Darth-Vang
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What’s the best oil to use and or clean ammo can without destroying the gasket? Any other advice for ammo can storage?
No oil needed. Just keep it off of damp surfaces and away from moisture in general. What do you need to clean off of it?What’s the best oil to use and or clean ammo can without destroying the gasket? Any other advice for ammo can storage?
cosmoline !
Leaving them alone has been my experience.
The only thing that I would use on the gasket is some silicone grease that is safe for use on rubber.
I was the one that mentioned silicone grease as long as it is meant for rubber gaskets/seals.
My reference is the pool industry, which is full of rubber seals, gaskets, and O-rings. Common practice is to use an O-ring lube product, usually Teflon based, but also weird silicone variants, too. They are, largely, unnecessary... you don't need lube if the O-ring and seat is CLEAN, and, as I mentioned, most of that stuff turns into a crap magnet, which defeats the purpose altogether. Other techs laugh at me when I tell them I don't carry MagicLube (the big brand) on the truck, nor silicone sealant (but that rant is for another thread.) I do carry a tiny bottle of 100% pure silicone, marketed by Pentair (Rainbow)... and I have no problems.
Further, it has been my experience that some of lubes, and anything petroleum-based, will defeat an O-ring or seal in the long-term. I've looked at the seals on my ammo cans, they appear to be a type that would not benefit from lubrication... I think they fall into the category of 'good' or 'bad'... either they work, or they don't (having been damaged, etc, somehow.)
I have one mounted on a trailer that I use to hold tie-downs, straps, etc. it’s been outdoors for a decade or so, and it’s good to go. The best thing you can do for them is to leave it as is!
Just like your safe will do as well......Don't use oil
Definitely don't use oil on the gasket
Keep 'em off cement floors as it causes the bottoms to rust
I just put them on top of a couple of scrap 2x4s, Much cheaper than stall matting and gives 2" of clearance if a water line should break or other minor flooding should occurI’ve thought about adhering some stall mat (1” thick rubber) to the bottom corners to keep them off of concrete. Just thought, haven’t done.
I’ve thought about adhering some stall mat (1” thick rubber) to the bottom corners to keep them off of concrete. Just thought, haven’t done.