pour spout for 1 gallon metal can?

[g20...@gmail.com]

Does anyone know where I can get a pour spout for the standard 1 gallon
metal can used for thinner, dentatured alcohol, etc?

I've tried the pour the can from the side method...and that still
didn't work so great when the can was full. You would think the
manufacturers of these things would be smart enough to make a no drip
lip, but it's as if they want us waste the product so we buy more!

-joe

[Travis Jordan]

g20...@gmail.com wrote:
> Does anyone know where I can get a pour spout for the standard 1
> gallon metal can used for thinner, dentatured alcohol, etc?

Virtually any paint store. Probably even the big box stores, although I
haven't looked.

[Ed Bailen]

I remember that my father made one many years ago. He used a metal
cap, but you might be able to epoxy the tubes into a plastic cap. His
pourer had two tubes coming through the cap, one was curved down for
pouring, and the other stuck up in the air (when the can was angled
for pouring).

Regards,
Ed

[g20...@gmail.com]

Thanks for the tip. I did consider that...making one out of an old
cap. Problem is, I threw out my last can a while back before I thought
about it. Or I've been thinking I can stick like a 1" or so vinyl tube
in the can opening. not sure if the fit is right, but something I'll
look into.

[Guess who]

On Fri, 19 May 2006 12:21:44 -0500, Ed Bailen <n5...@arrl.net> wrote:

>I remember that my father made one many years ago. He used a metal
>cap, but you might be able to epoxy the tubes into a plastic cap. His
>pourer had two tubes coming through the cap, one was curved down for
>pouring, and the other stuck up in the air (when the can was angled
>for pouring).

Also note that the angled one [air vent] goes deep into the can and
the short one can be just stuck on the end.

[CW]

Pouring from the side is no different than pouring from the front. Pour from
the side opposite the spout, so the spout is on top. That way, when you
quite pouring, the liquid level drops below the spout before the spout goes
beyond horizontal where it can drip all over the can.

<g20...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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[g20...@gmail.com]

Hey...maybe I should try this way. I have noticed on auto oil
bottles(quart size) that are rectangular, the diagram on how to pour
the bottle shows exactly as you pointed it. I think it's somewhat
counter intuitive...but if you think about how the air and fluid sit in
the bottle/can, it makes perfect sense when pouring. I should have
thought about that before. Thanks!

-sp

[RoxannVR]

responding to
http://www.homeownershub.com/maintenance/pour-spout-for-1-gallon-metal-can-112176-.htm
RoxannVR wrote:
Seriously, why do they make the cans that way. I've been spilling half of
my paint thinner everytime I go to use it.

[DanG]

I thought this one was long dead. I took one of the "new" laundry soap
bottles that my wife emptied. Has a handy push button valve. Holds
paint thinner just fine - dispense as needed, sits nicely on a shelf,
bright color (All), has not leaked to date, holds more than a gallon.
Totally nice.

I've not tried it with lacquer thinner yet, waiting for her to empty
another.


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[Bob F]

When the can is full, pour with the opening at the highest position, and the
majority of the lid below it, and it's easy.

[Han]

"Bob F" <bobn...@gmail.com> wrote in news:jqvo97$hcp$1...@dont-email.me:

That's the trick. Always pour "from the top" because you don't want it to
go cluck-cluck. Leave enough space for the air to go into the container
smoothly.


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[FrozenNorth]

Unless it is a beer. :-)

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[Han]

FrozenNorth <frozenN...@gm.nospam.ail.com> wrote in
news:jr07t3$hn2$1...@dont-email.me:

> On 6/09/12 3:15 PM, Han wrote:
>> "Bob F" <bobn...@gmail.com> wrote in
>> news:jqvo97$hcp$1...@dont-email.me:
>>
>>> RoxannVR wrote:
>>>> responding to
>>>> http://www.homeownershub.com/maintenance/pour-spout-for-1-gallon-met
>>>> al -can-112176-.htm RoxannVR wrote:
>>>> Seriously, why do they make the cans that way. I've been spilling
>>>> half of my paint thinner everytime I go to use it.
>>>
>>> When the can is full, pour with the opening at the highest position,
>>> and the majority of the lid below it, and it's easy.
>>
>> That's the trick. Always pour "from the top" because you don't want
>> it to go cluck-cluck. Leave enough space for the air to go into the
>> container smoothly.
>>
>>
> Unless it is a beer. :-)

It's the same for pouring a beer out of a container. How you pour it into
yourself is another matter ...

[Swingman]

On 6/9/2012 2:23 PM, FrozenNorth wrote:
> On 6/09/12 3:15 PM, Han wrote:


>> That's the trick. Always pour "from the top" because you don't want
>> it to
>> go cluck-cluck. Leave enough space for the air to go into the container
>> smoothly.
>>
>>
> Unless it is a beer. :-)

Buy that man one ... LOL!

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[Steve B]

"RoxannVR" <roxannvr_at_...@foo.com> wrote in message
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I take a 2" drywall screw and tap about a dozen little holes into the
recession where the lid fits. Liquid that goes in there goes back into the
can. You have to make them the right size, not too big, not too small.

Steve

[tiredofspam]

I made my own pour spout. But the cans are changing over to plastic
screw tops...
But this might help anyway...
http://i.imgur.com/snX1Y.jpg

[Mike Marlow]

tiredofspam wrote:
> I made my own pour spout. But the cans are changing over to plastic
> screw tops...
> But this might help anyway...
> http://i.imgur.com/snX1Y.jpg
>

Should still work. Just remove the plastic cap, and screw on the spout. A
plug in the spout will control evaporation.

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[tiredofspam]

They are a different size, and I don't know how to bond to the new
plastic top. Not sure what plastic it is yet.

I would also have to bond a similar material.

It was easier soldering a copper sleeve to the tin screw top than it
will be getting a bond between the two types of plastics. But once made
it should seal nicely.

[Mike Marlow]

tiredofspam wrote:
> They are a different size, and I don't know how to bond to the new
> plastic top. Not sure what plastic it is yet.
>
> I would also have to bond a similar material.
>
> It was easier soldering a copper sleeve to the tin screw top than it
> will be getting a bond between the two types of plastics. But once
> made it should seal nicely.
>

Got it. A little experimentation should prove the answer. You're sharp -
you'll get it. Then, share it.

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-Mike-
mmarlo...@windstream.net

[Bob F]

Use pipe nipples and the nuts they use on conduit or clamps coming into wireing
boxes with rubber gaskets or O-rings?

[Mike Marlow]

Maybe - have not looked at those sizes. At the very least... some kind of
comparable thinking. tiredofspam is a pretty clever guy - he'll nail this
one and he'll post pics when he's got it.

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-Mike-
mmarlo...@windstream.net

[Luigi Zanasi]

On Jun 9, 7:10 am, RoxannVR <roxannvr_at_gmail_dot_...@foo.com> wrote:

> responding tohttp://www.homeownershub.com/maintenance/pour-spout-for-1-gallon-meta...RoxannVR wrote:
>
> Seriously, why do they make the cans that way. I've been spilling half of
> my paint thinner everytime I go to use it.

Try a coleman fuel filler that screws on to the cap thread. It's made
for camping fuel but works on other stuff too.

$7.68 at amazon but should also be available in your neighbourhood
store that sell camping equipment and Coleman stoves (Crappy Tire for
Canadians).

Luigi

[CW]

"tiredofspam" wrote in message
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They are a different size, and I don't know how to bond to the new
plastic top. Not sure what plastic it is yet.

If it is the same as the plastic gas cans, forget it. They are made of
polypropylene. Nothing that I know of will stick to it.

[tiredofspam]

If that's true, then I might have to see if there is anything with the
same threads. Although I think it might be easier than the tin can which
were not standard plumbing threads...

[tiredofspam]

The recycle stamp inside the cap shows
O4
PE

I'll assume that to be polyethylene... Not very bond-able from what I
know about it..

Time to look for a plumbing match.

[Mike Marlow]

tiredofspam wrote:
> The recycle stamp inside the cap shows
> O4
> PE
>
> I'll assume that to be polyethylene... Not very bond-able from what I
> know about it..
>
> Time to look for a plumbing match.
>

I don't have any experience in bonding polyethylene, so I had to resort to a
google search. It appears that conventional wisdom might be inaccurate in
this matter. It seems that there are ways to successfully bond
polyethylene - look here at least as a starting point. The thing that
triggered me to look a bit was a friend of mine who used to weld different
plastics together, and I remembered him telling me about the requirements
for different approaches for the different families of those products.
Might be worth a bit more examination.

http://www.reltekllc.com/adhesives-for-polyethylene.htm

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[Pat Barber]

On 6/11/2012 8:37 AM, Luigi Zanasi wrote:
>
> Try a coleman fuel filler that screws on to the cap thread. It's made
> for camping fuel but works on other stuff too.

>

> Luigi

Nice catch ....I gotta get a couple of those.

[bmon30]

replying to g20zoom, bmon30 wrote:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/142702178731?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649
here's one !!

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[woodchucker]

On 3/20/2018 12:44 PM, bmon30 wrote:
> replying to g20zoom, bmon30 wrote:
> https://www.ebay.com/itm/142702178731?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1561.l2649
>
> here's one !!
>

Good job on stealing my idea and patenting it. I posted that on this
news group 5-6 years ago or longer.
https://imgur.com/a/wLzRs

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[DerbyDad03]

Strange thing about that imgur link. I *think* it flashed an image of can
with a copper spout for a split second, then switched to an image of a band
saw. Now all I ever get is the band saw image.

Could imgur be recycling links?

[Hannah]

PLBKAC https://i.imgur.com/snX1Y.jpg
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Hannah

[DerbyDad03]

I still don't understand why that spout image flashed before my eyes (once)
before switching to the band saw image.

I now see that the same link was posted by tiredofspam back in 2012, but I
never clicked on the link in that post.

It's almost like there was a remnant at imgur that flashed quickly just before
woodchucker's band saw showed up.

Very strange!