evil804 wrote:glass eye droppers work great for getting the last few ML of solvent. tilt your vessel, and pull the last bit of solvent with the glass eye dropper, then any basic slurry will be at the bottom allowing you to squeeze out the slurry without losing a drop of solvent. they can be found at a pharmacy like CVS/rite aid, $3 for a pair, one straight and one angled tip.
Glass eye droppers all the way. I use a extra long one for 4oz amber bottles, with a bit of electrical tape wrapped around the bottom of a 3ml luer lock oral syringe to form a seal between them. Use the luer lock to get suction, but don't let the solvent go above the top of the glass, plastic and np's no beuno.
Works good to get more solvent in each pull, when eye dropper tops usually don't displace enough volume to use the glass tube to its full capacity, 3cc's of air is more than enough to pull solvent to the top of the tube when using a 3ml luerlock and 4oz bottle dropper tube.
Just be sure to get a good tight seal with the tape, and don't let the solvent ever come in contact with the luer lock or the electrical tape.
For larger volumes, glass/stainless steel turkey baster followed with a sep funnel decanting to drain away any water that got sucked up. But using limo for my basic soup pulls, you really only need a small amount and most of the time, glass droppers do the job fine.
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