Coarse Threaded Main Valve	3/4" High Flow Ball Valve	Tote Cap With Filter

Our totes originally contained food grade castor or coconut oils. Oils inside a plastic container are hard to remove entirely where the oil residue left behind must be expected to dissipate over time. Stronger grease cleaning agents would not be good for the tote container or the tote future content or purpose. A pressure washer does help to some degree, but the wand is not able to reach inside at an angle to clean the top and top sides of the tote. Due to the residue issue is why only food grade totes are exceptable for human, animal, and plant consumption or purposes.

We completely drain our totes of original content and soak the tote interior with Ginger Lily Farms botanicals plant-based dish soap formula with max grease cleaning power. After a thorough rinse, we sanitize the inside of the tote with more soap and some bleach, baking soda, and vinegar, and thoroughly rinse the tote again.

Unfortunately, draining a tote is not an easy chore. The tote base is not designed to completely drain the tote content - who knows why. You must tilt the tote slightly forward to sweep the remaining content towards the drain spout opening manually with a custom long handled brush. Then, cleaning, rinsing and sanitizing the tote is not an easy chore either. Cleaning the interior with cleaning agents requires custom cleaning tools to reach inside the tote at all angles that requires a lot of bending, lifting, patience, and work. The outside of the tote will usually need a good scrubbing, especially on top. Hence, a tote cleaning fee is well earned and deserved.

You should never trust or depend on the said claim of content or cleanliness of any tote you see or purchase. You should verify or check for a food grade label and clean the tote interior again yourself before you use the tote for plant watering and sanitize the tote interior for storing or drinking water. A non food grade tote is not recommended for storing or drinking water.