Lube-Tips

Wipe it Clean

When viewing sight glasses, always wipe the glass off with a white grease rag and then turn the rag over and hold the clean side opposite the side you are viewing. The white background lets you see the oil more clearly.

- Joe Parker, Maintenance Lubricator; Mueller Water Products

Expand Your Palette

Colour code your grease fittings with plastic caps. At my facility, we have white for high-speed (heavy)grease, red for regular (slow-speed) grease and blue for electrical. Plastic caps are relatively cheap and easy to identify.

- Kevin Keith; Blue Buffalo

Start the Countdown

Put the date that a consumable item (spin-on filter, automatic lubricator, etc.) should be changed instead of the date of installation. For replacement purposes, it is easier to recognize a date coming up than to add time to a past date.

- Kevin Keith; Blue Buffalo