Resin valves??

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Marla (Crickett) has turned into a casting junkie and is going through resin at an alarming rate. :eek: We have taken to buying the resin in 20 litre/5 gallon pails. As Tech Support :tongue: I want to make dispensing easier by putting a valve/tap/faucet on the pail. Anyone know of a supplier that has such a product? I believe the spout on the pail is a 38mm/1.5" size. At this time we transfer to a one gallon jug and she works with that for at most a week before needing another "fix". :rolleyes: A tap would make things a lot easier. :)

Pete
 
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Curly said:
Marla (Crickett) has turned into a casting junkie and is going through resin at an alarming rate. :eek: We have taken to buying the resin in 20 litre/5 gallon pails. As Tech Support :tongue: I want to make dispensing easier by putting a valve/tap/faucet on the pail. Anyone know of a supplier that has such a product? I believe the spout on the pail is a 38mm/1.5" size. At this time we transfer to a one gallon jug and she works with that for at most a week before needing another "fix". :rolleyes: A tap would make things a lot easier. :)

Pete
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Hi Pete,

Yeah, I know how it goes with those big drums, they are a pain to work with, for sure.

Amazingly I was going through some search this afternoon about the same thing. I need some taps for both the 25 lt and 5 lt metal containers so, I found some quite inexpensive form a place here in Australia, I ordered 2 of each (25 and 5 lt drums) with the plastic spanner to tighten those taps properly. Actually, you don't need them to put them in but I reckon you will need them to get them out...!:wink:

Have a look here, and tell me what you think...!

Cheers
George
 
Pete amd George, I used those on drums of product at a plant where AI worked. I would make sure the rosin does not destroy them by putting a small piece of one in a cup and observe for softening. It would not be a good thing to lay the drum over tonight and come in tomorrow and find the floor had been cast in PR overnight.
Charles
 
qalien said:
Would this work? I know it isn't a tap, but maybe a pump would work?

http://www.fibreglast.com/product/Resin_Pumps_824/Supplies_Tools_Dispensing
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That's a great option, for sure...!
I don't particularly like the fact that you have to clean the pump with acetone after each use, it would be costly in acetone. While these are specially made for handling resins and the acetone cleaning recommendation proves it, I hope that the taps I purchase and suggested initially, don't get eaten by the resin.

I wouldn't trust the acetone on them but, I'm happy if I can either lay the drum on its side, roll it to the tap down position, fill my small containers, turn the tap off and roll the drum with the tap up or, keep the drum in the up-right position until ready to fill other small containers, and them lift the drum back to the up-right position again, this way even if the tap doesn't seal properly or if gets melted by the resin, it wouldn't create a big mess, and wasting a lot of dollars...!

I will expect, in time these plastic taps to need replacement as the resin hardens within, making it very difficult to turn/use. I will see if it can be dismantled, for cleaning when reaches that stage, instead of using acetone to clean it if the acetone affects the plastic, I would spray the old resin left in the tap with the harder and wait a little. I reckon, the harder covering the resin in generous amounts will harden the resin quick but more importantly, it will crack it, making its removal a easy thing, pealing like a plastic skin...!

Well, that's the idea/plan/thoughts...! I will find out in a very near future of how right or how wrong I am...!

Cheers
George
 
larryc said:
qalien said:
Would this work? I know it isn't a tap, but maybe a pump would work?

http://www.fibreglast.com/product/Resin_Pumps_824/Supplies_Tools_Dispensing
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It looks like it would work unless you had to clean it with acetone after each casting session. You might waste more resin that way than what you pour on your shoes trying to pour it out of the can. DAMHIKT
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For the price, I'd buy a few, maybe look for a way to cover the tip between uses, and just accept that every once in a while one will clog.
 
I was just at Wally world in the container section and saw a water holder with valve for only 5.95. I looked on the bottom and the recycle number is a 1 so the container should not dissolve but do not know about the valve.
The container is rectangle, holds 5 quarts with a large opening on the top to pour into.
 
Hi Pete,

these are some items from McMaster-Carr that may work for you. As a Tech-person for Marla makes you a "fortunate" man. She does some wonderful feather castings and I am grateful for receiving a couple. Good luck with your search

http://www.mcmaster.com/#drum-faucets/=boavub
 
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