Storage solutions

[hissie]

Since I'm going to have a bash at mixing my own, I'm wondering what storage solutions people use to store their concentrates/nic base ect.

I've had my trusty little tool box for quite some time now & am thinking maybe I need to buy something else. Don't want to pay the earth tho'

[newdawn]

I bought a big timber box with 6 bottles of wine in it that has two levels to it. Top half lifts out and is the part I keep concentrates and mixes. Bottom half is where I keep syringes, empty bottles, pg & vg. Has the added bonus of lots of wine to drink if you go that route.

[lairey]

I use a bunch of these for my 10ml concentrates, inside a plastic box, 15ml and bigger bottles go at the side. I have a second plastic box for pg, vg, base and syringes. Empty bottles live in a cardboard box tucked at the side of the dresser in the dining room. When I have a mixing session, I take each of the stands out and have them fanned out in front of me

[OneDay]

Wilko toolbox, £2.99

[clivealive1]

i use plant seed trays to put my made up liquid 10ml bottles in for when i take the lids off for 24 hours.
got these from asda for £2 for 6 trays , also use another tray on top as a lid. (holes allow the air in)
although the tray holes are bigger than the 10ml bottles they fit (cant fall over) and it leaves enough room for the lids to sit next to them
in the tray. cheap skate a. works a treat though.

[sammy13]

I have
a clip loc box for my concentrates.
a clip loc box for those steeping.
a clip loc box for syringes, measuring cups etc.
Nic base, vg kept separate in a bag.
So to make up stuff I grab bag, plus 2 clip locs.

[ceedee]

I picked up one of these in Ikea for £9.
Each drawer is 164mm x 122mm x 90mm high (so they cope with all but the tallest 30ml bottles). 

And I made interlocking cardboard divider strips to keep the bottles from sliding around within the drawers too much.

[clivealive1]

instructions for making interlocking cardboard divider strips please lol

[ceedee]

Apr 1, 2014 22:06:52 GMT clivealive1 said:

instructions for making interlocking cardboard divider strips please lol

I started by figuring out the compartment sizes I wanted and then calculated where the intersections would be. 
I then made 40mm wide strips of cardboard (so I could still read part of the labels) to the lengths I wanted (6x widthways, 4x lengthways) and cut half-height slits just a couple of millimeters wide and half the height of the cardboard strips.

I've actually got one drawer for 30ml and another for 10ml bottles but I'm sure it's possible to mix the sizes up within each drawer.

It took quite a while with a scalpel and steel rule to create the strips but once you've got the dimensions figured out, it's straightforward.

Very satisfying once it's all assembled and the bottles are securely in place.


Hope all that makes sense...


Edit: A picture will explain the idea better than my garbled attempt.

[lobeydosser]

I search ebay for thimble racks. I buy the ones that will fit on the shelves in my study. I have a couple for made up e-juice and one for concentrates.

[clivealive1]

Apr 1, 2014 22:28:03 GMT ceedee said:

Apr 1, 2014 22:06:52 GMT clivealive1 said:

instructions for making interlocking cardboard divider strips please lol

I started by figuring out the compartment sizes I wanted and then calculated where the intersections would be. 
I then made 40mm wide strips of cardboard (so I could still read part of the labels) to the lengths I wanted (6x widthways, 4x lengthways) and cut half-height slits just a couple of millimeters wide and half the height of the cardboard strips.

I've actually got one drawer for 30ml and another for 10ml bottles but I'm sure it's possible to mix the sizes up within each drawer.

It took quite a while with a scalpel and steel rule to create the strips but once you've got the dimensions figured out, it's straightforward.

Very satisfying once it's all assembled and the bottles are securely in place.


Hope all that makes sense...


Edit: A picture will explain the idea better than my garbled attempt.

thanks will mull that over tomorrow , cheers

[Perpetua]

Empty tomato punnets and ice cream containers for me, for flavourings tucked away in the fridge/cupboard . . . no expense spared in my house.

Everything else gets rammed into one of these:

[hissie]

Thanks y'all. Much appreciated

[Greg]

I use these for 30ml bottles

[hissie]

Wow..that looks very posh greg