Oil can storage question

[daepp]

I always keep a bit of motor oil in an oil can on my workbench. it always creeps out of the can an onto the surface of the bench. I have tried a couple of simple methods to contain it to no avail.

And a quick search of the interwebs - including Garage Journal - provided no answers.

Has someone figured this out? Or is it just inevitable that the oil will finds its way out of the can?

[Noah930]

Maybe you need a coaster?

[calimedeiros]

The oil I buy is not in a can but in a plastic container doesn't go anywhere no mess
What are you buying and what are you complaining about

[daepp]

old fashioned oil can. plunger/piston deliver a squirt of oil. oil eventually "wicks" itself out of can and stains the workbench.

[look 171]

Noah is correct. We have a sharpening stone that requires oil. For years it sat next to the grinder with all kinds of oil stains on the bench. I had a kid, really nice young man, for a summer job a few years back and he decided to make a coaster out of the bottom of a tin can. No more oil leaks.

[Targa Me]

Small Tupperware container, comes with a lid.
(Tip: Buy your own, don't use the wife's tupperware.)

[M.D. Holloway]

If you are talking a quart to a gallon I would go with an Oil Safe - its a great after market oil container to use for charging your crank case. If you want I have an extra I can send you...

[cashflyer]

Go to a yard sale and pick up an old serving tray.
Metal if you can find one.
Line the tray with Pig mat.
Store all your oil leakers on it.




http://www.newpig.com/pig/US/pig-brown-oil-only-absorbent-mat-pad-in-dispenser-box-mat554

[fanaudical]

You might try lining the inside of the oil can with a plastic container of approximately the right size and then keep it only half-full. (Completely clean the oil can prior to installing the liner.)

[daepp]

Pig mat - never heard of that before. I will find that or something similar to sacrifice.

I have been using an old tip-tray as a coaster since college. I simply thought someone had figured this out by now or that I just had inferior oilcans.

Thanks for the info.

[cashflyer]

Originally Posted by daepp

Pig mat - never heard of that before. I will find that or something similar to sacrifice.

I edited my post and included a link to the website.
I use them in my shop and really like them.

[gshase]

Temperature and Pressure change can make them weep.