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Agreed - this is what I have:https://www.morebeer.com/products/mash-paddle-plastic-24.htmlI just have each gallon from 5-15 gallons marked for my 18 gallon boil kettle.
Make up a dip stick or use another means of measuring as you add water the cooler. The markings in the cooler are likely to be inaccurate, as are most factory markings in fermenters and kettles.
Quote from: ynotbrusum on October 03, 2020, 06:14:04 pmAgreed - this is what I have:https://www.morebeer.com/products/mash-paddle-plastic-24.htmlI just have each gallon from 5-15 gallons marked for my 18 gallon boil kettle.What did you mark the paddle with?
Quote from: Tfwebster on October 04, 2020, 12:02:40 pmQuote from: ynotbrusum on October 03, 2020, 06:14:04 pmAgreed - this is what I have:https://www.morebeer.com/products/mash-paddle-plastic-24.htmlI just have each gallon from 5-15 gallons marked for my 18 gallon boil kettle.What did you mark the paddle with?I mark mine with a Sharpie
Quote from: denny on October 04, 2020, 12:25:52 pmQuote from: Tfwebster on October 04, 2020, 12:02:40 pmQuote from: ynotbrusum on October 03, 2020, 06:14:04 pmAgreed - this is what I have:https://www.morebeer.com/products/mash-paddle-plastic-24.htmlI just have each gallon from 5-15 gallons marked for my 18 gallon boil kettle.What did you mark the paddle with?I mark mine with a SharpieI was going to suggest something similar to that. Although the markings on the inside of the cooler might not be 100% accurate, they will get you close enough. I would take the Sharpie and color the inside graduations on the cooler with it to make them easier to read. You may have to re-color them after a while, but you will be able to read them more easily. I use this on the outside of my wash buckets (which are old bucket fermenters that the ink has rubbed off of) when measuring out cleaning water to use in my conicals and it works great. I also used a sharpie mark on the inside of the fermentation bucket so that I could measure 6 gallons of wort into the bucket.
My 15 gallon boil kettle isn’t marked and I actually use a tape measure and pi x R squared x height. Its fun!