How to store messy lubricant tubes and grease without leaking
Small lubricant tubes easily split and leak, while open grease containers collect dirt and dust. This makes automotive work frustrating and forces people to constantly clean up messy shelves and contaminated products.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Attempting to simplify and switch to quality pots with brush-in-cap styles.
- 2Get a new container with a lid
- 3Stick it in a grease gun
- 4Put something else over it to keep the dust out
- 5Use a Ziplock bag
In their words
Unedited, most upvoted first, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I work on my own cars and a bit fed up with the weird variety of lube I've collected in silly little tubes that split and leak.”source ↗
conzola · r/MechanicAdvice · 1 upvotes
“Bought a can of grease that didn't come with a lid. Didn't really think about it until after the fact. What do you guys do to keep stuff out of there?”source ↗
EverydayMustard4773 · r/autorepair
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