour tainted as the odour seems to build up again when the barrel is sealed.
So far I've tried airing the barrel, scrubbing with hot water and washing up liquid, bicarbonate of soda dry left overnight, then scrubbing with a bicarbonate paste left overnight. The odour is less strong but still there and I don’t want the flour tainted as the odour seems to build up again when the barrel is sealed.
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Look at the lid and the seal in that.
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It might be the odour has permeated into the plastic...1
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Emmia said:It might be the odour has permeated into the plastic...0
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daivid said:Emmia said:It might be the odour has permeated into the plastic...1
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daivid said:I've bought a second hand plastic barrel to keep a bulk order of flour in. The barrel came clean but with a residual odour of whatever it held in its first use (smells like lime pickle to me).
So far I've tried airing the barrel, scrubbing with hot water and washing up liquid, bicarbonate of soda dry left overnight, then scrubbing with a bicarbonate paste left overnight. The odour is less strong but still there and I don’t want the flour tainted as the odour seems to build up again when the barrel is sealed.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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I think you might be better reserving the barrel for garden usage and buying a new dustbin for the flour. Both will last for decades.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
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We got some food grade 10kg plastic containers from Asda in store bakery for about 30p. They had the topping dough for “tiger bread” in them. Morrison’s fish stall provided free polystyrene boxes for the modern version for hay box cooking. It might be worth asking around.1
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