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For those of you who buy chemicals in 5 litre containers.

Yesterday I had to replenish some chems in the nova from a new 5 liter container.

As always , until the volume drops to about 4 litres, I find it impossible to pour the liquid out without it dribbling everywhere!

Forced to do the process in the shower to make clearing up the mess easier, it remains frustrating that a percentage of chemicals is lost / wasted.

Do you guys have clever methods to get around this problem?
 
Asha said:
For those of you who buy chemicals in 5 litre containers.

Yesterday I had to replenish some chems in the nova from a new 5 liter container.

As always , until the volume drops to about 4 litres, I find it impossible to pour the liquid out without it dribbling everywhere!

Forced to do the process in the shower to make clearing up the mess easier, it remains frustrating that a percentage of chemicals is lost / wasted.

Do you guys have clever methods to get around this problem?
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If you can’t symphony it out try pouring it with the container tipping on to its wide side. Or get either of these …
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Asha said:
For those of you who buy chemicals in 5 litre containers.

Yesterday I had to replenish some chems in the nova from a new 5 liter container.

As always , until the volume drops to about 4 litres, I find it impossible to pour the liquid out without it dribbling everywhere!

Forced to do the process in the shower to make clearing up the mess easier, it remains frustrating that a percentage of chemicals is lost / wasted.

Do you guys have clever methods to get around this problem?
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Use a turkey baster as a large pipette. When I worked in a laboratory, we had a very similar device to extract concentrated hydrochloric acid from Winchesters. Cost £1.25 each here in Lincoln.

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I’m sure they are plastic containers so this probably won’t work, but if you are referring to dribbling back down the outside of the bottle then oLd-timer chemists used to lightly smear grease on the outside — actually they used the grease from the side of their nose on glassware.

The usually thing with pouring is to do it ‘boldly to get a stream going but I guess you are only removing small volumes.

I would go with the “tap” suggested above by @RaglanSurf .
 
Turn the container so that you tip it up with the wide side horizontal. It doesn't 'glug' and is much easier to handle. I learned this from an episode of Dragon's Den, wherein Peter Jones completely blew a budding entrepreneur's idea to bits. Here is a video of someone using the method:

Pouring without spilling
 
Asha said:
For those of you who buy chemicals in 5 litre containers.

Yesterday I had to replenish some chems in the nova from a new 5 liter container.

As always , until the volume drops to about 4 litres, I find it impossible to pour the liquid out without it dribbling everywhere!

Forced to do the process in the shower to make clearing up the mess easier, it remains frustrating that a percentage of chemicals is lost / wasted.

Do you guys have clever methods to get around this problem?
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It bugs me when I spill some windscreen washer fluid when I'm refilling the cars but in fact, it's only a tablespoon or 2 that gets wasted. Martin's (SSU) trick of turning the can on its side works well.
 
Get some smaller containers and decant from large to a number of small, dropping in some marbles to ensure no oxidisation of the ones to be stored for a while?
 
lindsay said:
Get some smaller containers and decant from large to a number of small, dropping in some marbles to ensure no oxidisation of the ones to be stored for a while?
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Ah the marbles ….. I have stashes of them for that exact purpose , in fact my present bottle of film developer weighs more now that it’s near empty than what it did when it was bought new :LOL:
 
Ok folks, thanks for all the ideas.
The tap idea does seem to be the best option ….. found some locally online but I’ll be in the ‘big city ‘ next week so I’ll have a look in the shops .
 
Look on the bright side - you haven't lost your marbles (post 10).
 
StephenM said:
Look on the bright side - you haven't lost your marbles (post 10).
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I can offer these spare marbles out on loan to anyone who may have lost theirs :naughty::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:
 
Sorry Raglan, I didn't notice you'd already mentioned my method.
 
BTW If the bottles come with a removable foil seal under the cap, it’s worth not removing it but punching a hole on the ‘lower’ (varies with how you hold it) rim and a smaller one (as an air inlet) on the upper side rim. Restricts the flow and avoids the tendency to an initial ‘glug’.
 
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