[SEL] O.T O.T. O.T. - any chemist on the List?

[Alan]

Hi Paul,After nine years can you still smell Acetone????It seems to me that your soap and water then bleach water and a rinse should clean them out very good.
Alan in Michigan
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From: paulmaples at sbcglobal.net <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: Re: [SEL] O.T O.T. O.T. - any chemist on the List?
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Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 9:42 PM

Jim the man that had these said that he had water in them and he had them 
for about nine years. Do you think washing them out good with soap and water 
and then maybe using a 10% bleach solution to wash them and then rinse them 
thoroughly they would be OK for collecting rain water in for my backyard 
garden?

Paul

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> Paul, acetone is highly soluble in water.  Hose the drums out and wash 
> with
> soap & water if necessary.  Dry wih air, perhaps using an old vacuum
> cleaner.
>
> Jim in Vermont
>
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>> Looking for someone that knows how to sanitize some old plastic barrels
>> that once contained acetone.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Paul