Before you specify
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this better value than the four-pint pack?
Per pint, yes. Both packs contain identical one-pint bottles of the same oil and cover the same nine machines, so the only question is how fast you use it. A single deskside shredder emptied weekly will take a long time to work through eight pints; a department with three or four machines will not.
Will these bottles fill an automatic oiler?
They will physically pour into a reservoir, but MBM lists different packs for automatic oiler machines: ACCED21/6, six one-quart bottles, and ACCED21/G, four one-gallon bottles. Those exist because filling a reservoir from pint bottles is slow and wasteful. If your machine is a 2604, 3105, 4002, 4005, 4108, 4605, 4606 or 5009, order the larger containers.
How much oil should I use each time?
Enough to wet the full width of the cutting head. MBM's instruction is to oil generously after each bag change, applying it either directly into the feed opening or on a sheet of paper in an X or S pattern that is then shredded. Under-oiling is far more common than over-oiling and shows up as a machine that jams on modest sheet counts.
Does oiling void anything on a strip-cut machine?
No. Strip-cut heads simply need it less often than cross-cut and micro-cut heads, because they have less cutting surface in contact with the paper. Oiling a strip-cut machine on the same after-each-bag-change schedule does no harm; you will just find the bottles last longer.