We had another load of juice coming in and I was getting all the empty containers ready to transfer the new stuff in for fermenting. But one of the big tanks had a stain I could not get out through regular means. I soaked, pressured-washed, and scrubbed with a long handled brush and mop, but could not get it gone.
Now, these tanks are about 6-feet high, 31-inches around, with a 15-inch lid, so I was doing all I could. But then I thought about my wife’s much lesser size (and girth!) and asked if she would help out. Of course she would!
So I took off the lid and she crawled right in! With her close up view, she was able to get more pressure on the crud and with about 30 minutes, it was back to its sparkling clean state.
So while I often get the credit for what the wine tastes like, my lovely wife is always willing to chip in and do her part when a job is too big (or I am, in this case, too big) for me to handle.
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Oh my gosh. Way to go Mrs.! That hole is way smaller in real life than it even looks in the picture! Hope to see you guys again now that it is beginning to warm up.
ReplyDeleteI should mention the tank's original hole is only eight inches across, but we cut the tanks out for the 16-inch manways. I took the whole manway out to get her in there tho...
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