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The four transfers The two liquids in their own right The three dry ones Which the archetype does not describe So read this property in two halves And the dry half is the easier sale Contamination is the dry failure Moisture is the other one The liquids are where the risk is Which is why the next section is the table References

Half of this group is not a liquid at all, and the archetype assumes all of it is.

The four transfers

Glue decant, epoxy decant, lubricant decant and touch up finish. Somebody is moving a chemical out of the container it was sold in and into one that suits the bench.

The two liquids in their own right

Thread locker and flux. Bought small, used a drop at a time, and left half used for a year, which makes closure sealing the whole question.

The three dry ones

Solder storage, tungsten electrode and welding tip. Consumable parts that need to stay clean, dry, organized and findable. No chemistry, no decanting, no label.

Which the archetype does not describe

Narrow mouth, poured, light sensitive, chemical resistant. True of the glue and the lubricant, irrelevant to a box of welding tips, and the shelf you get reflects the liquid half.

So read this property in two halves

The liquids carry the regulations: Table H-12 for capacity, the hazard communication rule for the label. The dry parts carry none of it and have their own requirements.

And the dry half is the easier sale

A jar that keeps tungsten electrodes sorted and uncontaminated is a good product with no compliance question attached. 219 jars on this shelf.

Contamination is the dry failure

A tungsten electrode picked up with a greasy hand or stored loose in a drawer welds differently. Clean storage is a performance question rather than a tidiness one.

Moisture is the other one

Flux and some electrodes are hygroscopic, and a container that breathes ruins them slowly. A lined cap on a jar does more here than it looks like.

The liquids are where the risk is

A flammable solvent in the wrong container at the wrong size is a fire code question and an insurance question before it is a packaging one.

Which is why the next section is the table

Capacity by material is the one rule in this property that a container catalog can answer directly, and it is the one most shops have never seen.

References

The archetype behind this shelf is ind-chemical: 100 to 20,000 mL, narrow mouth, HDPE and glass, light sensitive, child resistant, poured, with "chemical resistance is the entire decision, check the resin chart first" as its stated reason. All nine leaves sit on it, including the three that store dry consumable parts rather than a liquid.

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 18 October 2026. The shop consumables shelf is 1,389 rows: 750 containers and 639 closures. 10 mL to 9,464 mL with a median of 120; 85 containers over a pint, 23 over a quart, 3 over a gallon and none over five gallons. 390 PET, 156 HDPE, 127 glass, 76 PP and 1 LDPE, and no metal containers or safety cans. Of the 127 glass containers, 6 are over a pint. 510 bottles, 219 jars, 16 tubs and pails, 4 jugs. 134 amber or dark amber. Closures: 373 continuous thread, 43 dropper assemblies, 39 child resistant, 36 disc top, 27 dome lids, 26 spouted, 19 flip top, 19 lug and twist, 14 phenolic, 7 buttress.

Written from 29 CFR 1910.106(d)(2) and Table H-12, 29 CFR 1910.1200(f) and Appendix B Table B.6.1, and from the catalog as it stood on 18 October 2026. Nothing here establishes that a container is an approved container for flammable liquid storage, which is a word the regulation uses and our data does not support. Fire codes, state plans and insurers sit on top of all of this.