Good source for metal buckets? - Diesel Forum

Halitosis · 01-20-2006, 06:00 PM

Putting together my filtering system... my restaurant has agreed to pour their waste oil into whatever contraption I design while it's still HOT... making my filtering life MUCH easier.

Does anyone know of (or can think of) a good source for METAL 5 gallon buckets? I can't use plastic because of the high temps. (Or, even if I could, the restaurant won't want to risk it... making the debate a moot point here).

The only think I can think of that comes in metal 5 gallon buckets is stain/varnish. Any other ideas?

As always, thanks in advance.

Halitosis

01stroker · 01-21-2006, 09:28 AM

Might want to check with some local paint contractors. Thinner and paint in large quantities usually come in metal buckets.

DevoK12RS · 01-21-2006, 09:38 AM

I've bought roofing tar and asphalt sealant for driveways in 5 gal metal buckets, but I don't know where you'd get 'em clean and MT.

Have you tried McMaster-Carr or Grainger? Both seem to have a pretty broad range of 'stuff'....

Devo

Bobby_S · 01-21-2006, 12:00 PM

Try some local body shops. They get paint thinner in metal buckets.

WUNDERHOOT · 01-21-2006, 04:34 PM

you can get your self a new galvanized trash can.probly is cheap and come in a small size maybe.

FTG-05 · 01-21-2006, 10:15 PM

5 and 6 gallons steel open and closed head 5 and 6 gallon pails and buckets, $10-$11 each:

http://www.mcmaster.com/ bottom of page 1584 (put "1584" in the search term).

Al

dkenna · 01-22-2006, 05:43 PM

Check you local movie theaters. Coconut Oil for pop corn comes in 5 gal metal cans with a lid that has 'tabs' on the side. You push them down to seal the lid.

jaded13640 · 01-23-2006, 12:30 AM

Paint buckets are a real pain to clean.

What I've found works great are laquer thinner buckets. But I think someone else already suggested this.

Metal buckets are getting harder and harder to find. I have had a much easier time finding steel 55 gallon drums than steel buckets.

Maybe this will work for you. Just leave drums for you suppliers to fill.

I assume you pump the oil through the filters? If so it's probably just about as easy to pump from a drum as from a bucket? Maybe not in cold weather but in warmer climate maybe.

Good luck,

Wayne