Does your bottle of Hoppe's leak too?

[Deltaboy1984]

Nope I wraped the bottle threads with Teflon pumbers tape.

 

[shotgunjoel]

I store it upright, but there is always a ring where the bottle had been sitting when I pick it up. I wipe off any spillage with a rag before I put the bottle there.

Nope I wraped the bottle threads with Teflon pumbers tape.

I thought of that, I'll try it.

 

[alohachris]

Yup. They always leak on me.

 

[sig228]

Obviously you need to be shooting and cleaning more. Or just cleaning more.

 

[ChCx2744]

My bottle leaks, too. Matter fact, sometimes it's so bad that it rubs off the ink on the wrapper that wraps around the bottle, onto the stuff inside my gun cleaning bag...I've now since been keeping the bottle inside of a couple plastic sandwich bags and that seems to do the trick...Although it still rubs some of the ink off onto the side of the bag and the bag sometimes reads "Hoppes" when I take out the bottle hahaha.

 

[MYREDTAIL]

If you have the old style glass bottles put a piece of doubled up wax paper under the cap before you screw it back on, this works just like a canning food jar does & seals the cap tight with no leakage on the bottle.

 

[ms6852]

I put all my cleaning stuff inside an ammo can. I have cut out foam at the bottom of the can and have cut styrofoam that fits snuggly inside the can. I than cut out holes the size of the hoppes container and put inside the holes. The bottle are held in place and the foam soaks up any seepage if there is any.

 

[Beaux Nehr]

Nice idea with the plumber's tape!

 

[Lakeshore]

In my experience the leaks occur between the time the bottle leaves the store (where it was sitting upright) and when I get it home (whereupon it sits upright again). In other words, in transit. You'd think Hoppe's could figure out how to put a leak-proof cap on a bottle - we're not talking rocket science here.

 

[ChCx2744]

Like someone mentioned earlier, Hoppes IS a penetrating agent and you can't really blame them...Sure it would be nice for them to figure out a way to prevent it, as technically you are losing product every time the stuff leaks out, but that also shows that the penetrating power is that strong...At the same time, I do find it a bit wasteful that it leaks like that...The amount that leaks every time I use it is enough for another entire cleaning session for my carry piece (Rails, barrel, pin hole and chamber breach face).

 

[tex45]

Yep!

 

[Beaux Nehr]

Worst part was when I forgot it was in my range bag, and I accidentally checked it in my baggage.
When I went to the baggage claim and grabbed my bag I could already smell it.

Mysteriously, however, it hadn't escaped the plastic baggy I keep it in, nor gotten on any of my clothes.

 

[sniper5]

I have all my "gunsmithing" supplies in a large portable tool box and have a largemouth bottle of H9 so that I can dip patches and brushes that I just top off from time to time. No leaks when the bottle is upright.

 

[Ala Dan]

Does this leakage also apply to Hoppe's Elite, as well~?

 

[NuclearMeltdown]

Mine leaks, even when I'm careful to keep it upright it seems. I keep it in my range box, but within an old Nestle Quik container with my oil and a folded up paper towel. This keeps it upright, at least.

The mess is contained, so that doesn't bother me. What does bother me is that I can't leave my range box open inside for more than a few seconds because the smell of Hoppe's fills up the room. Then the wifely wrath comes.

 

[Rail Driver]

My bottles of Hoppes (both oil and solvent) have a film of their contents on the outside of the bottle perpetually. I keep them on an absorbent bench mat to avoid a mess. The solvent is much worse about this than the oil.

 

[DRZinn]

No, the bottle didn't leak, it's only the new HOPPE'S nO. 9 AIR FRESHENER.

 

[Palmetto]

My bottles of Hoppe's number 9 don’t leak, they mark their territory.

I like the smell, thus do not mind it one bit.

 

[DoubleTapDrew]

Ordered a 32oz bottle of Hoppes#9 just recently from Midway and an oz or 2 did manage to leak out. The box the bottle comes packaged in didn't appear damaged nor the outside box either, but the leak was visibly apparent.

That's what happened when I ordered it too. Didn't even give me a chance to be sloppy with the stuff on my own! Guess I'll have to try the plastic bottles or keep buying the glass ones until I get a non-leaker.