I have a gallon can of laquer thinner. I would like to have a way to transfer about an ounce to a glass cup to clean brushes (air or sable). I am too clumbsy to pour such a small amount without spilling it. A plastic tube would pipette OK but might eat the tube.
Any thoughts or tips?
Get yourself one of those cheap Turkey basters. I use them all the time in the train room and in the garage to transfer small amounts of fluids. They work great and are cheap and easy to clean.
Get yourself a thin piece of copper or aluminum pipe. The thinner won’t hurt the metal pipe.
The Dollar Stores have small funnels of assorted sizes that are handy for this purpose. Or a turkey baster.
I agree with baster. There is at least one on the market, or was a few years ago, that had a steel vessel with a rather heavy removable squeeze bulb. Lacquer thinner is probably going to be extremely hard on plastic ones.
Crandell
I would use a product made for transferring flammables. Laquer thinner is quite vaporous and flammable…do this outside! My comments come from working in a paint factory for 5 years…be safe.
That’s RIGHT, a polypropylene turkey baster! Used one for years…the solvents won’t touch the poly. I smell a trip to Dollar Tree! (or your favorite $1 store). [8D]
If I remember correctly I gave you some syringes some time ago. Use one of them. That’s what I use. they don’t seem to be affected by paint thinner so maybe won’t be affected by lacquer thinner. If it damages the syringe, throw it out after. Be careful with that stuff. It’s deadly.
These pipettes are handy to have also:
http://www.micromark.com/painting-and-finishing-accessories.html?page=2
Impervious to paint thinners etc.
Most all basters, funnels and syringes are polypropylene and most all acids and nasty solvents will not affect them. Polypropylene in its uncolored, natural state is a whitish to milky looking, partially transparent, hard, slick, shiny and yet somwhat flexible thermo-plastic. Being a thermo-plastic, is it readily and easily cast into thousands of shapes and is virtually unbreakable. (Cheap, strong, impervious to nasty stuff and easily manufactured) It is a more modern replacement for polyethylene which had most of the same characteristics except it was not as structurally strong. All of the above impliments are suitable methods of transferring the thinner.
Richard
I use a baby medicine dropper but A turket baster would hold a lot more and be faster.