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Yaho,

I've been a long-time user of acetone for stripping metal and cleaning brushes. Unfortunately I was under the incorrect assumption that the only commercially available acetone came in 50ml bottles for saftey reasons since it is, after all, a component in the manufacture of HE. Now that I have access to a chemical supplier who sells the stuff in 1 litre jugs I'm free to use it without much concern on my heavily gummed airbrush parts.

However, the stuff evaporates distressingly fast and I don't want to waste it. As such I inquire of y'all how you handle acetone safely and efficiently at this scale? any particular vendors of acetone-proof containers you can recommend?

There are some plastic bottles i used to use to dispense acetone.

its the squeeze bottle kind with a angled nozzle.

malamis wrote:
Yaho,

I've been a long-time user of acetone for stripping metal and cleaning brushes. Unfortunately I was under the incorrect assumption that the only commercially available acetone came in 50ml bottles for saftey reasons since it is, after all, a component in the manufacture of HE. Now that I have access to a chemical supplier who sells the stuff in 1 litre jugs I'm free to use it without much concern on my heavily gummed airbrush parts.

However, the stuff evaporates distressingly fast and I don't want to waste it. As such I inquire of y'all how you handle acetone safely and efficiently at this scale? any particular vendors of acetone-proof containers you can recommend?

You can't buy Acetone from a Hardware store? You need to speak to a chemical supplier? How odd.

Depending on how much you are keeping (assumably a litre or two), I'd just keep it in the jug/container that it came in and when it's not in use store it in a place away from direct sunlight.

If you are looking for a container that you can use to strip models in, my suggestion would be some kind of metal tray. Use it to strip your models, and then pour your acetone back into its original container.

Winter wrote:

You can't buy Acetone from a Hardware store? You need to speak to a chemical supplier? How odd.

You'd think so, but it appears high street acetone is only from the chemist here.

Winter wrote:

Depending on how much you are keeping (assumably a litre or two), I'd just keep it in the jug/container that it came in and when it's not in use store it in a place away from direct sunlight.

I'm sorry to say I did not know about the 'direct sunlight' component. Have an exalt :|

Like Winter, I just keep mine in a cupboard in the shed, away from direct sun.

The cupboard happens to be an old Dangerous goods segregation cupboard that got repurposed to become my seg cupboard.

(Wife's work upgraded to a newer one. The old one was fine, but they wanted to get rid of it so I said I'd take it. ).

I've seen acetone in up to 20l drums at certain hardware stores here. I just tend to get it 1l at a time, and that lasts me most of a year. I get it from the local hardware store.

You don't have to keep it out of direct sunlight, but it helps to keep it cool and therefore not evaporate so fast.
Also check the seals on the bottle.

As for other chemicals to keep out of direct sunlight ... yeah, had to explain some of those to people I used to work with. Some don't like being wet (*foom* so keep dry, others don't like being wet OR exposed to sunlight (*babafoom*) like certain pool chemicals. ).

If you go into superdrug you can get both types acetone or acetone free for about £1.50 a bottle.Downside is they're scented......

I'm sorry to say I did not know about the 'direct sunlight' component. Have an exalt :|

Like Chromedog said above, it's not a requirement for Acetone (it can be for other compounds, always read your MSDS!), it just helps you not lose so much to evaporation, and stops the plastic/seals from becoming brittle.