The metal gallon cans I buy my resin in have an inner seal cap that goes inside the pour spout a little way, and then a screw-on cap. Sometimes, these become damaged and it can lead to a solid can of resin if you don't use a little baggie as a safeguard.
So what I'd like to do sometimes, is either use a little tie-on baggie instead or better yet, pour it all into a simple plastic bottle - like a used bottle of XTRA liquid detergent. Can polyester resin be stored in polyethelyne or whatever it is that liquid laundry bottles are made of? I notice some resin stores DO sell plastic bottles in addition to metal cans. I guess it would be a good way to recycle an old laundry bottle provided it doesn't crack - laundry bottles are not that strong. But it's easy to unscrew the cap from a laundry bottle because plastic doesn't dent as easy as metal does. I have a can of resin now that I'd like to transfer to something el cheapo. I guess for now I can find a glass flower urn but some time I'd like to just use the laundry bottles if anyone knows first-hand that this would work. Also, would a gallon milk jug work?
Come to think of it, I guess it'd be better if I'm using the resin for small jobs to even just use a bunch of small bottles, whatever, I need something that won't dissolve or burn up or crystallize or whatever.
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The metal gallon cans I buy my resin in have an inner seal cap that goes inside the pour spout a little way, and then a screw-on cap. Sometimes, these become damaged and it can lead to a solid can of resin if you don't use a little baggie as a safeguard.
So what I'd like to do sometimes, is either use a little tie-on baggie instead or better yet, pour it all into a simple plastic bottle - like a used bottle of XTRA liquid detergent. Can polyester resin be stored in polyethelyne or whatever it is that liquid laundry bottles are made of? I notice some resin stores DO sell plastic bottles in addition to metal cans. I guess it would be a good way to recycle an old laundry bottle provided it doesn't crack - laundry bottles are not that strong. But it's easy to unscrew the cap from a laundry bottle because plastic doesn't dent as easy as metal does. I have a can of resin now that I'd like to transfer to something el cheapo. I guess for now I can find a glass flower urn but some time I'd like to just use the laundry bottles if anyone knows first-hand that this would work. Also, would a gallon milk jug work?
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