Thread: Will greaseless be OK stored in the freezer

So as the title suggests will it be ok in the freezer. The shed will likely go over 45 degrees in summer so may end up as slush and it says refrigeration is fine but don't really have room in the outside fridge but the freezer is unused. Cheers for any info

IIRC, the instructions on my greaseless say not to freeze.
It could rupture the tube from expansion.

I keep mine in the meat drawer of the fridge during the summer.

There is an old thread on this issue someplace I started

Mine froze during the winter in the shop, honestly I found it loaded better after that

But others had issues with frozen Greaseless so the jury was out about it, we had good and bad results

Which as you know from many other things on here when people have mixed results with something it becomes an area of contention rather quickly

Thanks for the replies. Mine doesn't mention anything about freezing and no warnings so may give it a try. Probably won't matter if it splits a bit as it would be a greaseless popsicle. It wasn't even really hot yesterday when I got it and it wad pretty squishy and I was thinking it would be a hell of a mess to load with. I did put my first lot ( 2 tubes) in the freezer as I had nowhere else and didn't really think about it and they were fine but after some reading wasn't sure as no one mentioned freezing them. Guess I will give it a shot and see what happens.

Just a follow up. I now have 4 frozen tubes of greaseless with no splitting or ruptures so should be good. Cheers

Have you tried loading any of it on your wheels yet ???

My tubes are from Formax. The stick-on label identifying the grit says to refrigerate for extended shelf life but not to freeze.

Freezing may tend to dry the product.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Have you tried loading any of it on your wheels yet ???

Not this lot but the ones I already had loaded fine frozen

Originally Posted by rolodave

My tubes are from Formax. The stick-on label identifying the grit says to refrigerate for extended shelf life but not to freeze.

Freezing may tend to dry the product.

I am stuck here. I have shed or freezer space. In the shed it will be slush and freezing may dry out. I am storing frozen in zip lock bags with air removed so hopefully the freezer environment wont be able to draw the moisture out. I also stretched slightly the end of the plastic wrap and slid back down the tube to use and put back and tied up once done so nothing is exposed

Just an update incase anyone does a search in the future.

Have now used them all 80 - 600 and loaded fine frozen. Have had no issues but haven't allowed them to defrost. I only pull out the one I need and once done return to the freezer. They don't seem to defrost at all in the time I had them out so shouldn't loose moisture over time as its locked in as long as they stay frozen.

Time will tell how it goes but at least come summer I won't have to paint it on the mops once it turns to slush

I like your packaging the compound in airtight bags. That should help very much with the freezer burn. [Drying]