Can I use this tank for sap?

[rayjavu]

I need to know if it's possible to sufficiently clean a tank to make it safe for storing sap. This tank was used for liquid fertilizer. If it can be cleaned, what is the best way to do it?
Thanks,
Ray

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[Bucket Head]

I don't think I'd use it. Plastic is porous, so there will always be a little fertilizer residue in there somewhere.

Do you know what the ingredients were in the fertilizer?

Steve

[buckeye gold]

The answer on that tank is NO< NO and Hell No. I don't believe there is any way to clean out chemicals that have permeated the plastic....I would stay away from any tank that had anything but food in it.

[maple flats]

I agree, it would be very dangerous to use it. Very high probability it would taint the whole crop.

[wnybassman]

I wouldn't.

[Bruce L]

DEFINITELY NOT,you would be asking for trouble

[sergeaubin]

no they can't be properly cleaned. get a food grade tank

[ennismaple]

Definitely not. Maple sap will readily take on any off flavours and since it's acidic it will pick up the fertilizer residue - which gets concentrated 40:1. That price is also very close to the cost of a new tank so it's not a deal. I recently saw a 1550 gallon tank on sale at TSC for $850 is my memory is correct.

[wmick]

This conversation reminds me of the time I threw some engine part into the dishwasher with my wife's Tupperware.. :o
Almost grounds for divorce.....

[Bucket Head]

All the guys on here, including this guy, want to know the end of this story. So, did the part clean up or not?

[mspina14]

This conversation reminds me of the time I threw some engine part into the dishwasher with my wife's Tupperware.. :o
Almost grounds for divorce.....

You mean you can't put engine parts in a dishwasher with Tupperware?

Who knew?.....

[DrTimPerkins]

This conversation reminds me of the time I threw some engine part into the dishwasher with my wife's Tupperware.. :o
Almost grounds for divorce.....

Reminds me of the time about 15 yrs ago when that I called the supplier of the filters for our hot tub and asked if I could put them in the dishwasher to clean them. They were appalled at the idea and told me so. About a year later the company was heavily advertising and selling their new easy-to-clean "dishwasher safe" filters. Should've patented the idea.

[RileySugarbush]

How about the time my wife was out of town so I decided to clean my sooty steam pans in the self cleaning oven. The result was a brown smelly smoke coming out the vent. No way to stop the process at that point, so I hooked a long sump pump hose to the shop vac an sucked the foul stuff outside.

[wmick]

All the guys on here, including this guy, want to know the end of this story. So, did the part clean up or not?
My parts were spotless... Tupperware = Garbage... Apparently dishes shouldn't smell like diesel fuel?? :emb:

[Bucket Head]

Nice.

Besides, Tupperware is inexpensive compared to the cost of engine parts!

[jimmygarison]

Hi everyone, I think, it would be very dangerous to use it. Very high probability it would taint the whole crop. Plastic is porous, so there will always be a little fertilizer residue in there somewhere. This is my point of view.