Water Can coating? It works!

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Water Can coating? It works!

Post by faabala » Mon Oct 06, 2003 8:07 am

I am happy to report my water can coating was successful. I now have four coats of clear food grade epoxy on the inside of my 44” water can. The product is clear so any imperfections in the enamel show though. I have two more water cans to coat so I will probably paint the inside before coating. The product I used is called “Camcote” it is a food grade epoxy used by beekeepers to restore galvanized honey extractors and holding tanks. It comes by the quart and it will be enough to at least three cans. Camcote is a one party epoxy. It needs to be stirred well and will be the consistency and color of warm honey. I mixed it and sloshed it around in the closed cans draining the excess. I suspended a 60watt shoplight in the can to hasten the curing. Over three days I put in 4 coats. It produced a thick flexible even coat inside the can. There is no residual odor and I will be using it for drinking water. This product can be found at

http://www.beeequipment.com/search.asp

Search for Camcote. It is only $9.95 a quart.

Did anyone have a solution to gasket replacement? My 44 dated can has a flat lid with the cork gasket. My two other cans are 42 dated with the indent lid and the pressure valve. Are there any suggestions for those gaskets? Is there an “O”ring that will fit?
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Post by Jon » Wed Nov 17, 2004 2:50 am

Dave,
I recently bought a '44 water can, and I'll be replacing th gasket shortly. I'll let you know what solution to the problem I can come up with.

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Post by Marty, SoCal » Sat Jul 23, 2016 4:52 pm

Bumping this moldy oldie after a little searching!

The Camcote is still available from Beekeper's suppliers. Here's one link:

http://www.brushymountainbeefarm.com/Ca ... tinfo/615/
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Post by GRAVEDIGGER » Sat Sep 24, 2016 7:43 am

I used this product on a 1941 water can of mine. I also found it works great on the inside of
canteen. I had a 1942 canteen I wanted to use. The inside was a little questionable , put this
treatment inside and it is safe to use now. :D Good stuff.

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Re: Water Can coating? It works!

Post by Mr_Flibble » Thu Jan 05, 2017 2:11 am

I'm about to go to town on a 1950s Water jerry can. There's some internal rust and it has a few small holes that I need to patch up first.

I've got a local product called "Mr Boat Epoxy". Once cured it is completely inert and safe. I've tested it on an aluminium water dispenser a few weeks back and the stuff is great.

How would you go about coating the inside?
Pour in the epoxy and let it flow around the inside of the can until all surfaces are covered and pour out the remainder.
Or manually paint on the epoxy through the opening. Not much room to move a brush inside.
Of course, it doesn't have to be applied in one go.

I'm also still on the look-out for a good replacement for the rubber gasket. I could cut a cork one if the need arrises.
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