Adam Savage's Favorite Tools: Solvent Dispensing Can!
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- Adam finally answers the frequently-asked question of what is that red bottle-like container seen on his workbench in build videos. It's a small plastic dispensing can that safely stores and controls the dispensing of liquids like acetone without the risk of spilling. Just another essential tool found in the McMaster-Carr catalog!
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I appreciate Adam's understanding of prices, $60 isn't insurmountable but when you have all the other costs involved in getting started in making, it does fall into the category of "Nice to have but wait until you have a bunch of the other stuff you need."
And always remember to label your solvents with something that won't be washed off by the contents. Some of the older containers I've seen had stamped metal tags on the neck, which may not carry all the safety info but are still better than streaks of texta running down the side
Colour coding is the best way I've found. Wrap it in coloured electrical tape, or spray paint it, make a colour key and stick it on your wall. Helps when you're pouring whatever liquid it is out into another vessel as well, just immediately mark the tray or whatever with the corresponding colour. Usually go in order of severity of issue with skin contact. White, green, blue, yellow, orange, red, black.
@@EarrGasmm Just dont do that on the job.
One time a guy chugged methyl hydrate due to a bad label. He was fine, just went to the hospital and had a few days off.
@@paddington1670 what container was it in that he thought was a beverage?? I feel like I need to hear this story lol
@@samueldeter9735 its used like acetone in some workshop settings as a cleaning solution.. so.. presumably just like a disposable cup of some sort, probably had his drink in another. Not completely unbelievable but not something I'd have happening to me.
@@BR-hh1bb that's understandable
One of the things I was told long ago with respect to buying tools (especially the expensive ones): If you buy the best, you only cry once. Has proven itself true more times than I can count.
Two problems with "only buy once" is that you can only buy a few tools and quite often you wind up with a few really nice tools that you never use. I am a big fan of Adam's philosophy for new types of tools:
"First buy the cheapest tool that will get the job done and use it. If you find it useful and you use it multiple times, then buy the most expensive version of that tool that you can afford." (paraphrased)
It is why I recommend new makers who have no tools other than a few found in the kitchen drawer that they start with the Harbor Freight $40 ($30 regularly on sale) 130 piece tool kit. A relatively complete set of hand tools that will get the job done. A lot of bang for the buck. Yes they are only moderate quality tools. But to be honest they are similar to the very first tools I started with 50 years ago. You can then upgrade specific tools as your experience and budget allows. I would start with the hammer and screwdrivers.
@@robertharker You must be replying to a different post. Because I never wrote anything about "only buy once".
@@n6408s "Only buy once" is a corollary to "If you buy the best, you only cry once." Both put forth the idea of buying the best tool avoids buying less expensive tools that you eventually replace with a better tool. Best generally equates to most expensive. If you make your living directly with these tools then this is good advice. But if you are a maker like myself it is easy to break the bank and not wind up with reasonably complete set of tools. How much would that Harbor Freight 130 piece tool kit cost if you assembled it with Snap-On tools? $500? $1,000? For $30 you get most of the basic mechanics tools. Enough to get started. Then as your skill increases and your budget allows, you can upgrade. And at $30 there is no reason to cry in the first place.
@@robertharker No, it doesn't. That is leap in logic that you made.
I believe that you are overthinking this.
@@n6408s Gonna' have to agree with Robert on this one mate. Both those phrases are essentially equivalent. I'm not even sure how they could be interpreted any other way...
That McMaster-Carr catalog instantly brought back memories of the best jobs I ever had as an engineering technician. I used to build prototypes from engineering drawings, and that catalog was indispensable! Good times.
I have the current print catalog but McMaster has made them hard to get. Toolrooms, purchasing, and engineering departments can still get them but they wont send them to the everyman. Im sure they cost alot to print but its too bad they dont send them out anymore. Maybe even $20 or whatever
That is a Justrite dispenser. Which is cool because I am the manufacturing engineer for the cans value stream in Mattoon, Illinois. Very cool video Mr. Savage!
Those metal cans are called F-style can. The Cary company has a good selection of different styles and sizes, along with other container types.
I forgot the name of them, but yes you nailed it. I get my containers from Uline
I’m not gonna lie I saw him holding that little red bottle in the thumbnail and talk to myself thank God he’s finally going to talk about it!!!
Same here he uses it constantly
And the little red bottle is thinking, 'He's finally gonna talk about MEEEEE!'
I've been meaning to look this thing up ever since I saw him use it the first time, ages ago. Guess he read my mind when I thought about it again RIGHT before this was posted!
Small 1 - 2 oz squeeze bottles with needle applicators. Some come with piano wire stopper/cleaning wires which reduce evaporation further. I use for Goo Gone, lighter fluid, motor oil, paint thinner, where ever you need controlled application. Great for plexiglas solvent !
I use those for liquid flux for soldering. Clean, easy, quick, precise, and not wasteful.
Yep, I use these for a bunch of fluids and the way I found them was searching "flux dispenser." Only now after years of using them am I actually learning to solder, though--excited to use them for their intended purpose!
Every chemistry lab ever uses "acetone wash bottles". Those are durable plastic squirt bottles. They're amazing. (We also use them for water and 70% ethanol)
I'm a mechanic, and we use them for Isopropanol
I’ve tried these but am often left with either a bottle that allows the contents to evaporate or a bottle that squeezes more air than fluid. Any specific brand suggestions for these chemical wash bottles?
@@NewbGamingNetworks I think we use Dynalon brand
They use them in print shops as well
Great for application of liquid fertilizer to houseplants as well.
My dad and I make electric guitars and we often use Flame maple and mahogany. Before we choose a cut to use we always use mineral spirits to get an idea of how the grain will look once we stain it or clear coat it. Very useful stuff cause it dries right up and doesn't leave a residue.
Protip: use spit, it's free!
Thanks for an awesome tip, I'm definitely going to use it someday
@@Cujoman123 hahaha,. yup done that one before too!
@@jacobs7764 awesome! yea it's good stuff for just showing the grain of flame maple what we use most.. Then it dries right up like alcohol without leaving a trace.
Luthier, fun word
I was lucky enough to have dumpster dived one of these Quart-Sized solvent dispensers decades ago!
And wouldn’t you know? I also keep acetone in it!
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Go to an automotive swap meet, antique store or an estate sale where shop equipment is listed. You can pick them up for $5-$20. Just because it is old does not mean it is not as good as a brand new one.
Also check at beauty supply shop, they might have something similar that is more affordable.
Here in Australia and probably elsewhere, tomato sauce (Ketchup) comes in a plastic cone shaped bottle that has a screw top that undoes enough to allow the sauce to come out a little at a time, or a lot as you choose. When they're empty I use them to dispense olive oil for cooking, other oils in the shed for lubrication, also penetrating liquid or more scary liquids like metholated spirit and acetone for cleaning. OBVIOUSLY very important to label clearly. But they work very well.
For acetone, I use an empty toilet bowl cleaner bottle. The lid twists closed and keeps the contents from evaporating. I've been using the same one for 3 years now and it's held up great.
I use "Wash Bottles". I use one without the bottom straw for volatile fluids (you have to invert it to dispense). The nozzle on them is so fine you have minimal leakage, but I only put a little from the can into them at a time. The really nice part is that they are already marked properly for storage.
I use mostly Isopropyl Alcohol, Acetone, and DHMO in mine.
The lighter duty ones made by Menda are good for things like isopropyl. They are also sold by mcmaster. Those might be the ones you were talking about.
Justrite is the maker, they also have a good safety page on how to deal with stuff like this and more. They have a whole range of stuff to look at. I have their larger bottle, the metal garbage bin, and i think (it's old, and the first one i got years ago) their smallest cabinet. Not cheap, but well built, they're not joking about the stuff they make.
Yeah, looks like part number 14004. That's the thing about McMaster, if you need it quick, and need it vetted to work, they are the place to go. But they don't actually make anything, and they are not transparent about who makes the products they sell (for obvious reasons). Most everything in their catalog can be sourced elsewhere, cheaper.
I just looked them up and yeah seem to make great stuff. All available on Amazon too if you are okay with using that.
They have a “plunger can” which is like an industrial version of those plastic push down solvent dispensers! ~40USD or so so not *too* horrible, especially given the build quality, volume (1 Pint - 1 Gallon), and safety features.
My favorite solvent dispenser is a dollar store pray bottle used for cleaning agents. Preferably with the spray selector.
There is a very similar item called a Plunger Can. It's essentially the same thing but it has a push plate on the top with small holes. It sits on the bench and you can just press a cloth/rag on the top and it moistens the cloth. Used to use one in a machine shop for thinner.
Sally's beauty has little plastic dispensers for acetone for nail techs, I like them.
For acetone, I just poked holes in the screw on cap that the can comes with, then I can just put the rag on top, tilt the can to dispense the acetone directly into the rag and go. I don't find that there's noticeable loss of acetone with it just sitting there, but if there were, it could just have the regular cap put back on when not in use.
As a machinist I use an old can of dykem that has been cleaned out with acetone to store and use. It's air tight and has a brush that you can use to apply it to whatever you need.
I just watched a video from Van Neistat where he talked about something being expensive even if it’s $20 because it’s a quality product, which ties into this perfectly. He also mentioned Tom Sachs and I was like hey I know that name and quickly realized it was from you over many years. Thanks Adam!!
I keep everything in the original jar and just portion out smaller containers I keep closer to point of use.
Lab Wash Bottles - most are already labeled and made from compatible materials.
Pump dispensers - alcohol and acetone from the local beauty shop
Color Applicator Bottles - great for things that don't really evaporate. Again from the beauty store
Mason jars - short lived specialty mixes such as natural walnut stain, wiping varnish, penetrating fluid (acetone with ATF), etc.
Pyrex - Glass dropper bottles and Other labware. If it is nasty enough that it has to be stored in glass I prefer to not have it around.
For fine work
Needle Tip Glue bottles - also called quilling glue bottles. A favorite for oils. Be very careful with compatibility.
Cement head applicator jar - A needle attached to a jar lid for very fine applications. Mostly used in fly tying
I still haven't found a spray bottle that will survive solvent.
Most importantly proper PPE and the Klean Strip Solvent Chart
Best thing I use. Is the lab grade 1000 ml squeeze bottles with 90* nozzle and clear rubber tip cap. Plus my 30 ml through 1 oz needle tip bottles for glues, paints, flux, grease, oils and even anti seize for so many small applications. I Get them all cheap from the online river store. 😉Wink!👍
Those bottles are great and cheap as chips.
This. I just saw a 2 pack for $15 online
that they are...
I work in engineering at a manufacturing plant. We make medical grade products and subsequently can only use IPA for cleaning. We have squeezable plastic bottles that have a thin straw on top. They are everywhere. I love having a bottle of IPA on hand for various uses. Now I have to have some IPA at home too. I use it for everything.
As a mechanic I used to use a solvent sprayer for brake parts cleaner. You fill it to a point and then pressurize it with shop air. It’s similar to 7054T11 ( from McMaster ) but mine is metal
My co-worker uses that same thing but I don't see the need there are regular aerosol spray cans of brake cleaner in the parts cage so for me it's easier to just use those
Yup sure shot
@@brianhuffman2070 Price, my brother, and the environment. Cheaper to buy in bulk and refill a sprayer than toss an entire aerosol can into a landfill.
I’ve used one of these for a while and they are useful. I’ve also found the push top dispensers useful also.
My go to bestine dispenser is an old, but excellent Valvespout container. Available on eBay every now and then. I used mine regularly as a graphic designer doing mechanical paste-ups pre computer days.
I tracked those down and bought a couple after spotting them in one of Adam's previous videos. Used for acetone and denatured alcohol. Highly recommended! As I recall, they were not all that expensive, did some hunting around.
Good morning Adam. When I was working in my father’s offset printing shop, we had solvent dispensers that had a plunger system on the top that allows you to soak a rag without spilling. Great for cleaning ink off larger areas. Thank you for the videos I have been a huge fan for years. Cheers
OMG you've answered my question, I feel so special ! Thank you so so much, you have no idea how much this means to me. Thank you so much for all your time and effort.
I like to use the Goldenrod 600 Pistol Pump Oiler with Straight Spout - 6 oz. Capacity. I have a couple of them, both at home and at work.
a little tip if anyone needs it: pouring from cans like the bestine one is far easier and more controlled if you do it holding the can by the spout side, opposite the way you'd intuit. It lets you ease into the pour.
The Menda pump dispensers are great in the lab. They have a dished metal lid that fills when you depress it. Also has a flip top lid to slow evaporation during use but stops once the dish is empty. You have to reprime it by pumping it with your finger over the dispensing hole. 👌
I have and regularly use one of these. Adam is right, they are handy in your shop. I got mine through Amazon
I use those small plastic bottles from the dollar store with the pump tops made for adding it to a rag to remove nail polish. They work neatly for me, little if any waste, work by simply pressing the rag on top of them, and have held acetone for years without any signs of degradation. I will admit they aren't robustly made for more industrial environments, but it's a sacrifice I can make for savings that steep
I have wondered about that thing so many times, to the extent that I felt like it was either never addressed, or I missed the video where it was talked about. Thank you, Adam, for talking about it.
I love my Barge cement pot. It’s easy to handle, keeps the mess down and has a somewhat small foot print on my work table.
I've seen a few backpacking stove makers use the Trangia Fuel Bottle for alcohol and i thought THAT was expensive at $20. They come in 3 sizes and have a similar dispensing top with 2 sizes of spout in one unit.
I'm going ho check that out I only clean house with isopropyl alcohol and hydrogen peroxide and most bottles cant handle the isopropyl
You can buy certain household cleaners at the store with similar pump action tops. I use them for their intended purpose and once empty I fill them up with whatever fluids I need. I now have a bunch laid out around the shop, works pretty well.
Have you tried that with Acetone? Does it eat through the bottle or start evaporating into the air?
@@davidpasco4413 No acetone, i prefer to keep that in a spray bottle. I have used it with rubbing alcohol, denatured alcohol, and prepall, with no evaporation issues. The ones i get are usually bleach dispensers so i think the bottle is decent, but acetone is always a different beast haha.
@@davidpasco4413 Spray acetone? First I've ever heard of that for such a dangerous chemical.
I'm such a nerd, I was so happy when I saw this video because I was so impressed by those little bottles. We use them everyday in our little rubber factory in Cornwall, UK. We use a solvent called Amberklene FE10 which is awesome stuff. Keep up the great videos!!!
OMG! I have been looking for this, an old shop I was in had them. I have been looking, but could not think of a search that brought it up.
God I love this channel!
I use those little dispenser bottles a lot. I put MEK and PD-680 in them. I mainly use them for cavity prep in cavities on aircraft and general solvent use. They are great little tools
We also have squeeze bottles that are rated for the solvents. We use them for general use and then put them back in the main storage container. Are main storage cans are nonmetallic oval style safety can they work great and are fairly easy to use
McMaster Carr was my parts bible when I worked as an undergraduate research assistant in a NanoTribiolgy lab back in my college days. Memories!!!
I've worked as a materials tech for 5 years now and we use solvents like acetone all the time to clean tar off of surfaces in our labs. We have a couple of those dispensers around but rarely use them because we go through solvents so fast. That stuff gets the job done for sure.
Near the end of the video he references a push to dispense bottle with off-gassing issues. The closest analog for what he's talking about is a common nail polish remover (acetone) bottle. I find that the cheap plastic ones available in the beauty section work quite well. The lid on mine has a nice positive SNAP when I shut it and I have not noticed any observable off-gassing.
My dad was a body man and painter for many years. One solvent he used most of all was lacquer thinner. He bought it in 5 gallon cans that would last him a year to two years. He always used a pump for them. Sometimes you would pump too hard and get a lot of pressure from it but it was a shop and not a huge issue. It keeps for quite a while like this.
Thanks for the show and tell Adam love your content. I personally use those push pump bottles for alcohol and acetone. I don't notice any off gassing or leakage. Knocked it of the desk a few time with out problems. I like them because most of the time I'm using it with a brush or rag to clean/prep an item I'm working on. Also used a torch near it (accidentally forgot it was still on my bench)without incident. Got lucky I guess.
Aerospace uses Menda push pump bottles. Air Quality Pollution Control District approved.
knipex pliers are my absolute favorite. found them on a snap-on truck when i was a ford tech
We had cans like those at my dad's print shop. We used kerosene as a solvent to wash the ink on the lead type or the plates. This video brought back some good memories. Thank you Adam, I can actually kinda smell it in my mind.
I use tiny oil dispenser bottles filled with solvent with a small membrane at the bottom which squirts out just a little bit each time. I use them for sewing machine repair on small parts within the machine to get them loose or flush out old gunked up oil or grease. They were made by swiss sewing machine manufacturer Elna
Dude, I've been looking for an acetone storage/dispenser for YEARS, thanks!
Water is a solvent. Dollar store has nail polish thingy like that, it's not as quality but look around. The justrite is tops. Sure shot is handy.
was just going to say the dollar tree has them, the nail polish one is acetone, but they also have empty ones which i got a couple for rubbing alcohol and the paint prep/cleaner I use.
We have two of those in our
prop shop we love them. I knew I made it when McMaster Carr sent me a catalog unsolicited.
Adam! No Methyl Ethyl Ketone or Xylene in the shop! Those are the fun "migraine-in-a-jar" solvents! We use to use FreonTF and Xylene as videotape head cleaner, and the MEK to remove Loctite.
We use to get everything from fisher chemicals, but now most of those solvents are unavailable. I still like using regent alcohol instead of isopropanol, as it is less harsh...
Oil painter here. For my mineral spirits I use Menda Liquid Dispenser (got mine from blick). There’s a glass one that’s around 38, and a tin one that’s 27ish. They hold 4 oz of fluid and it’s good for all solvents. They work similar to how you described the device you can’t find with the little well that holds fluid, but these are not polyethylene. They’re not good for long term storage as they will evaporate their fluid slowly but they are great for what I use them for.
I have 2 of these for acetone and alcohol, they are excellent. I also have a small gas can from the same company and it is the only one you can put in a vehicle to refill and not have fumes everywhere, leakproof, spill proof, variable dispensing speed. Totally worth the investment.
I paint guitars and constantly use tons of solvent daily, especially acetone. If anyone wants an affordable option, check out the spray gun cleaning squeeze bottles from DeVilbiss. Long curved nozzle that points down at your work, no need to tilt the bottle, super easy to control the amount that comes out. About $15?
We use the bottles not just for paint gun cleaning. Great for squirting on a towel, or filling a cup, etc.
Issue 128 just showed up in my office too! Following along just for the helluvit.
Where I work, we use those all the time for IPA, Acetone, and Methyl Ethyl Keytone or MEK. They're about twice that size, but they are used constantly and have been used for well over 10 years. Those cans are well worth it, and last if you can afford them.
I was looking for a thing for acetone and as a desperate measure, as a one off for use at a Repair Cafe, I picked up a cheap old plastic atomiser spray bottle I had found. It worked fine! I can spray a little acetone onto a paper towel held close to the nozzle and use it for clean up. It doesn't seem to off gas noticeably and I keep it in a sealed jam jar. when not in use.
I could still do with a better system for that purpose though, of carrying about 50ml of acetone to the Repair Cafes.
Thanks for answering that question
as a cleaning solvent still working my way through the last bits of red diesel that came with the house . gone through 3 gallons in five years. IPA is best used in those pump action bottles. they are good,
Lighter fluid dispencers are maybe not very practical, but they solve the problem well in that they are airtight and can dispence mere drops at a time
That one specifically is a Justrite 14004 for any one wondering.
Awesome! I've been looking for one of those for putting my acetone in. I always end up spilling when pouring from the can. We used those in screen printing in art school and I had not been able to find one.
These are $40 on Amazon
@@dsheckx In Canada they're $80 CDN on Amazon and until Adam did this video I didn't have the correct words to successfully find them in a search.
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Similar idea of dispenser bottle exists much cheaper but markeded towards nail polish removers. When i worked in a lab we used something similar. Small glass bottel where you pressed down on the cap to pump a small amout of aceton to the top where you could catch it with a swab.
Acetone is a must in my shop. I build rc airplanes and we use a lot of CA glues. The tips of the bottles get clogged, I just drop it in a Mason jar about half full of acetone and the next day or so tip is clean and ready to re-use. I keep tips off empty bottles and thus have a good supply of new clean tips this way.
My father and uncle worked in engineering & manufacturing for years, one of their shophands recycled an antique alcohol-burning-blowtorch into an acetone drip-dispenser for cleaning up cured fiberglass & resin.
For spraying a lot of solvent, or other liquids, the Sure Shot is pretty awesome.
very interesting item. thanks for the info
I recently decided I needed a solvent dispenser for acetone, GooGone and alcohol but couldn't justify the big ticket bottles. I found some small blue dispensers on one of the big sites and bought 6. I'm very happy with them.. (better suited for the smaller projects)
I just bought a fresh liter bottle of isopropyl alcohol. It's my favorite solvent.
Lamp oil is another one i regularly use. It won't evaporate which makes it a bit more effort to clean up, but it barely smells of anything which is good in my workshop that's hard to ventilate in winter.
If i really need to strip all grease off of something, a can of brake cleaner usually does the job.
I used to get a lot of stuff from McMaster-Carr, back when I was a steely-eyed missile man, running my own rocket propulsion company/lab. But sometime after 911, McMaster stopped selling/shipping to nearly-ALL outside-the-US customers. It was a day of great sadness for me when McMaster refused my order. That was a contributing factor in shutting-down my business at the time. Sigh. I'll also comment that among the Styrene/Toleune/Xylene/Acetone multi-unvirate, Acetone is probably the least noxious, despite the strong odour. I mean, don't go huffing it or anything. But the human body produces it in small quantities, as does S. Cerevisae when metabolising certain plant proteins...
Ditto, and yes, Acetone is definitely one of the, if not the safest solvent out there both in terms of health and enviroment. You even find it in a lot of fruit and vegetables.
IIRC Acetone is the only woodworking finish solvent (other than water and for very specific uses isopropyl) that isn't a controlled substance because of ecological effects.
You may still be able to find 100% acetone nail polish remover at Dollar Tree. The now 1.25 cost is worth the cost of the bottle.
They used to sell them empty. I only kept water and alcohol in them. They seem to seal pretty good.
Nail polish *remover*, is what this person means. Probably most people will figure it out, but for those who don't...
I guess I’m so old I alone knew all along what that was! Very similar to the one’s I saw in Uncle Ellsworth’s boat shop as a kid.
I’ve seen my dad use a shortie dish soap bottle (translucent style). It takes a little skill knowing how far up to pull the stopper for optimal flow but you get the hang of it pretty quick.
I've for ages used an old tall dish soap bottle. Its plastic with a flip top and you can easily dispense just a small or larger amount of liquid. Just flip the top closed when done and it stays sealed.
We used the well type bottle for isopropyl alcohol in my previous job. Very handy and snice we used that stuff daily for cleaning contacts on various electronics, evaporation didn't seem like an issue.
Get a sure shot they are awesome
Holy Crap! That's freakin awesome and I need one of those! Ordering one now!
I really like "Sure-Shot" containers. You can charge them with shop air and turn just about any liquid into an aerosol. I have one for brake clean, WD40, penetrating oil in my shop. It has saved me probably 100s if not 1000s in canned aerosols over the years.
I'm quite fond of these plastic bottles with a screw on dispenser straw that you often see in chemical labs. Because that straw is long and bendy you can get into little nooks to squirt something in. Even just with water in them they're quite useful to get rid of gunk in tight spaces, because with a good squeeze there's quite a bit of force behind the liquid coming out.
when i was a kid i found two of them fully made of brass and i didnt know what they were but they where somehow cool, (because shiny brass) now i finally know what they are!
maybe they are still around somewhere at my parents an i have to get them now that i am more of a maker and could use dispensers for flammables..
I've been meaning to appropriate one of my wife's nail polish bottles with the push dispenser on the top. It should work well to store acetone since that's basically what nail polish remover is and it will dispense it nicely onto a small rag. I might try one for gun cleaning solvent too.
i use the LenLine nylon ESD solvent dispensers, but put some Teflon tape around the threads to keep them from off gassing the contents.
for IPA I use a garden spray bottle, the type with a normal windowleen style trigger. They're not rated for IPA but its had alcohol in it for the last 5 years and its still going strong.
We use those translucent 8oz spray bottles from Amazon for applying a lot liquids from acetone to plain water. The bottle with isopropyl alcohol has probably been the most used the past couple years.
I've been waiting so long for this!!!!
Oh cool! They're just like heavy duty makeup/nail polish remover dispensers! They're usually just cheap plastic things, but they make them in different materials. Maybe those could be an affordable mini-version of this.
I was coming here to mention them. You can get them at the dollar tree.
mechanic here. The main solvent i deal with is brake parts cleaner, which is fairly nasty in and of its self. But i love the sureshot cans. steal can with a brass nozzle atomizer. Now... all of us always take the atomizer part out and take like a 1/32 bit and bore out the hole a bit. Need a stronger stream to blast through oil, grease, and gods know what else under a car.
I love acetone! Especially when you get it on your skin, it has this cooling sensation that also kind of feels like your fingers are dissolving. You should wear gloves of course but I use it so infrequent that I usually dont.
Adam please please please don't hold back from showing us the expensive stuff. I beg of you. I understand the spirit in making making accessable but I aspire to get the best and would love to know what you believe to be the best. No matter the cost. It's your perspective that is invaluable and having it be thwarted by comments saying "ya I wish I could get that" is a tragedy.
I have store bought one preloaded with acetone (nailpolish cleaner). They are cheap and easy to use (though made of plastic).
I have seen medical staff use a version of this that dispenses their IPA on a cotton swab. They are shaped similar to the red device Adam shows but when actuated it pumps a squirt upwards out the nozzle without using gravity to dispense.
Cheap soft plastic catchup/mustart dispenser bottles work well for me. I think mine are made from ptfe. Mine are colorcoded as I dump scrap abs from 3dprinting in there to make liquid plastic used for ascetone welding etc.
Menda Industries 35703. Spill proof pump top with built in "cup" on top. Just tap the top with a q-tip/rag and bam you have a moistened applicator. It's amazing for small detail work.