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Reuse of a diesel tank

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  • 31-05-2010 10:52am
    #1
    Snake9
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10 ✭


    I have an old diesel tank I want to wash out, cut in half and reuse to collect rain water for garden use. How do you clean out the old diesel


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    bbam
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,410 ✭✭✭bbam


    I wouldn't if I were you... diesel is notoriously hard to eradicate and any trace will kill all before it...

    You can pick up IBC tanks from about €35, just ensure they were for foodstuff and they will be fine... we use them and they are great as they can be lifted full by the cage...

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    http://www.donedeal.ie/find/all/for-sale/Ireland/ibc?source=all


    You should shift the old diesel tank for more than the cost of the IBC :)


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    simonj
    Registered Users Posts: 295 ✭✭simonj


    If you insist on it, detergents break up the oils, large amounts of that and warm water.
    Industrial washingup liquid

    Also, at heavy machinery shops (e.g. escavators, tractors etc) or marine shops you may be able to find specialist dispersants like seaclean.

    But at 35 EUR the IBC tanks mean you wont have a possibility of contamination


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    Joey the lips
    Registered Users Posts: 10,262 ✭✭✭✭Joey the lips


    A diesel or oil tank will never be cleaned out enough to allow for its usuage as a water store....

    Not by normal diy means


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    Buford T Justice
    Registered Users Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭Buford T Justice


    All of the above. I would definitely no use an old oil tank for water. You will never get rid of it properly from the tank. IBC's would be the way to go


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