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**Tenth Speed Writer**

What are some good ideas for cheap, air-tight containers? I'd like to experiment on a few models primarily using different glazes (and I'm a bit OCD about keeping colors consistent), but I'm not really willing to buy a citadel pot for each and every batch I mix.

Something cheap, air-tight, and easy to clean would be ideal.

Suggestions?

**treadhead1944**

35mm film canisters? Do they still make film?

**The_Happy_Pig**

Any place that sells kitchen stuff should do. You can get very small Tupperware type containers that should be ideal for it.

**MightyGodzilla**

I like these. On ebay, always on sale. $35 for 100 and $20 for 50.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/250793769334?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Hope that helps.

**Samus_aran115**

You could try tupperware. They're a bit expensive, but readily available.

**Gnawer**

When I needed the same type of containers, I went to a pharmacy and asked for cheapest medicine in small air-tight containers. This was actually cheaper than buying empty containers of the same size.

**Eilif**

MightyGodzilla wrote:I like these. On ebay, always on sale. $35 for 100 and $20 for 50.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/250793769334?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Hope that helps.

Are these the same size as Reaper or Vallejo bottles?

I use craft paint for all my painting, but the larger 2o zbottles take up alot of room and don't dispense small amounts as well. These would be a great way to shrink the amount of space required on my desktop.

**oadie**

How cheap is cheap? Craft stores like Michael's or A.C. Moore sell empty flip-top paint bottles (like the ones that craft paints come in) and small glass jars. The jars will usually run you a few bucks a piece, but the plastic bottles frequently go on sale (2-3 for a dollar) and seal better than GW pots, in my experience. They will certainly be larger than a GW pot - not sure if you'd consider that an issue.