Iwata cleaning station help

[Rudy2013]

Need some help this one really baffles me I have the iwata cleaning station glass bottle plastic top I use mostly lacquer thinners to clean my air brush when Im done i put the cleaning station back in the plastic container that it came in untill the cleaning station bottle is about half full before i empty it out when i opened the outer bottle today I had to just about pry the lid off seems like it has shrunk and the cleaning station bottle lid seems to have expanded and it wont screw on the glass jar WTF ?? I thought thats what the outer bottle was for to keep in the fumes when your not using it do you suspose the lid will shrink back to its normal size if I leave it empty and opened up ???

any thoughts on this one guys ??

[vypurr59]

I believe the lacquer has affected the plastic.

[Chief Joseph]

Yeah, that's the main reason lacquer thinner is sold in metal tins and not plastic bottles like mineral spirits. Plastic, even LDPE, won't hold up. You could try cleaning it up and letting it sit for a while to see if it will screw back on. Iwata probably doesn't expect you to use those little stations with lacquer thinner. I have used it in the one I have, but I don't store the thinner in the jar. That little cleaning station works wonderfully with acrylic paints.