Pipette

A pipette is a tube with a squeezable bulb on one end that can be used for transferring and dispensing liquids in small and controlled amounts. It's one of those things that I now wonder how I ever lived without, they are so useful for dispensing thinned white glue, ink wash, wet water and the like.

You don't need fancy ones, in fact I'd recommend the exact opposite. The ones I use come from Hobbycraft, in the glass painting aisle, and are under a pound each. They are made of polythene or something similar, and they work just fine. The thicker ones hold slightly more, the thinner, longer ones are more controllable.

Use cheap ones because you might one day not be able to get the liquid out fully. For example, you can pipette resin water (Woodland Scenics "realistic water") into "puddles" in asphalt, but the residue will not wash out so it will cost you a pipette. At £3.99 for five it's not quite free, but certainly not the end of the world - though do plan all your puddling in one session!



This is a terrible picture, I must take a new one.