Cleaning plastic water tanks with bicarb

GDay. About a tablespoon full and fill the jerry. Leave overnight. Rinse well. Done

If the jerries have any algae or staining in them, the most effective way I've found to get rid of that, is to pour a couple of generous handfulls of coarse sand (or fine road base, or similar) in there, add a couple of litres of water, put the lid on, and shake the cr@p out it (literally).. It'll come up 'squeaky clean' ..

You can then do the bi-carb thing if you wish (not essential, IMO)..
If you have any lemons handy, I'd suggest adding the juice of a lemon to the final rinse, to give it that 'fresh smell'...

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Hi Ben,
I clean/sterilise the water tanks (poly) on my caravan once a year with sodium metabysulphite. Available from Home Brew shops or home brew sect of larger supermarkets.
Mike

Might be easier to use Milton for the tanks.
It's used for sterilizing baby bottles so must be safe to drink out of later, anyway it's basically Bleach and the ratio's are on the bottle.

The best way to clean plastic jerrycans is a handful of sharp pebbles or granite chips.
Add a couple of litres of water and as previously replied, shake vigorously tll all the crap is loose.
Flush a couple of times with water, then add a couple of litres of water and the recommended amount of "Milton" (the stuff used to sterilize baby bottles) and shake around.
Flush once more and it will be guaranteed clean and safe.

Disco.