The shelf
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What is here
972 rows: 383 containers and 589 closures. 5 mL to 2,000 mL with a median of 237.
Against the archetype window
store-liquid-decant runs 15 to 120 mL and 132 of 383 containers are in it. The archetype describes a travel decant and most of this shelf is a workshop bottle.
Which is not entirely wrong
Chain lube and sealant are bought at workshop size and decanted down. The shelf serves the buying end well and the carrying end thinly.
17 containers at 15 mL or under
For the actual travel decant the archetype describes, that is the honest number.
By material
174 HDPE, 147 PET, 42 PP and 20 glass. The HDPE is the useful bulk of it for lubricants and the 20 glass is thin for anything solvent-carried.
By format
188 bottles and 173 jars, plus 17 tubs and pails. Nearly even, which matches a craft that is half liquids and half dry.
The PET single wall jar carries the dry half
115 of them, which is a real set for sorting small bike parts and the same format the model parts property recommends.
And the packers carry the wet half
45 HDPE packers and 43 PE cylinder rounds. Straight walled, which is also what gives the largest principal display panel for a given volume.
White dominates
137 white against 72 clear. For sealant, which you want to see settling, and for parts, which you want to identify, clear is the better choice and it is the minority here.
The 42 polypropylene containers are the heat-tolerant ones
A bottle that lives in a car boot or a shed through a summer is warmer than a shelf, and PP takes that better than PET. 16 PP round tubs are the relevant format for a thick wax lube.
And 33 amber for anything that cares about light
Which is few products here. Latex sealant and most lubricants are not light sensitive, so amber is on this shelf because the catalog is shared rather than because the craft asked for it.
How to shop it
Classification first if it is a regulated liquid, then panel area, then the container. For the dry half, one small clear jar repeated.