galvanized bucket repair

[MarkNB]

Hey all,

Does anyone have suggestions for a food safe patch on pinhole leaks in metal buckets? I have two with small leaks (and that is all it takes), one galvanized and one aluminium. I could use a gob of silicone, but I don't know, that doesn't strike me as the most healthy way to do a repair.

Thanks,

Mark

[fisheatingbagel]

I think you would be better off using bucket liners that are available. Bascoms and other places carry them

[prairietapper]

for a few years I started having a problem of some kid in town shooting a couple buckets a year with a 22. well I assume it was a kid. he never got caught and I had all my buckets out. so I ran stainless sheet metal screws from the inside. they finished the year that way. I doubt your pin holes are on the smooth part of the buckets though.

[Michael Greer]

If it's just a tiny leak at the seam, you can use an Amish trick. Wash the bucket well and dry completely. Turn your oven to the very lowest setting and put the bucket in for a few minutes to get hot (not really hot), take the bucket out with oven mitts and run a bar of plain paraffin wax around the seams. As the bucket cools, keep tipping the little puddle of wax around the bottom seam and it will fill the crack and make it waterproof. This seal will work until you forget and wash the buckets with really hot water.

[prairietapper]

If it's just a tiny leak at the seam, you can use an Amish trick. Wash the bucket well and dry completely. Turn your oven to the very lowest setting and put the bucket in for a few minutes to get hot (not really hot), take the bucket out with oven mitts and run a bar of plain paraffin wax around the seams. As the bucket cools, keep tipping the little puddle of wax around the bottom seam and it will fill the crack and make it waterproof. This seal will work until you forget and wash the buckets with really hot water.

nice trick!

[dark mountain maple]

I have a few buckets with leaks in them, would water safe JB weld or plumbers putty work and not contaminate the sap.

[Haynes Forest Products]

The best time to expand is when your small. Replace all leaking buckets with non leaking buckets.