That reminds me of Benjamin FRanklin's, I think it was, statement, "Those who would sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither."
You're both wrong. In his case, everyone except criminals deserve liberty and security.
"tell 'em what they've won Don!" "Well it's a one way trip for one, to hell, for drinking bleach and being a dumass".
I have a couple styrofoam semi-spheres with a screwhook in each that to on over the outside water faucet to help keep them from freezing in the winter.
On one, the foaam rubber came away from the styrofoam, and I went to glue it back togethere with contact cement. It was on the kitchen table while I was did something else waiting the required 10 minutes or more for it to dry. And I noticed the glue was eating up the foam. !!
I waited until the time had run, pushed the pieces together and it was still even enough to work. The eating had stopped after a point.
I did this once. I poured an ounce or two of gasoline in a styrofoam cup and put it on my bench. 30 seconds later I had styrofoam goo and gasoline all over my bench. It was quite impressive :-)
HUH!?
I made a candelabra out of a shirt cardboard once, like they stuff in shirts at the laundry to help them stay ironed.
It worked the first several times but burst into flames the last time.
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Carb cleaner works well on styrofoam. Better then gasoline :-)
It does not matter as long as the bottle is a type of polyethelyne or polypropelyne. Look at the recycling symbol, if it is a 1,2,4, or 5 there is no problem.
See:
If you put gas in a styrene container it will probably give you problems (Melt)
The materials may be identical, but the structure is not. Food containers are flimsy compared to plastic fuel containers. Not appropriate.
And I almost won a Darwin award for doing so. It was a lesson well learned :)
And therefore lies the reason I admonished the OP with the following:
"To answer your question a plastic juice container will work in a pinch. However, do not store gasoline in the juice jug. Any gas you do not pour into the snow blower, pour it back into your car. When the jug is empty cut it open and let the gas dry out before you toss it."
Surely, you've gone and purchased a gas can by now. Your lack of replying indicates you must be out snowblowing. With all that said, I've kept a gallon of mix gas in the shop I work in for years in a gallon bottle windshield washer comes in. We mix our own methanol blue water, and keep jugs from the store bought kind.
I ran across a gas/oil mix in a pint gatorade bottle (without a lable for you safety folks) that was at least 3 years old. Gas was no good but the bottle was fine.
Bob
I don't think there is such a thing. And if there was, I would not use it.
No clu>I don't think there is such a thing. And if there was, I would not use >it.
Would you, could you with a fox?
Mark Edwards
That's what a lot of weedeating crews will carry it in when they're going to be far from the truck.
It's not officially legal, but the best substitute I've found for a gasoline can is a windshield washer fluid jug. Rinse it out with water, and leave it over night propped upside down to get as much water as possible out. Should only be a trace of humidity in the jug in the AM.
Please remove the washer fluid label, and mark the jug with a wide point permanant marker as to the contents.
Washer fluid jugs also will hold kerosene.
I used an empty anti-freeze container. My snow blower is a Lawn Boy 2 stroke Insight model 33005. After the storm(!) I went out to a Walmart that had 1,2, and 5 gallon containers.
Thanks to all who posted. Walter
We always used the red 'Era' brand laundry soap containers. Right shape, right size, right color, nice handle, and the plastic (back then, at least) seemed to hold up to gasoline and oil okay. If you don't use that brand, just stop by local laundromat, and raid the trash can. I'd test one overnight with a cup of gas, sitting in a steel bucket, just to make sure the plastic is still gas-proof.
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