If you got a barrel (or bought a barrel of fuel and lubricants on the cheap) and you want to keep it on the farm.
Usually they want to use such barrels as a container for water, but at the same time it is necessary to somehow completely clean the internal container of the iron barrel from all foreign substances.
Cleaning fuel barrels
First of all, it’s worth finding out what this “fuel and lubricant” is.
Fuel and lubricants are fuels and lubricants; a synonym for this abbreviation is the word “petroleum products”.
Fuel and lubricants include flammable products and lubricants (which are more often used in the automotive industry).
Combustibles (or, more simply, fuels) can be divided into:
Gasoline, Diesel fuel (diesel); Combustible gases are also classified as fuel (but they are not relevant here). In turn, lubricants are divided into:
Engine oil; Transmission oil; Special purpose oil; Grease.
Cleaning barrels from oil products
Typically, oil product barrels are cleaned by steaming and washing.
How to do it? Quite simple, but this method is quite dangerous and requires caution.
Install 2 support walls from bricks, place a barrel on them (there will be a fire under the barrel). Fill the barrel with a sufficient amount of water (the water should boil for a long time). There is no need to close the plug. When the water boils, steam will accumulate in it and thanks to it, the fuel oil (or other substance) will simply flow into the water. You can only cover it with a stopper (just cover it, not screw it in) after the water has boiled and is gradually cooling down. Wait until the barrel cools down. Take the cooled barrel and pour dirty water into the container. If you are not satisfied with the result, repeat the process (usually once is not enough to clean the surface thoroughly). Now it’s worth considering substances and preparations that will help clean the barrel.
Caustic soda - which can be added to water.
UPTS -2002 is a substance that effectively washes off and degreases containers at temperatures from 30 to 50 (the temperature of water in a barrel). It also acts as a solvent for oil, lubricants and other substances.
SOFEX-TMS-2001 is a general-purpose detergent, divided into several brands, but for cleaning containers from traces of petroleum products it is better to use grade B.
Cleaning barrels of oil, gasoline and diesel fuel using improvised methods
Most often, diesel fuel and oil are cleaned with gasoline (and then the smell of gasoline is removed).
The gasoline itself is usually washed off with plenty of water.
Method 1 – Fill the oil barrel with sand (you can use biscuits, sawdust) so that it absorbs the oil, then rinse with a stream of water. Then pour water and a little fairy and wash thoroughly. Rinse with water (although with the bottom method a small amount of oil remains).
Method 2 – Wash oil barrels with soapy water, followed by rinsing with water; it’s a bit unsuitable for water, but just right for compost.
Method 3 – Cut off the top lid of an oil barrel and put some firewood inside (you can use branches of medium thickness). Set the branches on fire - the fire will remove all traces of oil. After this we have a hot barrel - we need to wait until it cools down.
Now we have a barrel that is clean of oil, but now we have a barrel that, without additional coating and care, will soon turn into a rusty barrel. Take a kilogram of cement and mix it with 0.5 liters of milk. Cover the inner surface with the resulting mixture and leave to dry for a couple of days.
To improve the quality, you can paint the top of this mixture with water-dispersion paint, although without it you will already have a high-quality, clean water barrel.
Method 4 – First, wipe with newspapers (or rags) and then wash with soapy water.
After such simple operations, we get a barrel that can be used on the farm to suit your needs. Well, a bonus can be the fact that you save a lot on this if you bought a used barrel, not new, clean
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How to clean plastic barrels
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How to clean gasoline from plastic containers?
To do this, dip a rag in kerosene and carefully wipe the bottom and walls of the barrel with it. The procedure is repeated several times. Then cold water is poured into the container, baking soda is added and left for several days. After which the barrel is thoroughly washed with running water.
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How to clean diesel fuel from the floor. How to wash diesel fuel from clothes
There are a lot of special products for cleaning diesel fuel that will deal with the problem quickly and efficiently, but they are usually not on hand and are not cheap. Others are found in almost every home, in the kitchen or in the medicine cabinet, and sometimes are not much inferior to the products of famous brands. Let's look at some of them.
- Salt. This food product is found in almost every kitchen and, in addition to its well-known culinary qualities, it also has remarkable cleaning properties. These properties can fully manifest themselves if the stain is fresh.
- Petrol. You can clean many different stains with gasoline, but you should be careful - not every material can survive such cleaning without consequences. And most importantly: you should not use gasoline that is sold at gas stations.
- Stain remover. This product is somewhat less common, but a good housewife should have it without fail. Its very name gives us hope that it will not be difficult to remove the stain with its help. But the effectiveness of such products largely depends on the brand, or rather on the price.
- Hydrogen peroxide. A medical product that, in addition to its antiseptic properties, can save from aromatic dark brown traces of diesel fuel.
- Dish gel. Just like salt, it should be in every kitchen. It's no secret that its functions are far from limited to washing dishes. They can also wash floors and tiled walls, clean kitchen appliances, and they can also remove diesel stains.
- Laundry soap. A truly universal detergent, and also the most environmentally friendly.
- Baking soda. Baking soda's alkaline properties are especially noticeable when combined with other cleaning ingredients, such as soap or dish detergent.
- Sunflower oil. It would seem that this product leaves stains, which sometimes require considerable effort to get rid of. But, if you apply the right approach, it turns out that this is a fairly effective remedy in the fight against old traces of diesel fuel.
- Ammonia. A medicinal product with outstanding cleansing properties, especially when used in combination.
Cleaning a rainwater fuel barrel
Dear experts! I received a 200 liter barrel. from fuels and lubricants (liquid lubricating oil, brand unknown). I plan to use it for collecting rainwater and subsequent irrigation. How to clean this barrel? Previously I dealt only with barrels of paints and food liquids. Some people recommend burning with a blowtorch or starting a fire inside the barrel. What do you advise?
Moskvich wrote: Some recommend burning with a blowtorch or starting a fire inside the barrel
There will be a burnt rusty barrel. Buy a new one from the juice and suffer. Not space money.
Well, burning it out is certainly not an option. How would I act? First, turn it over and let what flows out drain, then you can try to wash it off as much as possible with a strong stream from a hose. Wipe everything possible with a rag. You can throw in sawdust to absorb everything.
Next, if you have a spray gun, you can fill it with solvent and wash it off, wash it off. Or a rag in solvent. In general, it’s a gimmick business, the price of the issue may turn out to be more than buying a new barrel, although at one time I received 3 barrels of sunflower oil, they still hear nothing. Patience and work will grind everything down
asp_new In such weather, I would not recommend using spray solvent. barrel in one direction, you in the other
2Moskvich About 20 years ago, when the sites were being developed, everyone brought barrels of fuel and lubricants (Soviet, thick-walled) and fired them. So, almost all of them still have barrels alive. If the rusty look bothers you, paint it with Kuzbasslak or Spetsnaz. And barrels of imported jams/confitures are very thin and do not last long.
sansan21 wrote: And barrels of imported jams/confitures are very thin and do not last long.
Where can you buy normal barrels now?
Last year, on the way to the dacha, I bought a barrel of juice concentrate from a building materials store (I don’t remember how much I paid, I think 200 rubles). Looks beautiful, no rust. Only thin and light. I'm afraid it won't last long. How can I further protect it? Painting with paint is a bit expensive; five times a day of painting with normal paint the price is close to the cost of the same new barrel
Solovey 2 plastic has survived 3 generations of steel barrels. so blue
Bachelor, how much do plastic ones cost? How many barrels of juice and jam costing 200 rubles is equivalent to one plastic barrel? How long does it take for a juice barrel to rot if it is not painted?
Try dissolving 1..2 kg of caustic soda in a barrel, hold it for a while. days, then drain (preferably not into the ground or river). The result will be better if the water is heated. Of course, it won’t wash off completely, but the oily water will no longer be there. The rainbow film in all variants will be present for some time.
Plastic barrels are certainly good. But there is still a point, they are so good that they will most likely be stolen from me very quickly
So I'd rather have a metal one and something heavier
Only you don’t come across these, they’re all thin.
alex_k wrote: how much do plastic ones cost? How many barrels of juice and jam cost 200 rubles per plastic barrel? How long does it take for a juice barrel to rot if you don’t paint it?
The neighbor brought in 100. They have this as a consumable (I took a couple more to replace the steel, free ones
PS: What to fill with. Sometimes I drive water from the river. then it rusts very quickly (rusted)
Solovey wrote: Plastic barrels are certainly good. But there is still a point, they are so good that they will most likely be stolen from me very quickly
Place the plastic one inside the iron one and concrete the space between them
