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by Christophe » 25/02/11, 16:48

Yes normally you have a logo but knowing exactly what type of plastic is not very important ... unless you want to use a dedicated product. I presume that your tank (if it is white and translucent) is made of HDPE polyethylene or PP polypropylene?

Alain's method seems good to me ... but you will have to "use" some soaps ... : Cheesy:
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by Alain G » 25/02/11, 17:04

The enzymes of the dish soap, in any case the old ones, have the advantage of eating petroleum products to make odors disappear and degrades in nature.

For laundry soap that will eat up heavy oil, it must be disposed of elsewhere than in the garden or near the well supply!

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The kind of plastic does not matter because the time taken to contaminate it will be as long to decontaminate it completely and the parts by millions diluted in water will be neglected!


Basically the balance sheet of the recovery of a tank seems better for nature than the manufacture of a new one! : Mrgreen:
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by sebarmageddon » 25/02/11, 17:09

I have no idea what the plastic of the tank is
it is translucent as you say, it pulls towards white

filling the tank does not suit me, it's too much water, in addition it will be polluted, the same solution by stirring and changing the position of the tank would go, see by stirring it?

which laundry soap is it?
Marseille soap en bloc, or liquid detergent?
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by Christophe » 25/02/11, 17:16

I think you don't need to fill it: soap + karcher it should do it ... the important thing is that the soap adheres to the surface ...

Can Karcher sell a special hydrocarbon cleaning product?

After as said: must test ..
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by Alain G » 25/02/11, 17:18

It seems to be white food grade polyethylene!

Yes you can turn the tank to let it soak but you will have to empty it each time to redo the mixture!


Laundry soap: the cheapest you can find and also for dish soap (in liquid), less chemical is found in cheap products!
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by sebarmageddon » 25/02/11, 17:25

Since I have to put water in it, this polluted water I should put it in the landfill, and therefore transport it in cans, it will be boring

unless I can empty it down the drain? (you have to be sure it doesn't pollute)
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by Alain G » 25/02/11, 17:32

If it's the city's sewer, I don't see any problem with it, because the top water from the dishes and the washing machine is there and will be filtered by the purification plant!

If it's in the septic tank, bacteria will take care of it!

The goal is to move it away from your surrounding soil!
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by sebarmageddon » 25/02/11, 17:34

yes, but the first wash will contain junk oil, I will not put it in the sewers

I have to empty the oil remaining in the tank,
remove the dirt remaining at the bottom of the tank,
and start cleaning the tank, so from this part, the dishwashing liquid will eat the fuel?
I want to be sure that I understand correctly so that if I do not pollute

I understand quickly, but I have to explain myself for a long time : Cheesy:
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by Alain G » 25/02/11, 17:49

You can take a paint thinner to start and burn it to remove the pollutants!


Yes dish soap eats oil!
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by Obamot » 25/02/11, 17:53

Yes it is certainly possible, if a solution is found to keep the tank with an acceptable sanitary condition of the water.

Watch out for the fact that water and fuel oil are two solvents, and that there should not be traces of the latter in the diet, because it is highly detrimental => immune deficiency already damaged in our societies ... Goes for sprinkling water or for washing ... but never for cooking.
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