"Gleco Trap" for sink plumbing?
 

I just read someone's response to a question regarding the age-old question of
how a potter keeps the sink gunk from going into the sewer/septic, and the
suggestion was to look into a product called a "Gleco Trap." The poster gave a
link that showed it.

Anyway, it looks great, IF it works and really keeps the fine particulate
material out of the plumbing system. Does anyone have any experience using
these things?

Thanks. (And thanks very much to the poster who gave the Gleco link.)

Eric
SpunMud Pottery

On 05 Feb 2005 23:58:47 GMT, SpunMud wrote:
I just read someone's response to a question regarding the age-old question of
how a potter keeps the sink gunk from going into the sewer/septic, and the
suggestion was to look into a product called a "Gleco Trap."

I used something similar, but more "industrial", in a herbarium for many
years. We had to get all the mud out of plant roots before pressing them
for scientific study. The "dirty plant room" had a deep sink just for that
purpose. The drain from the sink went straight down and ended a couple of
feet above what looked like a stainless steel mop bucket on wheels, maybe
18x24X12"deep.

The bucket had a vertical divider that divided it into two compartments,
about 18x16 and about 18x8". The lower portion of the vertical divider
was solid up to a height of about 8"; above that was stainless steel mesh.
There was a pipe with a valve and a 90o bend exiting about 8" above the
bottom of the smaller divided portion. That valved exit outlet was positioned
above a cup drain; in use the valve was open.

Top view Side view
______________ ________________
| | | | |
| | |=== | | |===\x
|__________|___| |_________|_____|

Dirty water washed into the large portion of the bucket and the
sediment settled out there. Water moved from the larger portion to the
smaller through the screen, and from there through the outlet and into
the drain. Every few months we'd close the valve, bail some of the
water out of the larger compartment and haul it outside to dump the sediment.
Worked quite well, especially considering all the stuff we put in that
sink.

Thank you!