Does anyone know where I can get a pour spout for the standard 1 gallon metal can used for thinner, dentatured alcohol, etc?
I've tried the pour the can from the side method...and that still didn't work so great when the can was full. You would think the manufacturers of these things would be smart enough to make a no drip lip, but it's as if they want us waste the product so we buy more!
-joe
Virtually any paint store. Probably even the big box stores, although I haven't looked.
Pouring from the side is no different than pouring from the front. Pour from the side opposite the spout, so the spout is on top. That way, when you quite pouring, the liquid level drops below the spout before the spout goes beyond horizontal where it can drip all over the can.
Hey...maybe I should try this way. I have noticed on auto oil bottles(quart size) that are rectangular, the diagram on how to pour the bottle shows exactly as you pointed it. I think it's somewhat counter intuitive...but if you think about how the air and fluid sit in the bottle/can, it makes perfect sense when pouring. I should have thought about that before. Thanks!
-sp
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I thought this one was long dead. I took one of the "new" laundry soap bottles that my wife emptied. Has a handy push button valve. Holds paint thinner just fine - dispense as needed, sits nicely on a shelf, bright color (All), has not leaked to date, holds more than a gallon. Totally nice.
I've not tried it with lacquer thinner yet, waiting for her to empty another.
"Bob F" wrote in news:jqvo97$hcp$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
That's the trick. Always pour "from the top" because you don't want it to go cluck-cluck. Leave enough space for the air to go into the container smoothly.
Unless it is a beer. :-)
FrozenNorth wrote in news:jr07t3$hn2$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me:
It's the same for pouring a beer out of a container. How you pour it into yourself is another matter ...
Buy that man one ... LOL!
It IS.
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Gundam Mr. Spout...fantastic little invention:
replying to sthurmo, Dave Waters wrote: Our company
These only fit the 1 pint cans. Not the 1 gallon cans. Don't bother buying.
Here's one joe !!
replying to g20zoom, bmon30 wrote:
replying to g20zoom, bmon30 wrote:
If he has not gotten one in the past twelve years, you might have solved the problem.
That's funny, you took my idea and patented it. Great job. I posted this about 5-6 years ago here on this group
Good job on stealing my idea and patenting it. I posted that on this news group 5-6 years ago or longer.
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