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It sucks up the water ?

Yes it does

Storing Greaseless..

Take an airtight Tuperware conatiner that can hold all your open Greaseless tubes, use a folded up piece of plastic to cover the tubes and leave them in the Tuperware when not in use..
This keeps them perfectly, almost like a Cigar humidor, and now for the real trick, for the inevitable mistake of leaving one tube out or leaving the top off the container Just wet a washcloth wring it out until damp, and toss that on top of the plastic, come back in a day or two, the washcloth will be dry and your Greaseless will be fine..

I only use that trick for problems, I have never tried it long term...

Every time I try to save some $ it goes in my face. I bought three tubes 80, 120, 320, from a guy on EBAY. ( I bought the rest from Caswell) The EBAY guy said they have been refrigerated. Came hard as a rock, all three. A hammer would bounce off ! He refunded my $. So if I can salvage some I guess I should send him the shipping $ back ? Once they get soft will they stay that way if I store them as you say ? What do you think ?

Re the Caswell link that was posted. Thanks. I didnt know there were only two safe spots to hold your work on a wheel, about 4 oclock & 8 oclock. When I look at the wheel and its direction it makes perfect sense. Dont want to learn that one the hard way. Can you just see a straight razor sticking out of someones forehead ?

I learned about handling the Greaseless from a friend. he did not store his in a frig. he took a aluminum pie plate, put paper towels on the bottom, added some water, then stood the open end of the bar on the damp paper towel. It worked. The greaseless stayed soft. Glens method is a better way, no evaporation.

At RegularJoe:
I wasn't challenging your statement. Sometimes I think out loud. Bad Habit !

I have had one standing up in 4 inches of water and nothing, still hard as a rock. I'll try cutting the hard end off with a saw and put it back in the water.

Just curious, how long has it been in the 4" of water?

Originally Posted by randydance062449

Just curious, how long has it been in the 4" of water?

ABOUT 30 hours. When I gethome I will cut the end off

and the package is open on one end I assume. Just checking.