[Sca-cooks] coopering (barrel making)

[Betsy Marshall]

Our camp organizer keeps a layer of beeswax on the inside of his/our water
barrel- renewing it at the start of each Pennsic. last year I took the old
wax home to make candles from it. Since the wax seals any gaps or leaks, no
worries about wet/dry cycles.

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Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] coopering (barrel making)

I have several buckets which I dutifully kept submerged all winter, since I
live in Denver. The directions that came with advised that submerging was
preferable to drying/re-wetting, since the cycling of moisture can warp the
staves to the point where they can't hold water even when wet. Of course,
they now all have a slime coat, and the steel hoops have rusted and fouled
the water. One of these *was* my water "cooler" - not too interested in
puting drinking water in it now! 

Lijsbet

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Mark Hendershott <crimlaw at jeffnet.org>
> At 08:24 AM 4/27/2006, you wrote:
> > > > but it doesn't do well for storing water or whatever. Wooden barrels
> >would
> > > > seem to be great at SCA events, at least the smaller ones and for
events
> >like
> > > > Gulf Wars where onsite storage is possible, they wouldn't have to be
> > > > transported back and forth each year.
> > > >
> > > > Stefan
> > >
> > > Wouldn't storing barrels onsite be problematic given that the barrel
> > > really needs to be kept wet?
> > >
> > > Margaret FitzWilliam
> >
> >Actually, you can store them dry, but you really need to have them wet
for a
> >couple days, so the wood swells again, for them to hold water again. Or
at
> >least, that's what the guys say who use them for slack tubs. I'd dearly
love
> >to get my hands on one for my own slack tub and find out for myself.
> >
> >Phlip
> 
> Your local garden store doesn't have half whiskey barrels?  My wife 
> and I bought one last night at a local store for $14.99.  Saw them at 
> a high class nursery Saturday for $29.99.
> 
> Simon Sinneghe
> Briaroak, Summits, An Tir
> 
> 
> 
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