Cups of salt!!
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subielover
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I always start with a half cup per gallon and adjust from there.
robertmathern
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+1 me to you can always add more salt if it was not enough. But when you have 5 gallons in a 5 gal bucket with a power head to mix the salt it is not as easy to add water if you put to much salt.
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dennis210
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Yep half a cup per gallon - and raise afterward if needed. Also do the math on a 5 gallon bucket sometime. Leave it 3 inches down and you still have over 5 gallons in it. Trust me - I used to complain that paint came short in five gallon buckets all the time because they were never full. I was corrected by a manufacturer. TTr2 (pie x radius squared) X height / 231 = gallons. pie = 3.14 radius = 6 and hieght = 15 so a full 5 gallon bucket will have just over 7 gallons. So only fill the bucket up tp 11 inches off the inside bottom (leave some freeboard)
robertmathern
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Originally Posted by Dennis210
http:///forum/post/2898565
Yep half a cup per gallon - and raise afterward if needed. Also do the math on a 5 gallon bucket sometime. Leave it 3 inches down and you still have over 5 gallons in it. Trust me - I used to complain that paint came short in five gallon buckets all the time because they were never full. I was corrected by a manufacturer. TTr2 (pie x radius squared) X height / 231 = gallons. pie = 3.14 radius = 6 and hieght = 15 so a full 5 gallon bucket will have just over 7 gallons. So only fill the bucket up tp 11 inches off the inside bottom (leave some freeboard)
HA thats funny I used to think the same thing when I was a painter.
http:///forum/post/2898565
Yep half a cup per gallon - and raise afterward if needed. Also do the math on a 5 gallon bucket sometime. Leave it 3 inches down and you still have over 5 gallons in it. Trust me - I used to complain that paint came short in five gallon buckets all the time because they were never full. I was corrected by a manufacturer. TTr2 (pie x radius squared) X height / 231 = gallons. pie = 3.14 radius = 6 and hieght = 15 so a full 5 gallon bucket will have just over 7 gallons. So only fill the bucket up tp 11 inches off the inside bottom (leave some freeboard)
HA thats funny I used to think the same thing when I was a painter.
scsinet
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Originally Posted by robertmathern
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HA thats funny I used to think the same thing when I was a painter.
Imagine if they did fill it up all the way how hard it would be to pour it off into small carry buckets... you can't really throw a powerhead into a bucket of paint and pump it out...
http:///forum/post/2898572
HA thats funny I used to think the same thing when I was a painter.
Imagine if they did fill it up all the way how hard it would be to pour it off into small carry buckets... you can't really throw a powerhead into a bucket of paint and pump it out...
robertmathern
Active Member
Originally Posted by SCSInet
http:///forum/post/2899348
Imagine if they did fill it up all the way how hard it would be to pour it off into small carry buckets... you can't really throw a powerhead into a bucket of paint and pump it out...
I used to throw a intake to a paint sprayier in and go to town. But I used to paint hotels so you use alot of paint.
http:///forum/post/2899348
Imagine if they did fill it up all the way how hard it would be to pour it off into small carry buckets... you can't really throw a powerhead into a bucket of paint and pump it out...
I used to throw a intake to a paint sprayier in and go to town. But I used to paint hotels so you use alot of paint.
frog/lionman
Member
So just to clear things up a full 5 gallon pail would be more like 7ga if filled to the top?
woody189
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Originally Posted by sickboy
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Apparently. I guess I've been ripping off the lfs 2 gallons at a time!
SOrry to burst your bubble, but you're probably not criminal.
i bought my 5 gallon bucket from Home depot. It has marks on it so you know where the gallons are. IDK if it's smaller than typical 5 gallon buckets, but mine is actually 5 gallons. 5 gallons is about an inch from the top rim of the bucket.
BUT maybe the paint buckets are different. IDK what you're using
I just got a gallon milk jug (cleaned of course) and added 1 gallon at a time to the bucket to determine how many gallons my kittly litter bucket was (turned out to be 4)
http:///forum/post/2899966
Apparently. I guess I've been ripping off the lfs 2 gallons at a time!
SOrry to burst your bubble, but you're probably not criminal.
i bought my 5 gallon bucket from Home depot. It has marks on it so you know where the gallons are. IDK if it's smaller than typical 5 gallon buckets, but mine is actually 5 gallons. 5 gallons is about an inch from the top rim of the bucket.
BUT maybe the paint buckets are different. IDK what you're using
I just got a gallon milk jug (cleaned of course) and added 1 gallon at a time to the bucket to determine how many gallons my kittly litter bucket was (turned out to be 4)
