My brother in law is a painter. When he has paint left over in one of those 5 gallon buckets, he makes sure the lid is down all the way, and seals it with a strip of tape all the way around. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Spiro" <[email protected]> To: "handyman-blind" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, December 22, 2008 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] storing ice melt
>I had a big bucket of that stuff harden once. It had also started to work > on the metal bucket. So the moment I poured hot water into it; (to losen > it and help me with the mountain of ice I had to face) the bottom > literally dropped out. So we threw ice melt shush up the path and it > turned out okay. I find the plastic bags inside the boxes I get from > McMaster, hold the stuff rather well. I scoop with a big plastic cup into > a big tupperware and I walk with that to distribute about 5 lbs at a time. > > > > > > On Sun, 21 Dec 2008, Lenny McHugh wrote: > >> Last year I purchased a more expensive ice melt that is safe for my guide >> dog. It is non toxic so also safe for plants. >> I then bought a 5 gal paint bucket for storage of the 50 pounds. The lid >> was >> not a tight seal and now I have a 5 gal rock. I can break it up to use it >> but wondering how to store it. There is also a shake dispenser container >> in >> which the ice melt did not get hard. I assume it is because it had a >> tight >> lid. I am wondering if I took some silicone calk and ran a bead around >> the >> inside of the lid and let it dry would it act as a sealing gasket? >> --- >> Please visit my home page; it is motivational, inspirational and humorous >> with many resources for the blind. >> http://www.geocities.com/lenny_mchugh/ >> Lenny >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> Send any questions regarding list management to: >> [email protected] >> To listen to the show archives go to link >> http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 >> Or >> ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ >> >> The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. >> http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday >> >> Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various >> List Members At The Following address: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ >> >> Visit the archives page at the following address >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following >> address for more information: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/ >> For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man >> list just send a blank message to: >> [email protected]! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------------ > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > [email protected] > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > Or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the following > address for more information: > http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [email protected]! Groups Links > > >
