Originally Posted by
DrTimPerkins
Do NOT tap them in any further. Weeping around the outside of the spout for a short time is normal. You've created a wound. Sap cannot move through plastic into the taphole, so a small amount of it flows on the outer edge of the taphole to the surface for a short time. This is a normal situation and will stop after a few days. Tapping it in further risks creating more damage and won't stop the weeping.
If the weeping continues after a week with very little flow in the bucket, would it merit removing the 5/16 spiles with leaks and replace them with 7/16 bucket spiles that I have from years past before I went to 5/16?
1960 - 1970s 70 taps on galvanized buckets with Dad and Grandpa.
1970s - 1985 Acted crazy!
1986 - 2005 20-30 buckets.
2006- 2017 70 buckets and bags
2017-2019 100 bags and buckets
2020 Finally retired!!! 75 buckets, 50-75 on tubing. RO Bucket, New 12 X 16 Shack and a 42X42 flat pan.
2021-Adding another 125 taps along with a second RO bucket.
2022- Shooting for 350 taps, with 100 on lines.
Lots of Family and Friends and dogs named Skyy and Nessy!