mickeypower
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Does anyone have any experience applying "brewer's pitch" to an oak barrel?
I'm trying to fix a persistent leak, not cover the whole inner barrel (because I want to keep most of the flavour-imparting oak exposed). The leak is at the join between one of base plates and a couple of the vertical slats. It has been seakign for months, and still leaks.
Obviously I only have the bung holes through which to pour the molten pitch... I was thinking of then trying to swill it around the base. Will this work? Or does it solidify to quickly to achieve this?
I'm trying to fix a persistent leak, not cover the whole inner barrel (because I want to keep most of the flavour-imparting oak exposed). The leak is at the join between one of base plates and a couple of the vertical slats. It has been seakign for months, and still leaks.
Obviously I only have the bung holes through which to pour the molten pitch... I was thinking of then trying to swill it around the base. Will this work? Or does it solidify to quickly to achieve this?