[LargeFormat] A better way

[Jim Brick]

At 11:52 AM 8/7/2002 -0500, Lee Carmichael wrote:

>don't forget the pump you will need to get the lid off the expert drum,
>
>lee/


I've found that if you use a minuscule amount of Vaseline (or similar 
stuff) on the inside of the lid, the pump is not needed. Hold the tank 
between your feet, put a towel over the lid, grab the lid, through the 
towel, under the edge with your fingernails and gently pull one side then 
the other, and it pops right off with no pain or discomfort. FAR LESS PAIN 
than the lid blowing off with the force of a 1/4 stick of dynamite when 
using the pump! I even made a lid blowing chamber that had a shelf in it so 
it would take the 3010 and the 3063 drums. Pump hose through a hole in the 
top, padded inside the top so it wouldn't damage the lid when it blew off. 
Still un-nerving even when contained.

Easing it off by hand is, as I've found, extremely easy.

Jim