On 04/24/2013 12:45 PM, Stormin Mormon wrote:
I'd like to find a source for small tubes of grease. Should be in the one to four ounce range.
Possibly screw cap tube, like toothpaste tubes. Once in a while, I
need a tiny bit of grease,
to put on threads for reassembly. Don't need a whole pound like axle
grease.

Ideally something in stores local, so I don't pay lots of freight for shipping.

Small enough to put conveniently in a tool kit.

How about bicycle grease? It's kind of overpriced, but it fits your
criteria.
http://www.amazon.com/Phil-Wood-3-Ou.../dp/B000WYANAG

Otherwise, it's pretty easy to refill a tube of toothpaste; I do this
all the time for backpacking with the little travel-sized tubes, and
have refilled the same one about a half dozen times already. The
"trick" is to just hold the output (source) tightly against the tube you
want to fill, and squeeze the source tube.

It wouldn't take much effort to do the same with a grease gun and a tube
of toothpaste. The trick here would be cleaning all of the toothpaste
out of the empty tube, but a few shakings with hot water, followed by
drying it out, would supply you with the tube.

Jon