How to Install a Gamma Seal Lid the EASY Way

How to put a gamma seal lid on a bucket--without a mallet! I know, I'm a rebel, but I've never followed the instructions on these lids--this way works super easy and I don't have to hunt down a big rubber mallet to get my lid on!
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[@goldiegirl6705]

OK this is the woman's method of dealing with a tough lids. I love this. Thanks!

[@kassiedreaneai7459]

This video is old but good help never goes out of style. Videos like this are forever. Thank you.

[@Mmk_899]

It’s 8/2024 and I’m in 110f heat in my kitchen full body sweat trying to get this darn lid. “Might have to use a mallet” is the biggest understatement. Out of desperation I turned to KZbin for help & the first hit was your video. THANK YOU! I was going to have to return these stupid buckets with one lid partially stuck on. You’re a lifesaver 11yrs later!

[@asheelterestini5454]

I have been fighting with a lid and mallet for about 10 minutes and it's still not on. I randomly found this tip through a google search and TADAAAAAA... a minute later that lid was on. THANK you so much!!!

[@dandnic2]

I tried everything, including a mallet and couldn't get the stupid lid on. Tried your way and had it on in seconds! Thank you so much for posting your video! You rock!!!

[@businessofbeingmom]

LOL, You were stopping on it and I was screaming, "Mazel Tov!" Thank you for putting this video. I'm about to try this myself. I've been trying to get this blasted ring on for a couple hours now and I was about to see how well the gamma lid worked as a Frisbee! You are AWESOME!

[@adamtrons]

This video saved me a lot of time and frustration. I did not have a mallet and didn't want to buy one just for one bucket lid. May your kindness be returned to you a thousand fold and good fortune come your way ! 😁😂

[@jessh3092]

Oh my goodness, you are a lifesaver!! First time trying this style of lid (always used the ones they come with before), and I have been feeling like a complete idiot all evening. I even went on the manufacturer website, and they didn’t offer any more help than the worthless instructions on the lid. Thank you so much!!!!

[@RoverWatt-ut5hh]

You may have felt silly making this video- but it was a life saver! I tried and tried using a pallet. Finally I stood on it and it worked! I’m not sure if I’m grateful or not for weighing enough!

[@mattmiller478]

She looks so cute, like a little kid having fun. Who would have thought kids could be so fun.

[@mossandsea]

Resourceful. Dangerous though if that bunker fluid or moves you could be looking at a terrible fall and injuries ...potentially a concussion. I think a rubber mallet is much safer and quirky the prevention of injury. I hate to think of anyone getting hurt.

[@apriltozlowski4969]

Couldn’t get it on with my hands or with the mallet but your standing on it method worked quickly. Thank you!

[@dawnie9]

Thank goodness I found this video I was getting so upset not being able to put these on and now Im in business! Thanks!

[@HomemakerOnAnAcre]

Thanks! I thought I was going crazy when I couldn't get the new ring on!!!

[@jamiecardon6021]

My buckets were already full and I didn't want to have to empty them. It worked like a charm! Thanks!

[@MrMooCow199]

Took me 20 failed minutes of trying to get that final bulge of the bucket to fit in. Finally watched this video and it worked in 10 seconds.

[@elainecampbell4277]

Oh, what a battle to open a 6 gallon grain bucket, until I remembered I have these Ace 10" Grove Joint Pliers, and so happy to have found this video for the final step (no pun), in order to close it with the Gamma Seal Lid. Many thanks!

[@theresak.7475]

THANK YOU for sharing your method here! It made all the difference!!!!!!! Thanks!!!

[@tanyabishop8058]

Thank you! I just got my first gamma lid and it didn’t come with instructions. I never used one before or saw anyone put one on a bucket before so this was very helpful.

[@stephaniejeanj]

Thank you! I couldn’t get my lids on with a rubber mallet no matter how many times I tried. Your method was perfect!

[@hah4265]

Just discovered this video -- brilliant! I'm glad I Googled an answer and found your super-simple one before I tried the rubber mallet method; otherwise I'd still be hammering away at it. I am a pretty small woman myself, and yep, just a few stomps and it's on! Thank you.

[@VernonWallace]

Your method works great. Better than in instructions. Thank you

[@Papadoc1000]

Helpful so long as you don't go above a certain weight and don't put too much weight on the center of that lid or bounce. Likely most people under 150 wouldn't have trouble. Over 200 though is a different story. I've climbed on one of these before and cracked the lid down the center.

[@Tristan0712]

THANK YOU!! I was unable to press the lid down using my arm strength and a rubber mallet didn’t work either. This worked like a charm, I was so frustrated before I found your video.

[@LUVDOGS1954]

The "stomp"...what genius!

[@amesstoday]

just bought a lid today and since I am an idiot, I didn't know how to put it on. Thank you for the visual instructions.

[@Everymanspeaks]

You're a life saver! My did not come with instructions and I had already filled the bucket with sugar. It took me several tries before I could get it to snap on but I got it. One more to go.

[@timrossmultimedia]

GREAT video... VERY helpful! I always give it the ol' "John Wayne" try the first time around! Didn't work this time. Then, Mrs Kisses, my wonderful wife, suggested I jump on KZbin. I landed on your site and IT WORKED! Thanks for making the video. I subscribed! Good stuff!

[@londamiller1021]

thanks for the tip! I was really struggling. Standing on it was a great idea!

[@em8003]

Thank you so much!! I installed one the other way and had the hardest time! This was SO much better!

[@kathyoxendine5021]

Thank you ! I didn't want to tear my shoulder up and didn't want to ask for help again. Needed a woman to solve this .

[@gustov0190100]

So I bought a house in April that was very well taken care of except for the well. Guessing it’s the original one around 50 years old. It decided to stop working the day after Christmas and won’t have a new one for around a week. Not wanting to spend a fortune on water containers (the new well is expensive enough) thought I’d get some buckets and air tight lids to transport water for flushing the toilets and cleaning up in between showers. Don’t own a mallet but tried beating it into submission with a hammer and block of wood. Got the rim on 95% of the way but that last little chunk wanted nothing to do with it. Was about to go postal until I found this video, your trick worked like a charm! You’re living proof that not all heroes wear capes, thank you for your service!!!

[@nunyabizns]

You are a God send! Had just about given up thinking I recieved dud gamma lids, and your video came to the rescue. Worked perfect.

[@susandillard5789]

I tried a mallet and couldn’t get it on, tried your way and it went on easy! Thank you so much!

[@elaynegiahoover436]

Perfection! This worked on the first try and I only had to stomp three times.

[@wensstudio]

Thank you!!! I’ve been struggling with that lid for 20 mins in the early morning!! Thank you for saving my day!

[@sussirodriguez1705]

Thank you, could not get that lid on for the life of me. Stepped on, snap, snap. Thx!

[@kathyhorne556]

I was trying for at least 15 minutes to get the seal on without the lid; yes, I even stood on it, very carefully! It took half a minute with the lid on and standing on it. Thank you!!!

[@kalliewalker7189]

I read the instructions and tried to use a mallet and it still was very difficult to get on. Used your method and it worked amazing!! Thanks!

[@LJSK555dad52]

Thank you! Like you, I threw the instructions away without reading them. Then a week later I filled up the bucket without putting on the gamma lid. You saved me!

[@heather2761]

I tried just kneeling on it with my whole weight before watching this video. I hadn’t thought about stomping on it. Thanks for the video.

[@kewb1]

Thank you. I have been trying to get the lid on one of my buckets forever.

[@Pioter80]

All ladies seem to be in disbelieve until they try it, funny. I appreciate the tip, because there was no way I could snap it with bare hands. Thank you.

[@mjfillian]

After pushing, shoving, and much whacking with a mallet, I tried your method, and it works!! Thanks!

[@emmalee4146]

That's what I'm talking about!! Watched videos that told me how to do it, you showed me. Thank you so much. Now, I have a few more buckets to stomp on tonight. Thanks again!

[@karenkeller5866]

Thank you 😊 I used your method after trying the other way.

[@barb7014]

Huge thanks!!! I've been beating the dickens out of these seals with my newly purchased mallet with zero success. This is so simple and effective.

[@kristypitchford6529]

Worked like a charm and I was clueless so THANK YOU!!

[@bliss9148]

Thank you I was struggling just to put that lip on the lid. I did it like you did phenomenal easy

[@rachelguerrero3810]

I didn't read the instructions either, ty so very much!!!

[@kboondoggle3742]

It worked! Thank you. I was not able to pound the seal ring on per the instructions, but your method worked!

[@ameofcourse]

Thank you!! Came to KZbin to find a solution to this exact issue. Got them all on with no issues. A lifesaver!

[@FusionDeveloper]

Thank you. What you want to do, is stand on the edges, because that is where you want the lid to snap down. I got a lid on pretty fast using this method. The other lids using the "correct method" took me forever and i'll never use the official method ever again.

[@PhilandAlex]

Super helpful! Thank you for your video

[@melanieleona2226]

It worked!! Thank you for a quick and easy video!

[@janicefields251]

Thanks so much! I didn’t want to ask my hubby to help me. Thanks to you I got the gamma lid on myself! Now 2 more to do.

[@IrisHernandez-xn6qf]

Ugh. This video is great! Thank you for saving my sanity!

[@lafintipe]

I can’t love this enough! Thank you, thank you for sharing this. I struggled so long and so hard with too many of my gamma lids… with heart rate elevated, sweat beads starting to form, I would beat it to death with a rubber mallet. Could only get so far and the last little bit would not snap down. Tried your method. A few good stomps and wala! Again, THANK YOU!!❤

[@VincenzaV1]

Genius! I tried the hammer and block of wood and it kept popping up everywhere. Your idea works great!!! Thank you!

[@Papadoc1000]

Doing it that way would require a board that goes across the bucket. Lean on the wood in the center of the bucket and then smack it with the hammer on one side then the other, turning the board around the bucket like clock hands.

[@GospelBearer]

I broke a lid smashing it on, your method was perfect great job

[@nicolegaxiola8474]

Thank you! We were trying to figure this out forever!

[@reginawhite1235]

Thank you!! I tried a hammer and mallet and still could not get my lid on. I did what you did and had that lid on in 6 stomps!! Thought I had wasted 10 bucks.

[@norahbradley5138]

Thank you I’ve been trying to get one on for 10 minutes

[@sarai3180]

This video was very helpful! Thank you

[@cynbillings]

This is brilliant! I was trying the way they said and with small hands and arms and just me, it isn’t easy. I’m going to try your way! Thanks!!

[@cavymomma]

Thank you! I was getting so frustrated and scared I would crack the buckets or ring. I really wanted o stop on it LOL! Off to fill 'em first and then change outta flip-flops 😄

[@lainareeves3755]

Love your idea! Thanks! Mine had instructions on what to do. Just not HOW. 😊 Appreciate the advice!

[@FoodStorageandSurvival]

Yes, once the lid is on, it's on for good, so just plan on reusing that bucket once you've emptied it so you can keep using the lid.

[@ruthnigh4012]

Great Video! What a simple solution - thank you so much!

[@TalyaT922]

Thank you! You are a life saver... and my son had fun stomping on the rim!

[@danaprice8042]

Perfect, thanks. I couldn't get the 2-part lid apart. I just had to kneel on it to get it to snap into place.

[@59pmur50]

Your video really helped me get that tricky lid on my bucket. Thanks it solved my problem! Happy New Year 2020

[@MrMemyselfandi415]

LOL! Wish I'd seen this about 2 hours ago. Haha... those things are hard to get on there. I tried sitting on it, pushing it with my hands...yeah right! Even tired a hammer ( don't have a rubber mallet at the moment) It was so hard to get on that I wondered if I had an over-sized bucket. Nope...they're just HAAARD to get on there..and once they are....not coming off...EVER! Rockin product though and I have no regrets.

[@gloriastrehlow7358]

This works like a charm!!! Success! Thank you so much for putting this video out there!!!! Dumb rubber mallet was futile. This is ingenious!

[@businessofbeingmom]

IT WORKED! OMGOODNESS IT WORKED! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!

[@jory6795]

Thank you for this video!

[@timbonez8223]

Love your method, easy peasy.

[@sharonmartin9248]

Thank You! I did not read the instructions either :-)

[@unconventionalforager6389]

November 2nd, 2020. I got it on!!

[@weekendatbernies2265]

Thank You! After using my palms and brute force I managed to get one ring on but my palms will hurt for the next three days. Knew there was a better way but didn’t want to stroke out tryin😅

[@jakuehn]

That was the method I needed; thanks!

[@ndcouey70]

Worked like a champ, thanks for sharing.

[@araceliadams34]

Thank you. That's a lot easier than trying to rubber hammer it on. Which didn't work for me. That's why I'm here 😆

[@allaboutabasket]

Perfect! I did it! Thank you!

[@washedinyahshua2822]

Very helpful, thank you!!❤

[@thinkforyourselfjohn3167]

THANK YOU SO MUCH !!! GOD BLESS YOU.

[@earnestmcmiller5455]

thanks for the video

[@michellel102]

I love your style😉

[@69BaseMechanic]

Thank you, broke one bucket and one lid, this should work much better.

[@TheGreekPytheus]

Stomp The Lid technique...lol...love it! Subbed ya! 😁

[@cwg2432]

Thank you so much, I was just about to order a rubber mallet 😅😅😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@joq702]

Turn it upside down and sit on it with a board on the top. A few bumps and it usually snaps on.

[@Morning1217]

You don't read the official installation instructions. Yet, you want to make a video instructions for the rest of us? LOL! Thanks for showing the easier way to put it on.

[@CheekyMimiHomestead]

We’re lucky we found your video 😂

[@ctviera]

Omg, I am both horrified and eternally grateful. lol My first thought was, "Um, no." and then I saw it actually worked so easily and said to myself, "On second thought, i'm trying this." And I am trying it. Thank you! :-)

[@robertrenfrow8621]

Nice!

[@imapatriot8191]

Nice! saved me alot of beating and banging.

[@hellolau]

Awesome thanks !!

[@FoodStorageandSurvival]

Yay! Glad I could help. :)

[@Ellen5e]

Brilliant!