On Sun, 14 Aug 2011 16:31:20 -0700, you wrote:
>I would be very careful using milk jugs. I am on a well and have 20 or so
>milk jugs of water in the garage to use if the power fails for washing,
>flushing toilets, etc.
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>Regularly I find one of them is only half full, leaking from the seams.
>Maybe only a 10%/year failure, but I would hate to have the etchant oozing
>out.
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>I would not use these to store something I cared about keeping in the
>container..
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>- Bob Headrick
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I'll second Bob's experience. I suspect the plastic has been
"greened down" to break down in landfills. The quality/durability
of the plastic seems to have deteriated greatly in the last
few years. They seem to be especially sensitive to sunlight.
Do you do your own oil changes? The 5-quart
oil containers seem to be made of better stuff.
Keith Bowers WB4LSJ- Thomasville, NC