Liquid containers with taps

[pvr]

I have quite a few containers which contains the car cleaning products, like snow foam, shampoo, wheel cleaner etc. They all come in 4 litre containers but is a bit of a pain to fill the bottles I actually use from those.

I had a look but cannot see good containers (4 / 5 litres capacity) with a tap on it so they can lay down and use to fill the bottles I use. Anything I have seen either is the container or are the taps, but not in combination and when mixing taps with different make containers I often see that they leak even if they both state a 38 mm thread.

Has anone found a good set that works?

 

[enuff_zed]

Is it worth simply paying someone young, without the shaky hands, to decant them for you.

 

[Scubaregs]

Buy a funnel.

 

[enuff_zed]

On a more sensible tack, I just googled a few options, but I suspect your main issue may be that the thicker products may not flow through a tap anyway?

 

[pvr]

I use a funnel at the moment but that means I have to clean it out every time and is just a pain.

The liquid is quite liquidy so I think the taps are fine to go through, just need the right combo of stackable containers - or at least those that can lay on their side fine.

 

[sars]

How about this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Container-Tap-Desktop-Dispenser/dp/B07H373136/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=water+containers+with+tap&qid=1669223020&sr=8-9

The liquid is quite liquidy

I think the correct words you are looking for is low viscosity

 

[pvr]

How about this?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Water-Container-Tap-Desktop-Dispenser/dp/B07H373136/ref=sr_1_9?keywords=water+containers+with+tap&qid=1669223020&sr=8-9

That looks good but is rather expensive though, the non food grade ones seem to be around £10 for 4 bottles, and the taps seem to be around the same for 3. I have seen detailers use the taps on the bottles but reviews online for the taps so often mention leaking that I would like to get the combo from the same company rather than mix and match

 

[pvr]

I think the correct words you are looking for is low viscosity

I wanted to keep my response Pondy proof :lol:

 

[sars]

I think the correct words you are looking for is low viscosity

I wanted to keep my response Pondy proof :lol:

That's easy, just use words with less than five letters, if you must use more, take letters out, like the h in weel

 

[pvr]

Cruel - but correct :lol:

 

[PerryGunn]

I use top-mounted pumps on the 5L containers - no worries about leaks other than the occasional drip from the end of the nozzle

e.g. https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01H1V7NOQ

 

[pvr]

Perry - do you use that to refill a shampoo bottle (500 ml) as well or only for small quantity use?

 

[smorris_12]

Wine boxes? They're effectively free if the wine's any good!

 

[PerryGunn]

Perry - do you use that to refill a shampoo bottle (500 ml) as well or only for small quantity use?

For some things that need diluting e.g. snowfoam, I pump it direct into the snowfoam bottle then add water. For others, such as quick detailing spray, I pump into a smaller 400-500ml trigger spray bottle (not sure of the exact size as I bought several along with chemical-rated spray heads). They pump out 25-30ml per press so it's a fairly fast process.

If I had a 5L car shampoo, I'd probably just pump some into the bucket before adding hot water rather than bother filling up a smaller bottle and then squirting that into the bucket.

 

[PerryGunn]

The liquid is quite liquidy

I think the correct words you are looking for is low viscosity

Trust an engineer to over-complicate things with technical terms - a couple of good old English adjectives that even Pondy would understand are 'runny' or 'watery'

 

[pvr]

Perry - do you use that to refill a shampoo bottle (500 ml) as well or only for small quantity use?

For some things that need diluting e.g. snowfoam, I pump it direct into the snowfoam bottle then add water. For others, such as quick detailing spray, I pump into a smaller 400-500ml trigger spray bottle (not sure of the exact size as I bought several along with chemical-rated spray heads). They pump out 25-30ml per press so it's a fairly fast process.

If I had a 5L car shampoo, I'd probably just pump some into the bucket before adding hot water rather than bother filling up a smaller bottle and then squirting that into the bucket.

Good points, I will give that a go. Especially as I am making a sink / hot water supply in the small garage where I store all the products now

 

[Nanu]

Still prefer the wine box option. If it doesn't fit the bill then at least its no big deal :wink:

 

[Pondy]

I wanted to keep my response Pondy proof

I'm here Paul, don't worry.
My advice is to get your estate manager/ head gardener/ gillie to decant said liquid, using the funnel advised, for you. Then get the footman to utilise said product. For a man of your wealth I'm surprised you had to ask TBH.

 

[Pondy]

I use top-mounted pumps on the 5L containers - no worries about leaks other than the occasional drip from the end of the nozzle

I always referred to those as "spunk pumps", for obvious reasons! :wink:

 

[pvr]

Nobody touches the cars Pondy, my domain