A tale of woe... and a "have you got" request?

[Dog Star]

Something like fifteen years back I made a quantity of "stable" stands for holding the rectangular bottle in which Mek-Pak was supplied... most given away to other 7mm modellers and kept one. The lone stand with bottle has lived in the refrigerator ever since and done sterling service until now. As is the norm I re-filled the bottle from the metal can in which Slater's supply the Mek-Pak product and put the bottle and stand back in the cold place.

Two weeks later and about to start some plastic work - disaster! The bottle had cracked and the relevant shelf in the refrigerator had split with all of the contents, maybe 50mls, had leaked onto the shelf. Said shelf was HIPS and looked like then interior of Cheddar Caves with dangling streaks of floppy styrene. Thankfully I had cleared up the mess before the Good Lady opened the 'fridge door.

No good having a stand without a bottle so I went to the local chemist and asked if they had any suitable glass bottles - no way Hose, life has moved on and pills come pre-packed in plastic jars.


So - anyone got any empty Mek-Pak bottles? Rectangular preferred whilst round acceptable. Otherwise I shall have to buy a longer paint brush to reach the bottom of the metal can!

thank you, Graham

(who is escorting the Red Hat to the forthcoming trade show)

 

[JimG]

So - anyone got any empty Mek-Pak bottles? Rectangular preferred whilst round acceptable. Otherwise I shall have to buy a longer paint brush to reach the bottom of the metal can!

Graham,

A source of smallish glass bottles is the containers for the perfume/air freshener dispensers which plug into a mains wall socket. I've been using them for MekPak, IPA, etc for a while now and they work well. If you retain the plastic holder for the wick in the neck of the bottle and only half fill the bottle, you have a built in spill protection since nothing comes out through the wick holder when the bottle is on its side. The hole in the wick holder is about 5mm diameter, so reasonable room for your average MekPak brush.

Purple Lavender Meadow | Plug-in Refills | Air Wick® UK

I've just noticed that some bottles have spherical bases so watch out when buying.

Jim.

 

[S7BcSR]

Graham

I have got access to some 100ml clear glass bottles with decent lids. Would this be any use to you.

Rob

 

[JimG]

Thinking a bit more on the topic, I put "Small Glass Bottle" into the Ebay search and came up with a very large list. Here's a typical entry

UK 2ml/5ml Wholesale Lots 20pcs Small Empty Clear Glass Bottles Vials with Cork | eBay

Twenty 5ml bottles and corks for £6.79. What you do with twenty might be the problem but there are other options with smaller numbers in a pack but I didn't see any suitable bottle packs under ten.

Jim.

 

[Dog Star]

I have got access to some 100ml clear glass bottles with decent lids. Would this be any use to you?

Yes please.

 

[Overseer]

Graham

If all else fails, I have a few of the Slaters bottles tucked away for no good reason, although I refilled one recently with actual MEK because mek-pak is no longer available here. Seems a bit extreme to post an empty bottle but if you want one let me know.

 

[S7BcSR]

Graham

Collecting either tonight or tomorrow at Binfield Show.

Rob

 

[JohnFla]

Thinking a bit more on the topic, I put "Small Glass Bottle" into the Ebay search and came up with a very large list. Here's a typical entry

UK 2ml/5ml Wholesale Lots 20pcs Small Empty Clear Glass Bottles Vials with Cork | eBay

Twenty 5ml bottles and corks for £6.79. What you do with twenty might be the problem but there are other options with smaller numbers in a pack but I didn't see any suitable bottle packs under ten.

Jim.

Hmmm I'm tempted Jim, they could be ideal for all my BA nuts, bolts and washers not to mention a lot of other odds and ends as well.