Gamma Seal Lids @ Home Depot

[MetalgodZ]

This might be old news to some people, but definitely new to me.

Right before the wife got laid off, I'd found a bunch of places that offered quantity discounts down to about $8/ea including shipping for Gamma Seal lids for 5 and 6 gallon pails. I was looking around a little more locally, since she's digging into the bulk food more often now and we can't afford a bunch of them right now. Turns out they've got them at Home Depot, and for less than the discounted prices I was finding online!

$7, available in the store.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs...ctDisplay?catalogId=10053&productId=202964334

Don't go buying them all on me, now. There's only about 250 of them in stock in central MA.

 

[coastie]

THank you!! These are great and I am glad to find a local source.

 

[mclina]

Nice, thanks. I picked up a bunch of food grade pails at Lowe's this week, for $4 each, but it would be nice to put gamma seal lids on at least a couple of them. I'll have to take a look tomorrow.

 

[Knob Creek]

Thanks, I just picked up a half dozen food grade buckets at a local bakery for $1 a piece.

 

[NuCentMAn]

Nice find, I use these for home brewing, makes bucket fermenters air tight. Thanks

 

[MetalgodZ]

Nice, thanks. I picked up a bunch of food grade pails at Lowe's this week, for $4 each, but it would be nice to put gamma seal lids on at least a couple of them. I'll have to take a look tomorrow.

Which Lowes pails are food grade? I was under the impression that all of the Lowes and HD buckets were not food grade. I've been buying my plain white ones from Wal Marty.

Nice find, I use these for home brewing, makes bucket fermenters air tight. Thanks

Didn't even think of it...but that's awesome. Definitely a better option than the standard lids - I always ended up getting extra sediment when the bucket got shaken a little.

 

[mclina]

The white buckets at Lowe's are actually marked 'Food Grade'.

http://www.lowes.com/ProductDisplay...gId=10051&cmRelshp=req&rel=nofollow&cId=PDIO1

In the store, they have a sticker on them.

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I know that the ice cream places around here sell empty buckets for $1 also, but it's winter.

 

[mclina]

One thing to watch out for - I filled several of these yesterday, and used a Sharpie to label them. A little while later I was moving them around and I found that the Sharpie on the lid would wipe off just like a dry-erase marker. I stuck a piece of duct tape on each lid and wrote on that instead.

The Sharpie on the bucket itself stayed just fine, but not on the lid.

 

[Cartoons]

I have some food-grade buckets from Lowes, and from when my family made some wine. I was looking online at getting some Gamma Seal tops, and found this thread.

Is there a need for a food-grade top? Is there any difference between the Gamma Seal tops at Emergency Essentials and Home Depot?

Thanks,
Tony P.