2ndGearRubber
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So I have a variety of funnels, fluid pumps, and fillers at work. These funnels are used for all types of fluids, cleaned as required before use. I keep them in an upright cabinet to minimize dust and particulate in the air collecting on them, keeping them open to the air isn't acceptable IMO where I work. The area I have to work with is 18" tall of so. I could potentially move some shelfs around if I can still wedge everything in there.
So a few years back I bought some plastic buckets/pails to sit these things in, with the idea that the funnel could be returned "drippy", fluid allowed to run off while sitting in the bucket, and the funnel overall would be clean(er) before the next time I use it. The goal was all of this was to be passively cleaning while gravity did the job, so I would be saving time cleaning funnels before I put them away, only to re-clean again before use.
Issue being, a mix of various automotive fluids collect in the bottom of this container, sits on the tips of the funnels, and thus makes them messy/drippy when I go to use them. All of this mostly defeats the purpose, and my funnels require a rag to be taken to the cabinet before retrieving them. I also keep fluid pumps in there, which always ooze a bit, so just cleaning the funnels completely prior to storing them doesn't completely solve my problem.
I'm thinking about buying some sort of fine mesh grating, like bendable chicken wire?, for the bottom of the containers. This way I can have the mesh 1/2 or so off the bottom, allowing fluid to drip off, keep the funnels clean, and just dump the buckets from time to time.
Is there a superior option for this? I see a lot of chicken wire on amazon listed as stainless, and I don't think chicken wire bends all that easy. Too tight of a mesh would hold liquid via surface tension, so something like screen door material would likely soak up and hold some fluid.
So a few years back I bought some plastic buckets/pails to sit these things in, with the idea that the funnel could be returned "drippy", fluid allowed to run off while sitting in the bucket, and the funnel overall would be clean(er) before the next time I use it. The goal was all of this was to be passively cleaning while gravity did the job, so I would be saving time cleaning funnels before I put them away, only to re-clean again before use.
Issue being, a mix of various automotive fluids collect in the bottom of this container, sits on the tips of the funnels, and thus makes them messy/drippy when I go to use them. All of this mostly defeats the purpose, and my funnels require a rag to be taken to the cabinet before retrieving them. I also keep fluid pumps in there, which always ooze a bit, so just cleaning the funnels completely prior to storing them doesn't completely solve my problem.
I'm thinking about buying some sort of fine mesh grating, like bendable chicken wire?, for the bottom of the containers. This way I can have the mesh 1/2 or so off the bottom, allowing fluid to drip off, keep the funnels clean, and just dump the buckets from time to time.
Is there a superior option for this? I see a lot of chicken wire on amazon listed as stainless, and I don't think chicken wire bends all that easy. Too tight of a mesh would hold liquid via surface tension, so something like screen door material would likely soak up and hold some fluid.
