Lots of cleanup, Al. All of the stainless pans that were exposed to the fire get all the soot removed via fine sandpaper, while the "sap" side gets a thorough scrubbing with a scotchbrite pad and hot water.
The storage tanks are all scrubbed down inside with hot water and bleach, then rinsed thoroughly. Same with the sap buckets themselves, all 60 of them. The spiles, or taps, get cleaned with a spile brush, them more boiling water and bleach.
The stainless finish containers, like the filter tank, receive no heavy scrubbing as scratches tend to accumulate debris...just lots of hot water. All of the transfer hoses as well as the pump get broken down, and cleaned with bleach and hot water....more heavy duty rinsing. Approx 30 plastic buckets of all sizes are cleaned and disinfected. Then everything gets dried thoroughly, and put away in the sugarhouse for next year.
We're all finished with cleanup, and the gear is all stowed. Good feeling.
