i just recently had my first attempt at fiberglassing (just a piece of cardboard to practice) and i went to pour some acetone in a plastic cup to dip the brush in, and before i knew it, the acetone had completely eaten through the plastic and proceeded to go all over the place. So i was just wondering what you guys all use to hold the acetone in, thanks


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a glass jar...?

yep get a glass container, or line the plastic with some aluminum foil.

are you sure it was acetone?
did you just use a regular yogurt cup?

i went to wally world and just bought a hard plastic measuring cup in the cooking department and i didnt have any problem with the actone eating through that plastic...it was like $2.50 for a set of 3


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yea it was def acetone, and it wasnt a yogurt container it was just a plastic drinking cup


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probalby the flimsy plastic kind.

tupperware usually works fine.


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yeah that happen to my cousin too it was funnny

Some plastics are funny with chemicals. Years ago when I was just a little troublemaker, I used to build models. I had found this new paint that seemed pretty cool, had some different colors, and I wanted to try it.
I put it in a plastic cup and started to stir it before pouring it into my airbrush. A few seconds into stirring, and the bottom dropped right off, spilling the paint all over the bench. I was pissed at the time, but it's funny now.

yup thats exactly what happened to me



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Hmm...kinda off topic. I was thinking about using Acetone to clean up my plastic interior pieces before painting them.

Does anyone know if this would end up ruining the plastic?





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