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Step 2 Clean the buckets

Pickles are shipped in a salty acidic liquid, and a bucket and lid should be sloshed with hot soapy water, rinsed and allowed to air dry outdoors before use. Food-grade plastic is not absorbant, but even a little acid and salt could attack metal items stored in a bucket. To get the lid really clean, you should remove the flexible seal ring from the lid and clean it as well. Remove the ring without damaging it, when the lid is wet with soapy water, by rapping one edge of the lid hard against a solid surface. Pull the ring out by the part of the ring that slips out as a result of the rapping.
A plastic band is zipped off the lid when a bucket is first opened, and without that band, a lid will not reseal as tightly as its original seal. You can get a pretty good reseal by pressing the edge of the lid down all around. Opening a sealed lid can be tough on the fingertips, but you can buy a simple one-piece plastic tool for opening buckets at Sprawlmart, home center or paint store.
If you want to try to sell some buckets, it would probably be a good idea to remove all its paper labels.
Click to visit the official web page of the International Pickle Bucket Rescue League, featuring official spokespail "Bucky." The Buckster and I are pleased with the way it turned out, http://www.webstarts.com/FreeBuckets
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Comments

[SIRJAMES09]

even buckets that once had clorine pucks can be use for food BUT, you need to run water thru the bucket for about 30 minutes(minimum-I preferr 1hour) and use HOT water. after that, Scrub out the bucket really good with soap & water. if there is no clorine smell after this, you're fine, BUT if you smell clorine scrubb again & again till there is no smell.

this I learned from experience.

[Sketch98]

I'd rather buy a new bucket, it would even be cheaper than half an hour of warm running water.

[w0x0f]

If you don't need food-grade buckets, check with your local swimming pool. Our pool uses a solid chlorine puck system and the pucks come in a 5 gallon pail with a screw on lid. I wouldn't use these for anything food-related, but they're clean pails that only need a rinse before you use them. Try not to breathe in any of the dust that may be in the pail, it's not good for you.

[fragile.ecstasy]

I'm thinking this might be good for holding my son's cloth diapers. Will have to see if I can scrounge some up.

[paulo500]

That's exactly what we use for our cloth diapers. Works perfectly.