Does anyone know of any dyes for lubricants? I was working out of town once and saw that they had all of the different oil types color coded. 10wt was blue and 30wt was red etc. I have asked a few different oil suppliers in the area and none of them have heard of this. I know you can get UV dyes for finding leaks but I do not believe this was uv dye and was delivered to their bulk tanks with coloring added at supplier
Readily available. Powder or liquid, from multiple suppliers. Some of my customers speced it.
You can get the red and blue die at your local cat dealer.
Do you have any p/n's or any more details I can give to my oil supplier? What all colors are available?
Do you know p/n's?
Not off hand but the parts people will know what they are generally have a few behind the counter setting be care with it that stuff can be messy
9U-5031 is the Red Dye, 9U-5032 is the Blue. There are only two colours available. Note that these are NOT UV dyes for fuel leak detection, purely an oil colourant so that if there is a leak it gives you an idea of which system is leaking. Last mine I worked at our lube supplier (Shell) added dye to bulk oils before they were delivered to site.
I have the evidence on my last pair of work boots...........
Thank you Nige. Not looking for anything UV. I do have dye for that. More or less looking for an aid to the operators when topping off machines.
Mine has secondary containment for that reason the stain did finally wear off the shop floor
That stuff spreads worse than anti-seize. We were dealing with drum dispensers and holy cow, it was messy.
I meant to post this earlier. This is the product that I used in various colors.
That's probably where Cat buy their lubricants dyes..........
Mark V has a good selection of water-based dyes. I’ve used it for mixing glycol-based heat transfer fluids and windshield washer juice. Mark V is mostly automotive detail & cleaning supplies, but they sell dye.