Everyone will be buying lidded trash cans after seeing this genius idea!

For this project, I headed to my local Walmart to  grab a small waste container that came with the   lid. We will want a lid with a nice concave curve  which will be best for collecting the rain water.   By turning the lid upside down we need to use  a scrap piece of wood placed under the area   we will be drilling the holes into the lid. You  will want to use a minimum size of one inch for   the drill bit so that the water will quickly  enter the can. Carefully drill into the lid   in at least two spots as close to the lowest  part so there will not be any standing water.   Once you have drilled through the lid, turn  the lid over and use a small knife to cut away   any burrs or plastic. This will keep any debris  from getting caught to clog up the holes. Next we   will need to use a small piece of mesh as a small  filter for any leaves that might get into the lid.   I'm using a metal piece of one-quarter  inch mesh that will glue down to the lid.   Lay a bead of glue across one side of the  area where you drilled the holes. I am using a   disposable paint stick to help lay out the screen  so I don't get burned by the glue before it cools.   Using the stick I press the mesh all  across the lid to get a good adhesion.   Next I will lay out some zigzagging glue along  the sides and the back and press the mesh down.   This will give it a nice adhesion to the lid. We  aren't worried too much about how it looks since   this will be on the bottom of the lid once it is  placed on the can. Once it is flipped back over   you can see the nice clean look of the lid and  how the mesh will make an excellent filter.   Now it is time to pick out a faucet for us to  retrieve the water. Look for a spigot that allows   the water to flow out with ease. You will also  need to choose a drill bit that is just about the   same size as a threaded connection on the back.  When selecting the area on the bucket to drill,   never drill right at the bottom but  mark a spot just an inch or two higher.   this allows any small dirt or debris not to clog  the spigot when using it for the water later.   Drill into the marked area on your bucket,  careful not to press too hard. The drill bit   will eventually pop through the plastic. Next  use some plumber's tape to wrap around the   threads of the spigot. Typically you wouldn't  wrap as much as this on a normal plumbing job   but you will want to give it a good six to eight  wraps for this project. Once the tape is on the   threads place it on the hole of the bucket and  with a gentle push start turning it clockwise.   Eventually the threads will grip the sides of the  bucket and start to get tight. Keep twisting until   the spigot is tight against the walls of the  bucket. Do not over tighten. Make sure you stop   as soon as it is snug. You can apply some clear  silicone on the inside of the bucket to aid in the   waterproofing if you desire. The next step was to  place the bucket and the lid on a stand that I put   outside next to a downspout on my house. I cut the  downspout so that any rain that falls on my roof   will gather in the gutters and flow into the rain  barrel. I then zip tied the lid down so that it   doesn't blow off with the wind. I finished just in  time for a rare spring storm that moved into the   area that afternoon. As the rain started to fall,  the lid gathered the first drops that fell. As the   rain picked up the gutters did their job and the  water started to flow nicely. With even a tenth of   an inch of rain an 800 square foot rough section  will gather enough rain to fill a 50 gallon   bucket. This small passing storm gave me at least  40 gallons of fresh rain water. I can then fill   my watering can and use it to water the plants  around the exterior of the house. It might not   seem like a lot but it is a great way to practice  water conservation in many parts of the world. I   really hope you enjoyed this project as much as I  did and I can't wait to see you again on Hometalk.  We're excited to show you how to trick out your  trash can. We're going to be using Fusion paint   again in the color Casement because we don't  have to seal it guys. That's really awesome.   So we're going to take our Harlequin stencil,  we're going to lightly pounce up and down and   we don't care if it comes out perfect because  that is not the whole point of the exercise   and it's not the look that  I'm going for perfection.   I almost want a marbleized look. I really  like to use black and white together guys   so I bought the can with the base color already  black knowing that I could just accent with   some white and it would make it a little bit  easier. So we're just going to come over here, notice how we're not having to reload a  thousand times our brush. So one dab of paint did an entire stencil. So now we're going to repeat the pattern. We're just holding the stencil with our hand.  We don't have any kind of adhesive on the back   of it. I don't use adhesives, I find them to be  a little bit more tricky than helpful. I like   to have control of my stencil. So again we are  not going for a really really white white look. We're actually fading down a little bit as we  go from brighter to fading out a little bit.   Okay and I will show you guys how easy it is to  have control and we will wrap around the side   you get really lucky on these  because when you wrap around the side   all you got to do is this one right here and  then it will be a flat straight away again. Oops,   it moves a little bit guys and it's okay, it's  not the end of the world and we really don't care about going all the way around  the back so we're just going to do   this one because nobody's going to see the back. and we just got to wrap around this corner  then we're going to turn ambidextrous and   use our other hand and we've got our harlequin  done. And on the next step here we're going to   take all the points of our harlequin and  add this hot pink connector polka dot but a trash can is typically something I throw  like some places that it's hidden this one   we're going to bling. This saves  you from having to hide it.   Now that we've allowed our background harlequin  to dry and the hot pink polka dots that we put on   we are going to play with some Redesign with  Prima transfers. So when you have your transfer   and you take your backing off like I just did  do not touch the image or do not let the image   touch anything until you know exactly  where it's going to go. Once it sticks down you could easily lose it. So  we've got these little sticks that Prima gives you. There's also fancy tools  it just all depends on what you want to use. Okay, coming off nicely and we got it off okay. So now I'm just going  to fold this piece up. I just want to go over it to make sure that everything's down and make sure  that I have no air bubble. I like using this waxy   side piece because it's not going to scratch  it and it's not going to cause any damage then   I can take my finger, press the sides down  more and we know we've got it nicely now. Then we're going to use this large  flower here. Going to be super cool. So we just have to see how we actually want it to  go so we're going to want to overlap a little bit. We'll rub this side down we're not doing this fast  or anything we're gently going around the corner.   Now if you notice I had made  a little boo-boo over here.   Transfers are great for if you make a mistake  so do not give up just because you made a   mistake because even those of us who have been  doing this 15 - 20 years make mistakes guys. Just stay patient and you've got a perfect transfer in here. No crinkles, no bubble and we're just  going to push down all over the place to make sure that we have no air bubbles in here. Then we can take our piece that  we used on the waxy shiny side and do the same thing yet again. Okay I've got that one perfectly. We're working on our finishing touches so we  want to get a little bit of Redesign with Prima   on the top as well.   My name is Dustin Van Fleet of Dustin Van  Fleet Design and I hope you guys have loved   coming along for the ride of this tricked out  trash can as much as I've enjoyed making it.   I'll catch you guys on the flip side.

Channel: Hometalk

Views: 6,403,395

Keywords: Upcycling Ideas, Trash Can Upcycle, DIY Rain Barrel, Decorative Waste Bin, Decorative Trash Can, DIY Waste Bin Upcycle, Trash Can Makeover, Water Butt DIY

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Length: 11min 10sec (670 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 20 2022