How would you get it out and into smaller bottles? I don't want to keep having to remove the lid and increase chance of contamination.
Buy a few or at least 1 gallon jug, fill that and only open the bucket to fill the gallon jug.
Buy a Culigan water tank, fill it and get a Culigan water dispenser, and use the water knobs to fill bottles.
In the land where expenses are not a worry.
you can get a bucket pump at a harbor freight or anyplace that sells heavy truck parts or equipment parts.
Ive orded a 55 gallon drum of vg and just got a pump for it.
Thats the next step!
you should be able to find a small hand pump at home depot or something that would work for the size you have now. just make sure to sanitize it
Sump pump. ;)
If I sterilize it... This might work or burn out the motor.
Yea, you will want to figure that out for sure. You would be surprised how fast hair and other things can get in there from just opening it for a matter of seconds.
Delicious. :(
Does it have a pouring spout (small hole) on the lid? If so, you can buy a pump to screw on (with a cap closure). That way everything will stay sealed up and you just have to take off a small lid to refill whatever bottle you are primarily using for your VG.
Nope, it's like one of those paint buckets that just seals. I was hoping for a port on the top.
I buy 20L at a time. I fill a 5L bottle and from there that 5L goes into 1L that goes into 100mL. I clean each bottle every 3-4 uses. You can use plastic but if you want to be careful the going for glass is your best bet. You can sterilize it to a pretty good level using an oven.
If you don't need high precision, look for a handheld liquid transfer pump - they can be manual, battery, or mains powered and will allow you to siphon liquid out of the bucket and into a smaller container without having to pour anything or use funnels.
You could get some type of paint pouring lid if you can find one the right size and distribute it into 1 Liter bottles, etc.
I was looking into the ones with the spout, might be the ticket.
I ended up buying an emergency drinking water transfer pump. The lids that bulk apothecary uses are hard to deal with. I just cut a hole in the top of the lid with a drill while the bucket itself sat with clear food wrap over it. All said and done it does the job while minimizing the contamination of your supply.
Funnel and smaller bottles.
Ever hold a 50lb pail of VG and try to funnel it lol?
Transfer cup. Dip cup, pour in funnel into bottle.
Simple enough. Just do it in a clean environment.