eddieb7 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Hi Guys, Looking for some advice from people who had already sent there personal stuff over in a container. We had a guy out from Anglo Pacific, who went on big time about ensuring everything is clean and dirt free. Ensuring the base of shoes are dirt free, golf bag is dirt free, and even going to the extreme of buying Jeyes Fluid to cleanse any outdoor equipment. I think he was being too excessive, but was just looking for some feedback of what other people have done to ensure everything is clean so as not to have any issues going through customs and quarantine. Cheers Eddie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nearlythere1 Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Hi Guys, Looking for some advice from people who had already sent there personal stuff over in a container. We had a guy out from Anglo Pacific, who went on big time about ensuring everything is clean and dirt free. Ensuring the base of shoes are dirt free, golf bag is dirt free, and even going to the extreme of buying Jeyes Fluid to cleanse any outdoor equipment. I think he was being too excessive, but was just looking for some feedback of what other people have done to ensure everything is clean so as not to have any issues going through customs and quarantine. Cheers Eddie Everything will be ok as long as it is all clean, especially outside stuff like garden furniture, shoes, golf trolleys etc. No cane or wicker and only treated or varnished wood.. He's not exaggerating unfortunately.. You can leave it, but have heard some stories about the costs of cleaning or failing that, destruction of items etc.. Someone paid around $90 to have a wicker basket destroyed lol.. Apparently if everything smells of Jeyes fluid then they know that you've made the effort to clean stuff.. They are pretty keen on this kind of thing... Don't want any outside plant life or crawly things getting in.. :wacko: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovingtoTasmania Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 He wasn't over exaggerating unfortunately. If they do find any dirt, mud, grass, or anything, they may treat everything in the container which could be very costly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddieb7 Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Thanks for the replies. Everything will be clean, but was obviously just curious as to how much cleaning was required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovingtoTasmania Posted November 1, 2014 Share Posted November 1, 2014 Unfortunately, a lot of cleaning and it is very frustrating if after all that, they don't even look in your container or show any interest in your stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tina0101 Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 I took an old toothbrush to scrub the soles of all our shoes so I could get every little bit of mud out the grips! All the tools we brought over were cleaned within an inch of their life. The guy wasn't lying or trying to scare you, just save you money :-). Our stuff arrives on Tuesday (yay) and we seem to have been all ok. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaska Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 It's will all depend on what they check in your container. I know people who have got whole wicker sets of furniture in and other "contraband" simply because it wasn't checked. I have also known people who had to pay a fortune to have things cleaned/destroyed. We did clean everything with Jeyes fluid and scrubbed all the soles of the shoes. We were also told that they don't like rust so that was a good excuse to get rid of some old tools and bikes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clusterofgeals Posted November 2, 2014 Share Posted November 2, 2014 Christmas decorations are ones thing they go for check for pine cones or any untreated wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddieb7 Posted November 4, 2014 Author Share Posted November 4, 2014 I can understand their extremeness with outdoor equipment. But what did people do about washing machines, tumble dryers and the like?? How much cleaning did you do on internal goods? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MovingtoTasmania Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 I'm not taking any, but if I was, I would run through the machine with a washing machine cleaner, and remove the drawer and clean it and remove the rubber too and replace it with a new one when it arrives. I think my main concern would be fridges, washing machine, dishwasher etc., going mouldy whilst in transit. I would think you would need to make sure it was properly dry before it was packed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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