How to prevent water leaking around a tube passed through the side of a bucket? The bucket is plastic approx 1mm thick wall and the tube is rubber with 6mm outside diameter.
I drilled a 6mm hole and passed the tube through it, applying Araldite glue/resin around the on the inside and silicon sealant on the outside. I happened to have these lying around and decided were worth trying, but it doesn't feel robust at all.
What is the proper way of doing this? Preferably cheap and easily mass produced as long as the solution is robust and reliable.
Best Answer
What you want is called a bulkhead fitting.
This has a gasket to make a seal against the container, and threads to connect to whatever fittings you need. Some have outside threads on only one side, or you can get them with inside and outside threads on both sides, and they cone in all sorts of different sizes and materials.
You can screw in a 6mm push-fit connector, for example: