How to store grease guns

[asxcv]

No matter where I put my grease gun, seems like I am always cleaning up a mess. How other people store your grease gun when your finished with it? Clete

 

[Crazy68Dart]

With a small bucket under it for those 80+ degree days.

Mine is on a peg board.

 

[MrBreeze]

I use a large rubbermaid food storage container with some paper shop towels on the bottom. Even the "no leak" grease guns leak, and this contains it.

 

[vettex2]

I have multiple guns and use a 5 gallon bucket

 

[wayne55]

It's a little more trouble, but since I don't use mine often, I started a couple years ago of pulling the plunger out when I'm finished. Works pretty well so far. I still lay it in the pan I have for collecting oil.

 

[nehog]

Top off an old washing machine which has a 1" lip, with a piece of cardboard on the bottom. Works well, and the lip will contain anything the cardboard doesn't soak up.

 

[DanarchyCustoms]

I use one of these on the side of my toolbox and keep my oil drain pan under it. The leaking doesn't really bother me.

 

[flat tire]

maybe I'm lucky. never had one to leak. I use a Lincoln professional that hangs on my wall

 

[owenst7]

I have these: http://m.summitracing.com/parts/hhi-00002

 

[383 240z]

I made one from PVC since you guys wouldn't let me use it for air lines.
http://www.fordtruckclub.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7387

Looks like the one in the link.

 

[asxcv]

Thank you to everyone for the ideas. I am going to make one using the PCV pipe idea. Thanks 383 240Z. That should keep things neat and tidy Clete

 

[bobcatdan]

I hang my from the overhead door track. I never had a problem a grease gun leaking.

 

[rmmiller]

I use one of these on the side of my toolbox and keep my oil drain pan under it. The leaking doesn't really bother me.

Same here.

I have these: http://m.summitracing.com/parts/hhi-00002

Interesting, never seen that one before.

 

[sberry]

I have several and they are messy one way or another.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Here's the link to the grease gun holder that I made.

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59743

 

[rburke65]

I just bought a plastic tub with lid to my grease guns and funnels. They are a pain because of the leaking grease, so this has to be better than just hanging there leaking.

 

[nadogail]

I just keep mine in the bottom drawer of my Rollaround.

 

[LS6 Tommy]

I have these: http://m.summitracing.com/parts/hhi-00002

X2. I have one for my synthetic grease gun and one for my petroleum grease gun. You have to dump and clean the catch cup at the bottom once in a while, but it beats having it drip all over.

Tommy

 

[owenst7]

X2. I have one for my synthetic grease gun and one for my petroleum grease gun. You have to dump and clean the catch cup at the bottom once in a while, but it beats having it drip all over.

Tommy

Put a folded rag in the bottom.

 

[Jason280]

Here's the link to the grease gun holder that I made.

http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=59743

Not too shabby!

 

[niferous]

I just keep mine in a blue shelf bin with an absorbent pad in the bottom. I don't think I've ever changed the absorbent pad.

 

[DIC]

I keep mine in the drain pan

 

[James E]

I like those home-made ones. Mine only leak when I keep mine in an oil drain pan but they don't seem to leak there. If I use one and leave it on a counter or on the floor, it will leak all of the oil that it's been saving up all those weeks while it's been in the pan.

 

[drmarkr]

I made one from PVC since you guys wouldn't let me use it for air lines.
http://www.fordtruckclub.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7387

Looks like the one in the link.

I chuckled.....!

 

[GRX]

Hanging on a peg with a bread bag inside an old work sock over the end.

 

[Hephaestus29]

Bump

Maybe a Moderator can combine these.

 

[Cobra5150]

Not too shabby!

Nope, not at all. Always enjoy seeing your avatar.

 

[Organized_Garage]

I use one of these I purchased online here to store on the wall above my work bench. Usually just keep a little plastic lid or disposable towel underneath when I do see the (very) occasional leak.

 

[billspit]

I just lay mine in my oil drain pan.

 

[Arps]

I made a holder out of PVC with a cap on the bottom

 

[bpjr]

I store on top of my drain pans or inside a bucket. For travel I wrap one in plastic grocery bags and carry inside a small cardboard box...with wheel bearings and boat trailer hubs.

 

[ejkuhl]

One I built and a few more in this thread: http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=175913

 

[mc1984ss]

I was so sick of mine dripping all over so I made this one out of PVC. The small 90 degree fitting that the tip is in drains back inside the tube. I have a bolt with an o-ring on it in the bottom so I can drain it.

 

[Diver6]

I have some hoops cut out of PVC to hold them and a small section of evestrough under it to catch the drips, works great and cheap.