Non-Food grade HDPE for bottling?

Northern Brewer General
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I have a brand-spanking-new blue Lowe’s bucket made by Encore plastics out of #2 HDPE. It is not food grade, but is spotless, non-scratched, and just came home from the store. Can I bottle from this, seeing as the brew will only be in it for the time it takes to bottle? I’m going down there later to buy a food grade one for a primary, and my glass carboy will be my secondary, but, I already have enough carwash buckets, and wanted to use this one. Searching online, the only listed difference between food grade HDPE and non-food grade is the mold release used. However, I have thoroughly cleaned the bucket with PBW, and can detect no release compound anymore.

Thought?

Gonzo

2

I personally would wait until you get what you need. Others will likely say different. You could bottle from your carboy…unless that’s what the beer is in now.

3

No, the carboy is empty, I have two one gallon jugs of the Whitehouse beers, one ale and one porter, and I was going to bottle tonight.