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

[Sheila McClune]

Lijsbet wrote:

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!
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Ewww!  No, me either!  I'm really sorry to hear about that.  I loved 
that little water cask of yours ...

Do you suppose it would have helped to change the water more 
frequently?  It might have helped with the slime coating, though I still 
can't see that keeping the rust from happening.

Arwen

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