Screw-top container big enough to hold a cassette?

Jamey

I've got a screw-top plastic jar I currently use for 'deep' cleaning chains* and while it's great I can't help wondering how extra, super great it would be to be able to throw the cassette into the same jar, fill it up with degreaser, shake and leave the whole thing while I sort out the rest of the bike.

Except I can't think of anything I could buy from the supermarket which, once fully consumed, would leave me with a plastic jar big enough to hold a cassette... Quite a big cassette too, an 11-32 to be precise.

The main problem is the shaking about of said jar... If I didn't need to shake it then I could just use any old ice cream tub with an ill-fitting lid... Or I could consider glass (not that I can think of any glass jars that are big enough, mind).

*Don't even think about discussing chain cleaning methods here. You can start your own thread for that, sonny jim.

lost_in_thought

I am such a gear-free fool that I thought you were talking about a tape... you know, the *other* kind of cassette...

How big is it? I require dimensions...

What about one of those illy coffee canisters? They actually seal surprisingly well, certainly well enough for the purpose intended. I use them for all sorts of things.

Pretty good coffee too.

knight2k

The plastic tubs that contain the gel filled pouches for washing clothes could do the trick. The Ariel ones I use have a hinged top on one side and snap shut lock on the other.

Jamey

Hmm... Both decent suggestions.

What about nuts? I seem to remember around Christmas time supermarkets usually do ludicrously large containers of said foodstuff and unless my mind is playing tricks I think they're usually of the plastic, screw-top variety, aren't they?

El Gordo

I generally use the plastic tubs that takeaway meals come in for all my degreasing duties.

The best bit is that when you need a new tub there is no option but to get a curry.

greg66_tri_v2.0

Tin of Quality Street. You can chuck the chain in there too, to keep the cassette company.

Hell, you could even get the chainrings in as well.

Brassknocker

Yep, me too! - any excuse for a take away!
I use those tinfoil containers that takeaway currys come in ... you can scrunch them up tight against/over the cassette to use minimal degreaser!

... but I like your shaking idea though - will try that next time for my chain in a small jam jar!

Jamey

Greg66 wrote:

Tin of Quality Street. You can chuck the chain in there too, to keep the cassette company.

Hell, you could even get the chainrings in as well.

Metal tins don't seal very well though. A bit of vigorous shaking and degreaser is gonna be running down the outside of the tin.

And as for turning it upside down for a quick shake... P'chah

greg66_tri_v2.0

Jamey wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Tin of Quality Street. You can chuck the chain in there too, to keep the cassette company.

Hell, you could even get the chainrings in as well.

Metal tins don't seal very well though. A bit of vigorous shaking and degreaser is gonna be running down the outside of the tin.

And as for turning it upside down for a quick shake... P'chah

True, but Duck Tape will solve that...

Jamey

Maybe... I reckon there must be a more elegant receptacle out there though.

Totalnewbie

Get a Lock & Lock. 100% guaranteed not to leak and come in all shapes and sizes. John Lewis and various dept stores do them.

Jamey

Is that tupperware? I did think about that sort of thing but it seemed there would probably be a cheaper way of doing it which involved me having to eat an entire tub of <insert tasty foodstuff> before the weekend

boybiker

Greg66 wrote:

Jamey wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Tin of Quality Street. You can chuck the chain in there too, to keep the cassette company.

Hell, you could even get the chainrings in as well.

Metal tins don't seal very well though. A bit of vigorous shaking and degreaser is gonna be running down the outside of the tin.

And as for turning it upside down for a quick shake... P'chah

True, but Duck Tape will solve that...

Its DUCT TAPE ffs

wgwarburton

Jamey writes:

> Is that tupperware? I did think about that sort of thing but it seemed there would probably be a cheaper way of doing it which involved me having to eat an entire tub of <insert tasty foodstuff> before the weekend

Ah! Sorry, I hadn't got the point...

Try the big plastic tubs of mini-chocolate rolls etc that M&S sell.

Cheers,
W.

STEFANOS4784

boybiker wrote:

True, but Duck Tape will solve that...[/quote]

Its DUCT TAPE ffs[/quote]


:roll:

Totalnewbie

It's like tupperware but much better. Shake it as much as you like, not a drop will leak. Erm... :oops:

I didn't think the tubs of tasty foodstuffs that M&S sold were designed for liquids (mini rolls, flapjacks, cornflake cakes etc) but I could be wrong. Otherwise that would be a good choice (the right size and yummy too).

woodyonthebeach

Totalnewbie wrote:

It's like tupperware but much better. Shake it as much as you like, not a drop will leak. Erm... :oops:

I didn't think the tubs of tasty foodstuffs that M&S sold were designed for liquids (mini rolls, flapjacks, cornflake cakes etc) but I could be wrong. Otherwise that would be a good choice (the right size and yummy too).

would defo work well with some duct tape mind you. I have a bad habit or doctoring coke bottles to stand in for dishes to do the de greasing duties.

got a joke about tupperware.

What has a Walross and a Tupperware container got in common?

They are both looking for a tight seal.........

greg66_tri_v2.0

boybiker wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Jamey wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Tin of Quality Street. You can chuck the chain in there too, to keep the cassette company.

Hell, you could even get the chainrings in as well.

Metal tins don't seal very well though. A bit of vigorous shaking and degreaser is gonna be running down the outside of the tin.

And as for turning it upside down for a quick shake... P'chah

True, but Duck Tape will solve that...

Its DUCT TAPE ffs

Ahem -

"Duct tape (sometimes called duck tape; see under Etymology)" : Wiki, and

Duckproducts.com 8)

lost_in_thought

boybiker wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Jamey wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Tin of Quality Street. You can chuck the chain in there too, to keep the cassette company.

Hell, you could even get the chainrings in as well.

Metal tins don't seal very well though. A bit of vigorous shaking and degreaser is gonna be running down the outside of the tin.

And as for turning it upside down for a quick shake... P'chah

True, but Duck Tape will solve that...

Its DUCT TAPE ffs

Gaffer tape.

I think (prepares self for being wrong) that Duck tape is a brand. But then we use strips of 'duck tape' (not sticky) for the leading edges of aircraft....

Hmmmmmmmmm....

ride_whenever

nope duck and duct tape are two different things, as is gaffer.

duck is waterproof fabric tape, duct is waterproof and heat resistant to about 150 degree Celsius (for heating ducts!) and presumably gaffer isn't waterproof at all.

Just to confuse things though duck is also a brand-name. A bit like hoover.

Brains

The solution is plastic peanut jars as sold in supermarkets, you get to eat about 1kg of nuts beforeyou can clean your cassete

The solution for chain cleaning is a 1liter plastic bottle, the non-fizzy ones (milk, water, squash) have bigger screw tops which is what you want

Fill with water and fairy liquid, shake, poor out, fill and repeat until liquid is not black with bits in it.

Then fill with proper degreaser and clean properly.

Then clean with degreaser and a brush

cougie

boybiker wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Jamey wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

Tin of Quality Street. You can chuck the chain in there too, to keep the cassette company.

Hell, you could even get the chainrings in as well.

Metal tins don't seal very well though. A bit of vigorous shaking and degreaser is gonna be running down the outside of the tin.

And as for turning it upside down for a quick shake... P'chah

True, but Duck Tape will solve that...

Its DUCT TAPE ffs

FFS - do some research eh ?

http://www.duckproducts.com/products/su ... =1&SubID=1

scoobers

I use an ice cream tub which has the added bonus of having to eat the contents first!!

spasypaddy

a box of sweets, the chewy sweet type sweets. big tub. done

Greg T

Pringles Tubes.

You eat the contents and then fill with hot soapy water. They are made from cardboard so they collapse. You then buy more pringles, just in case you were unlucky the first time.

I am 14 stone.

pst88

Those plastic tubs you get sports supplements in (protein powders, carb drinks etc) as seen in Holland and Barrett and the like or in the LBS. Usually have a pretty big screw lid that you could probably get a cassette through.

Rykard

5kg rice jar?

Jamey

pst88 wrote:

Those plastic tubs you get sports supplements in (protein powders, carb drinks etc) as seen in Holland and Barrett and the like or in the LBS. Usually have a pretty big screw lid that you could probably get a cassette through.

Beefcaaaaake!

biondino

lost_in_thought wrote:

What about one of those illy coffee canisters? They actually seal surprisingly well, certainly well enough for the purpose intended. I use them for all sorts of things.

Pretty good coffee too.

Livs, we are such yuppies - this was exactly my thought, too...

lost_in_thought

biondino wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

What about one of those illy coffee canisters? They actually seal surprisingly well, certainly well enough for the purpose intended. I use them for all sorts of things.

Pretty good coffee too.

Livs, we are such yuppies - this was exactly my thought, too...

DAMN. You and I are like so totally busted, blondie.

don_don

Try the big plastic tubs of mini-chocolate rolls etc that M&S sell.

+1

And you can get through the contents in about half an hour (burp) leaving you ready for de-greasing duties