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  • Member since
    February 2006
Bulb syringe HELP
Posted by sonic on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 7:13 PM

Were do you all get your bulb syring thing for getting thinner to thin paints or alchohol for acrylics, I thought it would be easy to find but I checked walmart, sears, homedopot, michaels arts and craft, and ace hardware cant find one you all know what im talking about the thing you get the thinner and add a couple of drops at a time.

 

  • Member since
    April 2003
  • From: Hayward, CA
Posted by MikeV on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 8:04 PM
Go to a drug store and get some glass eye droppers.
I bought mine at a Rite-Aid drug store here.

Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom. " Charles Spurgeon
  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: White Mountains, NH
Posted by jhande on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 10:54 PM
I picked up a package of 3 glass eye droppers for around $2.00 and change, I believe it was at Wal*Mart in the pharmacy section.



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  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Oak Harbor, WA
Posted by Kolja94 on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:04 PM
I use disposable pipets.  I get them in a case of 500 for about $26 (5 cents or so a piece).  I order them from www.medixcorp.com - take a look around, they've got all sorts of stuff we can use for the hobby.  I also get powder-free latex gloves there in bulk.

Karl

  • Member since
    May 2003
  • From: Central USA
Posted by qmiester on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 7:22 AM

As Mike has noted, you can get them at your local drug store.  Lately however, I've noticed the local drug store has stopped stocking them in bulk, going instead with packets of two or three which really runs the price up (I bought a packet of two a while back and it cost me $2.79).  If this is a problem with you (it is to me) and you live in or near to a larger town, check in the Yellow Pages for a hospital or medical supply store.  They stock in bulk and it's a lot cheaper.  Also check your LHS and see if they stock Testors paint syringes.  They're larger than the "eyedropper" syringes you get at the drugstore, but work equally as well.

Quincy
  • Member since
    March 2005
  • From: West Virginia, USA
Posted by mfsob on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 9:11 AM
My local hobby shop had a Testor's paint mixing set, I think it was called, that included three of the larger plastic pipettes and five glass bottles, the same size as the Model Master paints, for about $3.
  • Member since
    February 2006
Posted by sonic on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 3:36 PM

Yea I think the pipetes is what I had before It was about 6 inches long and narrow at the bottem and a little bulb looking thing near the top. well I guess I could just show you a pic lol I used to could find them everywere now carloina art craft and hobby the best hobby shop in the nearby area doesnt even have them.

http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/tes/tes50642c.htm

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