How to make interior items from metal barrels

It is difficult to name another type of container, from which you can make such a number of simple and complex, convenient and beautiful, but always very useful and necessary items in the household.

There's still rusting in your lot. double-liter?

"Site" 15 creative ideas for using them.

Before the start of work, the barrel must be brought to the divine appearance. If fuel and lubricants were stored in your barrel, there are several ways to clean the inner surface of them.

Water and dishwasher
Pour hot water into the barrel and add detergent, let me stand a little. Repeat the procedure if necessary.

On sale you can find special mixtures designed for washing containers from residues of petroleum products, for example SOFEX-TMS-2001.

You can fill the barrel with water with detergent and heat the fire (with caution) so that the water boils. When the water boils, hot steam will begin to accumulate in it, and thanks to this, the walls of the barrel will be easier to clean from fuel oil (or other oil products).
Sand and sawdust
Fill the barrel for a day with sand and sawdust, they absorb oil. Then clean the barrel with water and dishwasher, as we wrote above.
Painting the barrel from the inside
Ordinary enamel is suitable for painting. This can be done with a brush or spray gun. But before you start painting, it is advisable to wipe the barrel with newspapers, cloth or fill it with sawdust in order to remove the remains of the oil.

Water storage barrels folk wisdom suggests to paint with a solution of cement. You will need to mix the cement with water to the consistency of liquid sour cream and cover the cleaned inner surface of the barrel with a thin layer of this mixture. For reliability, the procedure can be repeated several times.
Burning barrels from the inside
This method is applicable to barrels of thick metal. Cut the top lid off the barrel. Put dry branches on the bottom of the barrel and set fire to them. Perform this procedure carefully and if possible in dry windless weather. The fire will remove all traces of oil, but without additional coating and care, such a barrel will soon be covered with rust. When the barrel cools, walk along its inner surface with a brush, and then paint, as we described earlier.

New life of two hundred liter metal barrels

Furnace
To make a stove, you will need a metal barrel and an hour of time.
Mangal, barbecue
For a man who has the skills of locksmithing, it will not be difficult to make a barbecue from a barrel with his own hands.
Smokehouse

Earlier we told how to make a simple smoker from an old pot and a metal stand for hot.
Chair
sofa
Furniture kit
Locker
Table.
Composer for Organic Fertilizers
chandelier
Raft.
Budget Basis for Light Buildings
A homemade car
Snow plower
Garden sink

Original garden equipment can be made not only from old barrels. For an unusual flower bed, for example, an old metal bed with a shell mesh is suitable.