old_anorak
Prepping Goddess
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.
Removing Smells from 5 Gallon Buckets
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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
Prepping Goddess
I think you're right when it comes to pickle buckets. I use those for feeding animals, hauling dirt, and other farm chores.
Chicknladee
Active Member
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
Active Member
I have read this entire post and I think you dudes are " in a pickle "
Danil54grl
Top Poster
Pickled eggs are great on a salad. . . with either beet juice or vinegar, make sure to add a jalapeno.
Danil54grl
Top Poster
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
Active Member
Please tell me that you use fresh kitty litter!!!
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
Active Member
When I read the original post, my nose crinkled up...I use my buckets for holding the results from scooping out the litterboxes!!!!Please tell me that you use fresh kitty litter!!!
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
Member
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
Prepping Goddess
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
Active Member
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.
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.
I knew there was a logical reason he has pickle breath all the time
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
Active Member
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!!!
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
New Member
I've always used, baking soda, dish soap and hydrogen peroxide to get smells out. Works great getting skunk stink off dogs too.
