Jim
If you are using food grade Drums you will be ok to use bleach if you
rinse them really good two or three times and than use a good sanitizer. I
use food grade plastic for both my primary and secondary fomenters. I use
15 gal & 30 gal white plastic along with my 3, 5, 6 & 6 1/2 gal glass
carboys and I can't tell the different and believe me I would be the first
to know

Someone else wrote { Tom maybe } buy bottle water. Go one better, go
to your home center and buy your self a Reverse Osmosis water system. It
will be one of the best buy you ever make. You will never know how much
better your water will taste until you get one and your wine will also taste
that much better. I know because I had to prove to a friend one time, I
made two 5 gal carboy using tap water and two 5 gal carboys of reverse
osmosis water the wines were pear & concord grape. He was a beer drinker
he is now a wine drinker, kind of a wine connoisseur By yourself a good
water system,

Moe


"Jim" wrote in message
...

I occasionally use bleach to clean my primary fermenter when it
becomes stained with red wine. I rinse well but am I running the risk
of TCA taint in the plastic primary and if so what cleaner would you
recommend?

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 06:41:24 -0000, (Dick Adams)
wrote:

Tom S wrote:
"Citlink News" wrote:

Our drinking water has a higher concentration of chlorine
than therapeutic levels of chlorine in public swimming pools.

Use bottled drinking water to make your wines.

What the hell!! Distill it yourself or get the Culligan man
do a pickup-n-delivery on demand.


Dick