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A couple years ago I decided to get serious about cleaning my rifles. I purchased some nice Dewey rods, brushes, etc. I got some Montana solvents, copper killer bore conditioner etc. I also got some “KROIL” oil. I put everything in a metal ammo box. Every time opened the box there was a strong solvent smell and some oily liquid in the bottom of the Ammo can. I wasn’t able to pinpoint the source. Last night, I opened the can for the first time in a year. Bottom of can was full of oily liquid. I removed each bottle, cleaned it thoroughly with alcohol, and set it out on a piece of cardboard. This morning I was able to determine that the Kroil was leaking out of its metal can. I read on the label that it is “the oil that creeps”. Which brings me to my question: Is it the norm for Kroil to leak from it’s can because it’s so good at penetrating into tiny cracks and crevices, of does the first and only can I have ever owned simply leak uncharacteristically?
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Me either. I've had a full can on my shelf as I go about emptying its partner. Been at least a year on the shelf.
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Steve, I need that can when you empty it! Lol
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I've often wondered about that. The label says it will penetrate 1 millionth of an inch.
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I have a can that does the same. I have always kept it on a folded paper towel. It hasn't leaked much but always shows a stain on the towel.
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I have a can that does the same. I have always kept it on a folded paper towel. It hasn't leaked much but always shows a stain on the towel. Same here, I keep mine in a baggie to avoid the mess. I'm sure Kroil could come up with a better container if they tried, but they sell more this way.
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I have a can that does the same. I have always kept it on a folded paper towel. It hasn't leaked much but always shows a stain on the towel. Same here
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I had a can that leaked, put the contents in a plastic bottle that had contained dry gas and it softened the plastic, same thing with a bottle from fuel additive. Guess I'll put it in a glass bottle next.
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Steve, I need that can when you empty it! Lol You got it. You remind me though.
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I've had the cans leak too. It's sneaky stuff. Which is exactly why it's useful! :-D
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No leaks. A great penetrating oil, but not a lubricant at all.
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No leaks. A great penetrating oil, but not a lubricant at all. Yep.
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Yep. You can transfer it to either a brown Hendrick's Gin bottle (with cork stopper) or a Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select bottle (again, with the cork stopper) and the problem goes away. And in the meantime, before the bottles are empty, you probably won't care. ![grin grin](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif) RM
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Yep. You can transfer it to either a brown Hendrick's Gin bottle (with cork stopper) or a Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Select bottle (again, with the cork stopper) and the problem goes away. And in the meantime, before the bottles are empty, you probably won't care. ![grin grin](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif) RM You could put it in an Usher's Green Stripe bottle and it would be smoother than the original contents. ![laugh laugh](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/laugh.gif)
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I've often wondered about that. The label says it will penetrate 1 millionth of an inch. It will pass between the metal molecules of the can.
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More likely that it passed thru the seam at the bottom of the can.
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I put mine in a glass bottle because the can leaked.
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I have 2 8 ounce metal cans and a metal one gallon can. They are easily 20 years old at this point and the gallon can is unopened. I had one other gallon can that is used up. None of them leaked.
I would agree with the post that said it is leaking out a seam in the can.
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More likely that it passed thru the seam at the bottom of the can. Nope. I watched it migrate 'tween the molecules.
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