I bought a fairly cheap gal bucket @ Lowe's abd sprayed it black with high temp paint, then added a stamped metal ash shovel, the whole deal maybe cost me $10.00. I alway clean up ashes with a cold stove so the bucket usually sits right alongside the stove.ssweb said:This is very timely for I just came on to get some thought on a galvanized pail I acquired.
It is a small 5 gal pail with a lid. However the thought is that we would keep it in the Living room by the fireplace. However it does not go with the decor. It has been suggested (Bet you can come up by whom) that this needs to be painted.
However I am seeing from some responses that the pail is not kept by the fireplace. Yet I am finding that I need to clean the ash out about very three days. Having to go outdoors for the can adds to the time it takes. For me right now that is not so much an issue yet I am trying to keep this simple for the CEO of the house.
As noted before the idea of painting it. What is the best method for doing so.
Thanks for the input
bmwloco said:I have a 2 gallon pail, picked up at Lowes or Ace Hardware. It's galvanized.
Three years ago after buying it I sprayed it with wood stove paint, black, inside and out. No lid, I usually empty it cold into the composter in the back yard.
LLigetfa said:In former years I would dump the ashes on my spent burn pile that I later blended with the finished compost but last Winter I hadn't burned my brush pile so I dumped it on the unfinished compost. Big mistake... It turned the whole pile cold and took a very long time to compost. I won't be making that mistake again. BTW, my compost pile is about the size of an old Cadillac.
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