How to Make a Pipette

A pipette is a small, slender, glass or plastic tube used for picking up and transporting small droplets of material from one container to another in a laboratory setting. Pipettes are also used by model enthusiasts to remove the paint from enamel or acrylic paint containers and place it on a palette for color mixing. While laboratory workers may have a ready supply of new pipettes, many modelers do not. If you lost or broke your pipette, you can use a small coffee stirring straw as a replacement.

Things You'll Need

• 1 coffee stirrer straw

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Instructions

1. • 1

     Push the tip of the straw slightly into the paint.

   • 2

     Place your finger over the top end of the straw.

   • 3

     Grab the middle of the straw with your other hand.

   • 4

     Pull the straw up out of the paint, and bring it over your palette.

   • 5

     Squeeze with your fingers that are holding the middle of the straw. Count the drops that come out of the pipette until you have as many as you need.