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Oil Cans by Mr Mud on Thu Aug 16, 2012 7:24 pm
Do people still use these great little oil cans (usually filled with Singer sewing machine oil and fitted with a little leather washer in the top to keep the oil in)
I used to pinch my dad’s and use it to oil my bike, you just pressed the bottom and it made a “pop” sound and a drop of oil came out, you could accurately put a spot of oil where it was needed, not like today's pressurised cans of oil which seem to spray oil out and where most of it is wasted, I think these little cans were more environmentally friendly than today’s spray oil cans, but what do the Foggy folk think :?:
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Re: Oil Cans by BadBoy on Thu Aug 16, 2012 8:31 pm
They are still in use today
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Re: Oil Cans by drinksoptional on Sun Aug 19, 2012 2:29 pm
i have an old oil can it was in the garage of this house it had a wee plunger and a long spout think its brass . Mind you not seen it for a while i wanted to keep it i liked the quirkiness of it
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Re: Oil Cans by fronteramac on Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:17 pm
yep ,ive got one in my shed ,
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Re: Oil Cans by Mr Mud on Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:33 pm
So now you know who nicked your oil can out of the garage Drinks, that scouse git :lolno: :lolno:
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Re: Oil Cans by fronteramac on Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:51 pm
haha mines copyrighted from my grandad haha so is my metal esso can :thumbup:
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Re: Oil Cans by drinksoptional on Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:53 pm
:clap: :lol:
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Re: Oil Cans by Rich on Sat Aug 25, 2012 9:27 am
i have got one of those in my shed :D :D :D
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Re: Oil Cans by drinksoptional on Tue Sep 04, 2012 11:20 pm
Does any one watch the American Pickers i love those old signs and stuff they find
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