Why does air tool oil do this?

[bmwpower]

Leaks all over the place. The container isn't cracked but the stuff seems to seep right through the container.

 

[Underdog]

The plastic breaks down? I reuse motor oil containers and notice after awhile they leak oil just like your pic.

 

[fr0mastaj]

mines the same. Container is pretty much yellow now.

 

[canuckian]

Mine does the same. I have a bottle of CH tool oil that the label has turned from white to the color of the oil and is slippery like its soaked with oil and I have a ring of oil under it like yours. I think it may have a "creeping" or penetrating quality to it that allows it to do that - but that's just a theory.

 

[rabidsquirrel]

I believe it has something to do with the plastic container being made from oil.

 

[Virgil Cain]

Yeah, I think what has been said is right. The container does seem to break down over time. I have a feeling that the reason you notice this with air tool air is that for a home mechanic a bottle of air tool oil last a long time. A bottle of motor oil generally isn't going to hang around for years and year before getting used.

 

[matthew]

At a microscopic level plastic isn't solid, it's more like long strands of spaghetti. That bit of porousity doesn't help.

 

[adcrawfo]

Yeah, I think what has been said is right. The container does seem to break down over time. I have a feeling that the reason you notice this with air tool air is that for a home mechanic a bottle of air tool oil last a long time. A bottle of motor oil generally isn't going to hang around for years and year before getting used.

We use ketchup bottles (the red plastic kind) at work for air tool oil and after a week they look like that. They don't get brittle, at least not the 2 I've had for a couple of years, just oily on the outside. It is a pain to grab it and have it slip out of your hands from the oily residue on the outside.

 

[blacK20]

My bottle of IR oil does exactly that too.

 

[soob]

My air nailer from HFT came with a little dropper full of air tool oil. It'll last me a while and it doesn't leak.

 

[cowboy73]

I say it's the oil slowly eating through the plastic of the bottle. You could maybe use an old fashioned oil can to put the air tool oil in.

 

[TheGrooveking]

I suggest getting a metal oil can like a Plew's 50-509, just pour your air tool oil into it, its inexpensive, it won't bleed through and last forever. Its only $6.40

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/plw50-509.html

TheGrooveking

 

[earlthegoat2]

Eventually any petroleum product will seep through most any plastic product. Has somthing to do with them both being made from hydrocarbons.

All plastic containers are poreous. That is one of the main reasons milk goes bad so fast in fact. If it were in a better container it would keep better but still go bad fast enough.

 

[Danglerb]

Oil really likes to wet surfaces and will crawl out of a bottle, my guess is that its not always sealed or some gets out each time its used etc.

 

[demographic]

Get a vintage metal oilcan, not only will it look far better in you're garage, it will hold the oil without leaking as well.

 

[dumper]

I suggest getting a metal oil can like a Plew's 50-509, just pour your air tool oil into it, its inexpensive, it won't bleed through and last forever. Its only $6.40

http://www.sjdiscounttools.com/plw50-509.html

TheGrooveking

I have one of those... it doesn't bleed, but it does dribble! Haven't found a way to stop that yet.

 

[bgott]

I've always found the flip lid on an air tool oil bottle to be a PITA. You have to be really careful to hit the hole on the air connector. I pour my oil into a squirt can for use, the tip fits the hole so the only mess is when I forget to depress the tool trigger before oiling. It also makes it handy when you need a quick squirt of light oil for other things.

 

[tbobbo]

I have a small bottle of Marvel air tool oil that I keep in my cart at work. I have to refill it once a week from a large bottle. ( I only use Marvel air tool oil) The big bottle leaks. The little one does not. I guess I oil all my tools before and after every use on a job. ( except the 1/2 impact, that gets it 5 times a day at least) I wonder if using the bottle more offten helps it. The small bottle seems to be a harder plastic. It has a small flip top on it. I keep it in the same spot all the time and it has not left a ring yet in 6 months.

 

[TheGrooveking]

I have one of those... it doesn't bleed, but it does dribble! Haven't found a way to stop that yet.

Yeah the drips are caused by variations in barametric pressure, which most if not all oilers will do. I have a shelf I keep all of my oilers on and I have clear tubingthat I put over the end of each when I place it back on the shelf. The other end goes into a small manifold I made, with a main drain hose that goes into an old HiC. The tube goes into one opening and the other opening is the vent. I check it once a year, and if there is more than a few ounces I pour it into my used oil container.

Thinking about this further, all it would take is a small vent hole in the top to allow for expansion/contraction of the container from temperature variance, and the barametric pressure.

TheGrooveking

 

[Wideopentuning]

I started using the PB brand air tool oil in the aerosol can for this reason. A 1.5" piece of an old brake clean spray hose works great for easy application into the tool.

It is odd PB doesn't include hose with any of their canned products...

 

[Hammer1963]

I started using the PB brand air tool oil in the aerosol can for this reason. A 1.5" piece of an old brake clean spray hose works great for easy application into the tool.

It is odd PB doesn't include hose with any of their canned products...

Great idea on the PB brand. I haven't ran across their air tool oil, but will definitely be looking fo it. Their other products are great, can't imagine this won't be the same