Grease Gun Refrigeration

[grasscutter]

I have half a mind to start keeping the grease gun in the kitchen refrigerator. Whenever I need the grease gun, it's always in the middle of the summer. Half the cartridge is liquified. The liquified grease always runs out the back of the grease gun where the plunger is. Being that I always use red grease, it looks like a murder scene on the garage floor. I'm pretty sure it will fit, but it's a vintage USA made Lincoln grease gun that's full size. I'm very proud of that grease gun. I've been storing it in a large ice bag so that it doesn't drip everywhere. The grease I usually buy is the Sta-Lube Sta-Plex full size cartridge. Would I be the only guy in the world who stores his grease gun in the kitchen refrigerator?

 

[Cruisin'n5thgear]

Maybe pick a different type of grease?

 

[wwillson]

Here is what I do:

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[Rand]

I had that problem with mobil 1,
I currently keep it in the basement (60f)
or in garage in a garbage bag.

no matter where I stored it with m1 grease.. it was a drippy puddle mess.
The garage grease gun has "green grease" in it and doesnt leak out.

 

[Lubener]

Yuk!

 

[facility1]

there are better greases to use than the Mobil 1 (red) grease. make sure to take the pressure off your grease gun plunger helps also.

 

[buck91]

Not too much of a problem with Valvoline Palladium.

 

[grasscutter]

I discovered something by accident yesterday. I was changing out CV axles and I needed a grease that I could put on the spindle ( steering knuckle ) where it slides in between the two blades of the lower strut mount. I wanted something very sticky with a high degree of viscosity, so I opted my tube of Dow Corning one-eleven. What I discovered was even though it was 105F outside in my garage, the grease was the same consistency as it was last winter. Amazing.

As it turns out, the previous grease in my grease gun that was all liquified from the heat, was Valvoline Crimson Red.

 

[Chris142]

Another thing you can do is hang your grease gun inside a 5 gallon bucket. That's what I do. It won't stop the drips but will contain them.

Put rags in the bottom to soak it up.

 

[Carlostrece]

I have half a mind to start keeping the grease gun in the kitchen refrigerator. Whenever I need the grease gun, it's always in the middle of the summer. Half the cartridge is liquified. The liquified grease always runs out the back of the grease gun where the plunger is. Being that I always use red grease, it looks like a murder scene on the garage floor. I'm pretty sure it will fit, but it's a vintage USA made Lincoln grease gun that's full size. I'm very proud of that grease gun. I've been storing it in a large ice bag so that it doesn't drip everywhere. The grease I usually buy is the Sta-Lube Sta-Plex full size cartridge. Would I be the only guy in the world who stores his grease gun in the kitchen refrigerator?

I have a few questions.

1) How hot is it where you live? I've never seen or heard of grease melting in a grease gun in my climate.

2) What level of Hell do you live in?

3) If the grease is liquifying in your grease gun, wouldn't it also be liquifying in the greased places on your car?

4) How well can liquified grease lubricate your car?

5) How well can the car's rubber boots retain liquified grease? Do the boots leak/drip grease?

6) Is there a better grease you could get that won't liquify?

 

[grasscutter]

I have a few questions.

1) How hot is it where you live? I've never seen or heard of grease melting in a grease gun in my climate.

2) What level of Hell do you live in?

3) If the grease is liquifying in your grease gun, wouldn't it also be liquifying in the greased places on your car?

4) How well can liquified grease lubricate your car?

5) How well can the car's rubber boots retain liquified grease? Do the boots leak/drip grease?

6) Is there a better grease you could get that won't liquify?

I live on the west coast of the United States which comprises of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and California. It's the absolute worst area to be in the grass cutting business because 9 months out of the year it never rains. If people don't have sprinkler systems or water their yard with a garden hose, their grass will die real quick. Temperatures can reach 117F in the summer in some areas.

Liquified grease is not helpful but probably better than nothing. I'm no chemist but if I had to guess, I would say the natural petroleum based greases are the most prone to melting or liquifying in the heat.

Right now I'm looking into the Dow-Corning line of greases. They seem to be made out of different synthetic bases depending on the application. Dow-Corning Molycoat G-4700 might be the hot ticket.

 

[Carlostrece]

I live on the west coast of the United States which comprises of Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, and California. It's the absolute worst area to be in the grass cutting business because 9 months out of the year it never rains. If people don't have sprinkler systems or water their yard with a garden hose, their grass will die real quick. Temperatures can reach 117F in the summer in some areas.

Liquified grease is not helpful but probably better than nothing. I'm no chemist but if I had to guess, I would say the natural petroleum based greases are the most prone to melting or liquifying in the heat.

Right now I'm looking into the Dow-Corning line of greases. They seem to be made out of different synthetic bases depending on the application. Dow-Corning Molycoat G-4700 might be the hot ticket.

I would think liquified grease would leak out of grease boots and then you'd have no grease. Why not ask your local alignment shop what type they use? I'd think there'd be some BITOG members who can recommend better grease for very hot climates.

 

[grasscutter]

I'd think there'd be some BITOG members who can recommend better grease for very hot climates.

It's been an ongoing mystery that's for sure.

 

[Chris142]

I have a few questions.

1) How hot is it where you live? I've never seen or heard of grease melting in a grease gun in my climate.

2) What level of Hell do you live in?

3) If the grease is liquifying in your grease gun, wouldn't it also be liquifying in the greased places on your car?

4) How well can liquified grease lubricate your car?

5) How well can the car's rubber boots retain liquified grease? Do the boots leak/drip grease?

6) Is there a better grease you could get that won't liquify?

I have an outdoor thermometer and the sender is under under my eves. My garage gets even hotter. I'm going to put the sender in there for fun. Some places get hot lol

 

[Carlostrece]

It's normally quite comfy in summer in Western OR & WA, but yesterday, today, and tomorrow are 97-98F with 65% humidity! I don't know if my grease is melting, but I am.