Miatatom Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 I haven't noticed anyone doing this but, having worked in laboratories, we used plastic squeeze bottles for all sorts of liquids. I bought 2 of these off of eBay for around $6. They are used by tattoo artists. They make dispensing small amounts of lacquer thinner for A/B cleanup a breeze. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatkidd Posted June 11, 2013 Share Posted June 11, 2013 good tip, Tom. I have been using one of these for a few years now for laquer thinner clean-up. I just recently got a smaller one for isopropyl alcohol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art Anderson Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 The smaller size polyethylene clear plastic squeeze-bulb dropper pipettes from Testors do that very same thing, and are far less expensive. $5.39 for a pkg of 6 at the hobby shop in Indianapolis where I picked mine up. Art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kit Basher Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 For small amounts, like for thinning paint, use a real pipette, like we did in chemistry lab. Stick one end of a piece of rigid tubing into the liquid you want to transfer. Put your finger over the open end. Move the tube where you want the liquid to go, and release your finger. The further you stick the tube into the liquid, the more it will hold. I use a left over piece of aluminum tubing. Lasts forever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScaleDale Posted June 12, 2013 Share Posted June 12, 2013 I have several of those and use them for everything except lacquer thinner. Won't that stuff eat the plastic over the long run? It eats my plastic pipett things. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 The smaller size polyethylene clear plastic squeeze-bulb dropper pipettes from Testors do that very same thing, and are far less expensive. $5.39 for a pkg of 6 at the hobby shop in Indianapolis where I picked mine up. Art I just ordered some from a vendor on eBay. They were $4.35 per hundred, with free shipping from China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miatatom Posted June 12, 2013 Author Share Posted June 12, 2013 I have several of those and use them for everything except lacquer thinner. Won't that stuff eat the plastic over the long run? It eats my plastic pipett things. Dale I've been using them for about 6 months and they're fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzTom Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 The smaller size polyethylene clear plastic squeeze-bulb dropper pipettes from Testors do that very same thing, and are far less expensive. $5.39 for a pkg of 6 at the hobby shop in Indianapolis where I picked mine up. Art This is what Is use ..... on the same pack for about eight years now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportandmiah Posted June 13, 2013 Share Posted June 13, 2013 I just ordered some from a vendor on eBay. They were $4.35 per hundred, with free shipping from China. Agree. The package of 6 for $5.00 is a huge ripoff. I get them by the hundreds from ebay for the same price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pharr7226 Posted July 28, 2013 Share Posted July 28, 2013 I just ordered a 100 from $1.53 with free shipping off ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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