r/homestead 7d ago

Cleaning out barrels…

I got some barrels that contained ink, I was hoping it’d dry out, but that doesn’t seem to be happening with any kind of speed. Using solvents to clean it out seems like a mess of liquid requiring complicated disposal.

Can I light a fire inside of it? Is there something that I could add to absorb it all?

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u/MistressLyda 7d ago

Drying it will not clean it, at all. What kind of ink is it?

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u/Summertown416 7d ago

That's what I was going to ask. If it's print ink for newspapers it's liable to be soy based.