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Old 07-17-2011, 10:38 PM   #1
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Any advice on storing delicate glassware like pipettes?


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myself I'd go to walmart get a couple of those big rolls of bubble wrap and do them individually, but to be honest if your not going to be moving it around I would wrap loosely in newspaper I've got a few boxes of hand blown crystal and thats what I did of course they haven't been moved since I put them up. if moving them around bubble wrap is best. You can even get bubble wrap where it's like little stoage bins you slide stuff in


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I keep some of my pippetts in a pippett stand and others in a padded drawer.



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oh man! My stuff looks so rudimentary compared to your pics!! We do not have pipettes, don't even know what they are for actually!!! I got me a baster that I steralize to extract wine from carboy to test SG, couple carboys, couple primarys, a hydrometer, and some corks and bottles!! LOL! I need to aquire more it seems
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Looks nice Runningwolf, just a wee bit bigger than my setup. Right now all my stuff has to fit in a plastic tub or a small overhead bathroom cabinet. Not exactly ideal to store my sole 1 mL pipette.
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I have bought a bunch of little plastic containers at Walmart for storage. Each one holds everything for each test. One for ph solutions another for S02, etc. Then when I want to do a specific test I just pull out the container and everything is there. They are only a few cents or dollars and come in all sizes in their kitchen dept.
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I have bought a bunch of little plastic containers at Walmart for storage. Each one holds everything for each test. One for ph solutions another for S02, etc. Then when I want to do a specific test I just pull out the container and everything is there. They are only a few cents or dollars and come in all sizes in their kitchen dept.
Thanks, I'll give it a look see next time I'm at the store.
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Couldn't find any plastic containers of an appropriate size. Anything long enough to hold the pipette was so large that it would swallow it.

Right now, I'm torn between a pipette stand and bubble wrap with a rubber band.
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This is what I have in my drawer now to keep them contained. This hold the majority of them. The ones that are too long I just place in the front and back of the tray.

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I thought you meant long term storage of glassware like glasses and such lol I knew you said pipettes and such just thought oh well


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