Hi all, have some questions about sourcing a drum for a smoker build.
It seems the drums with the maroon coating are no good unless its mechanically removed, glad i know to avoid those
Ive also heard using a drum that previously contained oil/grease is a poor idea as this can become trapped in the metal and leach out over time, not good!
Issue is, it seems like those are my only two choices. All the "food grade" barrels seem to have that pesky coating and when i stumble on something without it has held petroleum at some point.
Ive found a good source for coating free barrels for rather cheap, they held hydraulic oil before. My thought is a super good cleaning with some hot water through a pressure washer to get any surface stuff out, then a good hot bake with a big load of wood for a couple hours to "bake" out anything left.
Thoughts? I'm ready to pick something up and get started, but wanna see what the pro's have to say first.
Thanks!
It seems the drums with the maroon coating are no good unless its mechanically removed, glad i know to avoid those
Ive also heard using a drum that previously contained oil/grease is a poor idea as this can become trapped in the metal and leach out over time, not good!
Issue is, it seems like those are my only two choices. All the "food grade" barrels seem to have that pesky coating and when i stumble on something without it has held petroleum at some point.
Ive found a good source for coating free barrels for rather cheap, they held hydraulic oil before. My thought is a super good cleaning with some hot water through a pressure washer to get any surface stuff out, then a good hot bake with a big load of wood for a couple hours to "bake" out anything left.
Thoughts? I'm ready to pick something up and get started, but wanna see what the pro's have to say first.
Thanks!
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