WillyP Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Hi All, Hope the start of your week has been safe and productive!! I found an old Galv. Trash Can today beside my storage garage. It seems that it must have been left behind by the neighbor who recently died. It's going to make a nice looking slack tub - if it doesn't leak! It's got a decent bottom - rusted but not rotted - and a good lid, the sides are really good, but the seam on the one side looks 'stretched' - for lack of a better way to describe it. All the folds are still fully intact, and I plan to tap it back to flat and hope that it's still got a seal, and does not leak. If by chance it does not seal, has anyone tried sealing these seams with some sort of sealer with success? Maybe an epoxy or something? This bucket is much better than the one I am using because of the wider opening, and it has a lid - And I just plain like it more than the little steel pail I've got now! Thanks - And have a great day! Willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob JS Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Ive made folded tin containers air tight using silicone sealant, run a fillet round all the seams with a finger. Or you could use fibreglass. Unless it was leaking badly I would probably use clay - quick easy and harmless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 Try soldering the joints if it leaks, or sweat a patch on if there is a leak on the sides or base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 The simplest and best repair is to just clean it and solder it. Galvy solders very easily with a copper or torch. Just don't overheat it and burn the galvy if you use a torch, solder won't stick if you do that. Health risks burning galvy too. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quenchcrack Posted May 11, 2009 Share Posted May 11, 2009 This is why God invented JB Weld. Put it on the outside so you don't have to worry about a red hot iron messing it up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meinhoutexas Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 they make some good two part epoxy and all if you were shure not to get the sides hot you could paint the inside with truck bed liner paint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unkle spike Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 RTV Silicone works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragons lair Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 An astronomical number of aquariums can't be wrong. Silicone can be applied under water if need be. Ken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted May 27, 2009 Share Posted May 27, 2009 I use acid core solder for galve steel sheet repairs... clean well and don't overheat... with propane torch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jocko 58 Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Try painting inside Tub with Bitumen Paint, Then lay an old sheet inside and work it in and paint it again One from oz onya mate John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acoop101 Posted June 1, 2009 Share Posted June 1, 2009 At work we have a Galv. SlackTub that students keep droping pieces of quarter inch steel into, and every once in a while they drop it in corner first and it punches a hole in the bottom and makes a big mess. This happened a couple of times in the shop then we gave up and made them take the metal out side to cool it. Any way now when this happens we let the thing dry out then take it into the shop which has a high volume ventalation system and just weld a piece of 10 guage on the bottom. Come to think of it I don't think the original bottom even exists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olcarguy Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 If you put some course sand or pea gravel in the bottom of the tub it will cushion the bottom and prevent puntures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acoop101 Posted June 10, 2009 Share Posted June 10, 2009 I like that Idea, the only thing I'd be worried about is making it too difficult to move it, I think just keeping it out side away from the banks of welders has worked... we'll see, they are trying to close us down right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Who is they and why are they trying to close you down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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