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Marking a 5 gallon bucket
Can anyone direct me to the article about how to measure and mark a five gallon bucket. One gallon per line?
Drew
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Re: Marking a 5 gallon bucket
Originally Posted by WRXINXS
Can anyone direct me to the article about how to measure and mark a five gallon bucket. One gallon per line?
Drew
Use an empty milk jug
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Re: Marking a 5 gallon bucket
I found it at one time but basically every 6 inches, in a 5 gallon bucket, is 2 gallons of water.
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Use a one gallon jug pour it in then mark it. Then Repeat 4 more times unroll full
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It's on page 19 and 20 of Mike's book but I can't remember what the thread is titled.:-/
Alex
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Re: Marking a 5 gallon bucket
I used a scale to mark mine ... 8.33lbs/gal
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Re: Marking a 5 gallon bucket
Originally Posted by WRXINXS
Can anyone direct me to the article about how to measure and mark a five gallon bucket. One gallon per line?
Drew
Originally Posted by DLB
Without picking out what others have said my take is this...
Graduate your wash bucket with lines at each gallon. This is easy to do - just measure out a gallon of water, pour it in the bucket, mark a line where it hits...repeat.
Then get you a cup or something that is made to use with the soap you use commonly. If it takes 1oz. per gallon and you usually fill to the 4 gallon mark, mark the cup at the 4oz. mark. Then, you can quickly fill your water to the 3 gallon line or so, then pour in your 4.oz of soap, and finish filling while stirring.
Could also take a peek here:
http://www.autogeekonline.net/forum/...ch-soap-2.html
Bob
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Re: Marking a 5 gallon bucket
1 gallon?? Just pour a milk jug of water in and mark a line, then repeat.
Different buckets are different dia and height so there isn't a specific depth for each gallon. You would take the full height of the bucket and divide it by the gallon increments you want. Even that would assume the bucket stayed the same diameter from top to bottom which it doesn't on all buckets.
For our purposes you could eyeball the bucket with a marker and hit within 1/8 of a gallon which honestly isn't going to make a bit of noticeable difference.
Of course as with anything, if it's worth doing it's worth doing right.
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