"Any use for old dropper bottles?" Topic

I'm getting to the point where I'm emptying my oldest dropper bottles of paint. The first couple, I cleaned out and saved, figuring I might need to use them as replacements, or maybe cannibalize them, using the lid or nipple on a different bottle.
Now, I'm getting to the point where are bunch are empty, or soon will be. Is there anything useful to do with them, or do I just recycle the plastic?

Grelber
Who clearly hates to throw anything away

I tend to use a clean dropper bottle to hold water – easy to add a couple of drops to the paint on my palette as needed.

If you find yourself mixing certain colours regularly, you could do that in larger scale in one of the dropper bottles to hold the mixture.

If you are into 28 mm SF gaming, the empty dropper bottles might work great for terrain projects, such as industrial containers (not sure how well they hold paint on the surface, though). Or perhaps the lid could be used as a piece of a rocket engine.

Use them for colors that you custom mix

Be sure you check the recycle code. My local recycler only accepts codes 1, 2, and 5, but not 6. If there is no code then it is not recyclable.

Jim

I transfer bottle paints – like GW – into dropper bottles, along with a stainless steel agitator ball. I think dropper bottles help extend the life of paint by limiting the exposure to air.

I transferred all my old Polly-S paints into dropper bottles.

This must be a frugal wargamer thing. They are like 50 for $15 USD on Amazon.

Saving them is not worth my time.

I like the idea of using them for water but I have not used them enough to have an empty.
I am not into SCI-FI but every once in a while I look at something I am getting ready to pitch and think "this might be a ….. for sci-fi." (did not know how to put that in a thought balloon.) Any possibilities for the dropper bottle?

They would make great fluid tanks (fuel, water, LOH, L-Hyd, whatever) for a spaceport, but would also be plausible for a modern setting as large plastic cisterns for water or even the containers on the tops of water towers.

Using them for paints from pots is probably the best use.

As Oberlindes says, they are great for making terrain items. Chemical storage tanks or whatever.