How do you guys get small amounts of paint thinner?

I went to home depot to get some enamel paint thinner today for some airbrushing. I asked the lady if i coudl use the eye dropper i had to get small amounts, she said no cuz the thinner will eat the plastic. I was wondering what coud i use to get small amounts out of the jug? Its like a 3 sumthing litre jug so pouring is out of the question lol, what do you guys use?

A funnel.
I got lucky and found a dispenser cap for soy sauce (that comes in the same gallon cans as thinner) that snaps on to the spout and allows easy pouring even into Model Master bottles... - Mark

I got syringes from my fiance. No we're not junkies - she's a nurse. They're plastic too and I've had no melting problems.

Can't see why you can't use an eyedropper seeing as it's just the 'handle' which'll be rubber.

Plastic pipettes. Hobby stores should have them in the paint section, and medical supply stores probably carry them, too.

Scale-Master: wow that is lucky, hmm maybe i should look into getting

Sticky-Fingers: The eye droppers i use are fully plastic, so thats y ic ant use. I went to walmart to see if they have syringes, they had em but no needles, if they had the needles than that would been perfect, and what kinda thinner do you use?

008 - I have those, those are fully plastic, i doubt they will work cuz they will melt

Right now looks liek my best options is the syringes, the plastic on em is much thicker and a diff type, more resistant to melting. I does anyone know where i can get the needles to with em?

What are you trying to thin?

What are you trying to thin?
Some Model Master/Testors Paint for an airbrush. I wanna paint the inetrrior.

Glass droppers shouldn't be too hard to find- I got mine at the local grocery store.

Speaking of small amounts of thinner, though- Testors makes their own thinner to go with MM paints, that will give you much better results than brand X thinner from the local hardware store. More expensive, but woth it.

Testors and Humrols thinners are sold in larger quantities than the small glassjars. My local hobbyshop sell Humbrols in 200ml tincans..
I have never had any problems with these enamelthinners attacking plastic..
And finally,to get that thinner up; Some sort of syringe should u be able to get from a paintstore/pharmacy/arts´n´ncraft store ??
Last resort: Start dating a nurse ( she can get u big quantities of "surgeon gloves" too. Mine does;) )

Glass droppers shouldn't be too hard to find- I got mine at the local grocery store.

Speaking of small amounts of thinner, though- Testors makes their own thinner to go with MM paints, that will give you much better results than brand X thinner from the local hardware store. More expensive, but woth it.

Glass droppers, thats what i was looking for. Ok ill look in the grocery store thanks.
And ya i thought about that but i read that HUGE post on airbrushes and it stated that using thinner from liek home depot was fine so i went with it. ill try both, ill see which one is better.

We use the cheap plastic pipettes on thinner and have never had a problem.

I think the Testors brand thinner is way overpriced, to the point of gouging. I have great luck with Home Depot lacquer thinner for everything... - Mark

I'm not sure what the right 'wrong' thinner for MM enamels is...
Regular hardware store enamel thinner didn't work well for me though.
MM/Testors airbrush thinner works very well and even the 1.75oz bottle lasts me several months. You can poor un-used thinned paint back into the bottle too, while if you use another thinner it will most likely cause the paint in the bottle to separate or turn to un-usable gooo.
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I have never had any problems with these enamelthinners attacking plastic..
Well the regular paint thinner from home depot kills plastic, iam still on the hunt for a syringe. Ill ask my friend, she works at shoppers drug mart, should have some. thanks guys

If the thinner is so strong that it will eat pipettes, I hate to think what it will do to your models. On the other hand, I think the lady at Home Depot is absolutely clueless.

Forget the Home Depot lady, listen to modelers who know what they're talking about from actually using the products...008, 99civichic and Scale Master, their advice is perfect. Plastic pipettes are made from a plastic that is impervious to thinners, both enamel and lacquer. The lacquer thinner you can buy at Home Depot is the best thing ever for Testors enamels. Testors thinner is ridiculously overpriced and slow to dry. The lacquer thinner is perfect for cleaning up your airbrush from lacquers, enamels, and even some acrylics like Tamiya. In fact you can shoot your Tamiya acrylics thinned w/that same lacquer thinner. You can buy a gallon of it for the price of a pint of Testors.

ZoomZoomMX-5: You are absolutely right, however the airbrush that i would be using is gravity fed with a metal bowl lol :lol: i made sure i didnt get siphen fed for that specific reason

and PROBLEM SOLVED! Iam so slow today. I just realsed that the container that the thinner came in is.....PLASTIC!! So hence this thinner doesnt eat through them. DAMN i didnt notice ealier :banghead:
I opend up the jug, and took a whiff, smelt exactly like the testors thinner. I read the jug and it said it wasnt acetone based, and the old thinner that i used was and was in a metal bottle (i ONLY used this to clean my hand brushes and things) I took my pipettes that i had and sucked some in and left it for about 5 mins to test if it would eat it, it didnt!! Therefore ZoomZoom this proves the fact that the lady is cluless lol. Ok so we are good, thanks again guys!!

I use Home Depot thinner myself, $4 a gallon vs. $3 for a small tin of Testors. I use the pipettes for everything. In fact they were recommended by the hobby shop guys when I purchased my first airbrush and I've stuck with them since. The first ones I purchased were even Testors brand, with their airbrush lineup.

Don't use syringes. Before pipettes I was using syringes until the rubber inside would expand from solvents and it wouldn't move anymore. My wife works at a hospital so I got them pretty often but it's just a waste.