Cheers John. I've cleaned in a bucket as you suggest but I'll WD40 now. Jerry has been extremely helpful with loads and so on too. Great help all round! Will check out that book Ding.

One thing I've realised is that I've used a traditional beeswax finish on the barrels and hot water cleaning and so on isnt that good a combination with them getting sticky...so might have to remove that and maybe lacquer over to finish...any views?

Cheers
T

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