Drum burnout..

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inkjunkie

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Nov 25, 2014
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Assuming that you have a drum with a liner...

Going to bail on my other drum. The "off taste" is really got me baffled. Boss mentioned that the taste is sort of oily. Boards I used on the burnout for that one were from an on known source, and noticed that they were oozing some sort of sappy oily goo.
Back to my question. Don't have much clean wood. Wondering if wire wheeling, or media blasting if my neighbor will be using his machine, will suffice in ridding the drum of all traces of liner nastiness?
 
Try to go to your local kmart, walmart, lowes, home depot etc. Drive behind them and there are usually stacks of pallets to be thrown out. I usually just load the back of my truck up and call it a day. Pallets are typically made of untreated clean wood.
 
I found pallets for free on Craigslist. They were clean, untreated wood and didn't leave any sap or residue behind when burning. I am still going to wire brush and sand mine out to make sure there is absolutely nothing left.
 
Yep I use pallets. This time of year garden center's have tons of them laying around. They burn hot and clean. Just make sure you don't get the ones with green paint on the bottom.
 
You will still want to give the inside of the barrel a good sanding after the burn out. Wait until just before you plan to do your seasoning smoke so surface rust doesn't come back. I used some plain ole 150 grit and gave it a very through sanding. Then I vacuumed out the majority of the dust and such from the bottom. Then take a few wet paper towels and give it a good wipe down to get the rest. From there pick your favorite oil/pam spray and hose it down.
 
 
You will still want to give the inside of the barrel a good sanding after the burn out. Wait until just before you plan to do your seasoning smoke so surface rust doesn't come back. I used some plain ole 150 grit and gave it a very through sanding. Then I vacuumed out the majority of the dust and such from the bottom. Then take a few wet paper towels and give it a good wipe down to get the rest. From there pick your favorite oil/pam spray and hose it down.
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Have looked a couple of times on CL....no pallets...went to HD, Lowes and Zigggys,today....nothing they could get rid of. One of the grocery stores I go by has security cameras where there pallets are kept...Going to talk to my neighbors on Friday, I know one of them has a few pallets.
 
 
Have looked a couple of times on CL....no pallets...went to HD, Lowes and Zigggys,today....nothing they could get rid of. One of the grocery stores I go by has security cameras where there pallets are kept...Going to talk to my neighbors on Friday, I know one of them has a few pallets.
If you know anyone that works on large construction sites you should see if they can get you some. I ended up needing more than I got on craigslist so I drove out to one of my job sites and sure enough we had a pile of pallets in the dumpster.
 
 
You will still want to give the inside of the barrel a good sanding after the burn out. Wait until just before you plan to do your seasoning smoke so surface rust doesn't come back. I used some plain ole 150 grit and gave it a very through sanding. Then I vacuumed out the majority of the dust and such from the bottom. Then take a few wet paper towels and give it a good wipe down to get the rest. From there pick your favorite oil/pam spray and hose it down.
I was about to post this same question if I couldn't find the answer.  I just did my burnout and didn't know if I should wash the inside with water and dawn, sand it, just season over the burnout, etc.  This answers that question though. Thanks!
 
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