52liter food grade drums

[alealex]

I've asked CH yesterday about how safe is it to ferment or boil liquids in blue HDPE containers. 'Stay away from it unless you wanna grow nice pair of man tits' - was the answer 
Anyways there are blue HDPE drums with white PTFE which is totally fine as FV.
Worth asking in Indian restaurants and asian food shops.

Might atract gynecomastia fans     

[LordEoin]

Feck.. that's where I went wrong! 

[Damofto]

Thanks for the info.  I pulled the trigger too soon, but they won't go to waste anyway.

homebrew.ie have a reasonably priced 60 litre that I'll probably go for now.
http://www.homebrew.ie/60-litre-fermentation-vessel-614-p.asp

[cruiscinlan]

Google the msds for the material in question and make your own decisions. I'm only speaking from what I've learned here over the years so searching may be worth trying.

What is 'msd'?  I'm trying to figure out if I can ferment in plain white HDPE [type 2].

[johnrm]

Material Safety Data Sheet

[John Edward]

I bought 2 of these about a month ago. I'm happy enough with them but was planning to use them for fermentation.

So is the verdict that they're not ok? The man sold them on to me as being suitable for fermentation. If they're not, then we ought to report the add for false advertising.

[paddyp]

I bought 2 of these about a month ago. I'm happy enough with them but was planning to use them for fermentation.

So is the verdict that they're not ok? The man sold them on to me as being suitable for fermentation. If they're not, then we ought to report the add for false advertising.

I wouldn't use them but i still think they're a great bargain for storage, they're twice the price without delivery locally here. Great for cement, tile adhesive, fertiliser, lime, softener salt, dog food etc. etc.

[LordEoin]

They'd probably be  fine for fermentation.

[paddyp]

They'd probably be  fine for fermentation.

We have no idea who manufactured the them or what was stored in them. Out of interest what codes are on them John.

[LordEoin]

salt. ask the seller.

[delzep]

That's a hell of a lot of salt

[LordEoin]

a herd of dairy cattle will go through quite a bit of salt

[johnrm]

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