I had a 5 gallon batch of tupelo traditional going. I also had a brand new drill powered degasser. I was attempting to degas with the drill degasser and... nothing happen. No bubbles, no activity at all.
Ok. I decided to hit it hard and give full power.
You've seen what happens when you hit the top of a beer bottle with another beer bottle. Science fair volcano gushing, right?
Now imagine that same thing with a 5 gallon bucket WITHOUT THE LID! It just kept spewing like it would never end. Three rolls of paper towels wouldn't even touch it.
It saturated the carpet down to the concrete. Initially, the closet smelled like vanilla sheet cake, but then it started to sour.
No choice but to rip up the carpet. Thing is, it had permeated under the carpet into the living room. Re-carpet everything, right? No, no, no. The wife needed hardwood floors now as recompense.
Thousands of dollars later, I learned the true value of a $5 giant Tupperware secondary container to hold my fermenters. Now, my secondary containers can hold the full contents of any of my brews. Never again!