Home Depot 5 gallon bucket lid spins?

[verbal144]

Head down to a Wal Mart Super center and ask the folks back in the birthday cake section if you can have some frosting buckets. I got 3 last week for free. The lids have gaskets in them. I bet they would fit the Home Depot buckets too.

was gonna do the same, how many gallons do the cake center buckets hold?

Did you not get the point of my post about how it really doesn't matter if the lids rotate or not? You can still ferment in the buckert???

as a seasoned vet i'm sure you could do without but being a newb i still like to hear all the bubbles

 

[smokewater]

was gonna do the same, how many gallons do the cake center buckets hold?

They were 5 gallon buckets the same size as the home depot ones except the handle is plastic instead of metal. Should be perfect for 3-4 gallon batches.

 

[ohiochris]

Ive used a green bucket from Menards ( home supply store ) a few times and had no problems. The lid not having a good seal was not an issue since the internal pressure from the produced CO2 kept anything from getting in. Still had good enough pressure to make the airlock bubble like crazy.

 

[verbal144]

They were 5 gallon buckets the same size as the home depot ones except the handle is plastic instead of metal. Should be perfect for 3-4 gallon batches.

alas, i tried a walmart down the road and the lady said they can't give out their buckets anymore, they have to send back someplace. i'll try another walmart though to make sure she wasn't BSing me. if true, i guess i'll settle for the $2.50 white bucket they sell at walmart - made by the same company, encore plastics, that does the lowes grey buckets without the annoying HUGE lowes logo on front.

 

[ohiochris]

You should make sure the buckets are food safe and have the right plastic code on them. And Ive read that even the code dont always mean they are food safe. Thats why using the regular buckets sold at stores is not the best idea. Ive been using menards buckets for a while now but in the back of my mind I am always wondering if maybe its not as safe as the plastic code says it is. This makes the empty food buckets you can get free from grocery store bakeries a great choice , but its hard to get all the flavors/smells out of the bucket from whatever was in there before and if it was frosting its almost impossible to get all the grease ( shortening ) out of it. I washed one 4 times , and even after brewing in it twice there is still a minor oil slick that seeps out of the bucket and develops on top of the beer.

 

[Rivenin]

have you tried soaking it in oxyclean? works for me to get plastic and beer smells out of things

 

[6470zzy]

Tiny critters?? Like yeast maybe ? Sorry I couldn't resist

Cheers

 

[davel57]

I notice that my Homer bucket is made about 20 miles from here, which makes me think that they probably use a variety of manufacturers. Ours don't have a gasket, but sitting right next to them in Home Depot is a batch of white ones from the same manufacturer with all the same markings on the bottom that are labeled "Food Safe" (printed on the side). The white ones cost twice as much, probably because of the lack of advertising value.

 

[fdexclpl]

I notice that my Homer bucket is made about 20 miles from here, which makes me think that they probably use a variety of manufacturers...

I think you're right about that. The buckets at my Home Depot are made in Leominster, MA and they have a gasket in the lid.

 

[Ell]

So, would a 5 gallon Lowe's/Home Depot bucket be perfect for a secondary vessel?

Just thinking aloud...

 

[kpr121]

So, would a 5 gallon Lowe's/Home Depot bucket be perfect for a secondary vessel?

Just thinking aloud...

I use both Lowes and HD buckets as secondaries when my carboy is full with something else.