Re: Seperating 5-gallon buckets- Dorene

**"M. dorland" d*@cecnet.net**

Dorene,
I haven't tried to separate really stuck plastic buckets with this method,
but when two drinking glasses get stuck together you can use this method to
separate them. Put cold water in the top glass and pour hot water over the
bottom one and this causes an expansion on the hot glass and a shrinkage on
the cold one and they will slip apart. It might be worth a try.
Marilyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alliums" <garlicgrower@green-logic.com>
To: "Cg (cg)" <community_garden@mallorn.com>; "'Market Farming'"
<market-farming@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2005 11:35 AM
Subject: [cg] Seperating 5-gallon buckets

> Hi, Folks!
>
> I have lots of 5-gallon plastic buckets from different places for folks to
> use at the community garden.  The youth helpers tend to stack them all
> together and put them in the shed when we're finished.
>
> While the buckets all slide into each other just fine to stack, a good
> number of them get stuck -- completely stuck -- and we can't get them
apart
> again.
>
> Does anyone have a good trick for separating plastic buckets?  I hate to
> heave all these "doubles" into the recycling bin just because the kids
can't
> pull them apart with brute strength.
>
> Thanks for the help!
>
> Dorene Pasekoff, Coordinator
> St. John's United Church of Christ Organic Community Garden and Labyrinth
>
> A mission of
> St. John's United Church of Christ, 315 Gay Street, Phoenixville, PA
19460
>
>
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