My primary bucket smells like green beer....

Looking for some cleaning tips. I moved my first batch from primary to secondary, but cannot get rid of the green beer smell from the plastic bucket. I used regular dishwashing liquid first, then moved on to letting it sit overnight full of Oxyclean (maybe not a strong enough mixture??).

I have avoided scrubbing so as not to scratch, etc. Is this normal? Will it affect my next batch?

thanks all

Oxyclean, bleach, or the like always cleans out the buckets enough for me. As long as it is cleaned and sanitized, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

if its sanatized properly it wont matter and if oxyclean doesnt remove it your pretty much f-d...it wont matter....are you positive its a food grade bucket?

scinerd3000 said:

if its sanatized properly it wont matter and if oxyclean doesnt remove it your pretty much f-d...it wont matter....are you positive its a food grade bucket?

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Purchased from my LHBS, so yes.

thanks guys, it is alot better after the oxyclean. I just had my wife take a whiff and she says it just smells clean, so no worries.