Yay Lowes!

[Britsdaddy]

Yeah, leaving in the sun works. I picked up a few 200 litre plastic pickle/olive barrels to make rain barrels and no amount of washing desmellerated them immediately. I filled them with cold water and a cup of bleach and left them in the sun for a couple of days. Presto.

Thanks.

[Calendyr]

Looks like you purchased a 3.5 Gallon bucket instead of a 5 Gallon one. Just bring it back and get the bigger one.

Screwed me again...

[dsg03gt]

Lowe's sells two different buckets. Different molds. They have two grey ones and two white ones. You need to get the other grey bucket. Look at the bottom of the bucket. I believe the one you want should say encore plastics on the bottom. I have many Lowe's grey and white buckets that fit the grit guards just fine.

[conman1395]

Lowe's sells two different buckets. Different molds. They have two grey ones and two white ones. You need to get the other grey bucket. Look at the bottom of the bucket. I believe the one you want should say encore plastics on the bottom. I have many Lowe's grey and white buckets that fit the grit guards just fine.

Those ones don't fit the Grit Guard tightly though. The Grit Guard can spin around easily.

[KMdef9]

Take it back, they have an excellent return policy.

All my Lowes/HD buckets fit my GG from AG.