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Marking water buckets

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by beckerj3, Feb 17, 2015.

  1. Feb 17, 2015 #1
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    I have 5 gallon buckets marked on the outside with graduation marks to show 1 gallon, 2, 3, ........ Used a marker for it.


    In a u-tube video I saw a couple days ago, I noticed the person had marked the INSIDE of the bucket. I thought that was a much smarter idea - visually anyway. I was wondering if this would be ok - or if it would be a problem from any chemicals in the marker - coming off into the water -although the water is not in the bucket more than a couple minutes at a time ?????


     
  2. Feb 17, 2015 #2
    FishBrain New London

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    I would think it would be fine with a permanent marker. Have floated bags that were marked for years with no issues.
     
  3. Feb 17, 2015 #3
    DangerJ Des Moines, IA

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    I got the idea of marking the inside of buckets after I ended up swapping buckets with JustinS who had marked one of his. I went ahead and marked all of my water change buckets this way. It helps significantly.
     
  4. Feb 17, 2015 #4
    GoodGreef Clive, IA

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    I just superglued on some scrap pvc inside at various measurements. Has held so far.
     
  5. Feb 18, 2015 #5
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    Thanks for the responses!
     

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