Tori Mac

Feb 2025.                     Cleaning IBCs
The liners seem to be too expensive and sold in packs of 1000s. If anyone gets a line on an affordable way to buy 3 or 5 of them,  I'd like to know.

Ive been reading comments on you tube etc and it seems whatever cleaning solution one uses, a popular low-tech cleaning method is to only fill the tote about 1/8 full and let it sit for 1-2 days then rotate so each if the 6 sides of the cube get soaked for a day or two. Then rinse.

But I haven't been able to find clear advice on how much cleaning product to use.

Any ideas?
Unfortunately theres nothing to i.d. what was truly in these ibcs before. So I made a list of what cleaning products to try. First ill try sodium carbonate (washing soda). If it doesnt get rid of the odor im smelling, ill try oxyclean next, and if I have to go more caustic, I'll try lye. But finding advice on quantities is challenging.

Anyone have experience using any of these?

off grid (elec & water) since March 2021.  In Puerto Rico. Supplies are an issue.
   rebuilding our water collection system (again) as we need larger capacity AND had some filtering issues.
Would love to find a comprehensive guide to repurposing IBCs for this purpose.

Hi. someone said they see a breather pipe on the left?  We had a mesh covered vent but frogs laid eggs in it and that was a headache. of course now we are looking for a better venting system.