Good Tupperware recommendation

[goose]

What's a good, solvent resistant, plastic container for small parts soaking?
The cheap plastic storage deforms quickly, and even genuine Tupperware starts to get sticky and deform after many weeks. And, of course, the Tupperware came with the standard lecture about how expensive these are and how she got them at a Tupperware party when she was in her 20's, etc., etc. The solvent in question was oderless mineral spirits. I use it to degrease and clean various parts. The plus of plastic and semi-clear is preferred over glass pickle jars, etc. Hi-density polyethylene also deteriorates. I got a couple squeeze bottles from McMaster-Carr and filled them with Tap-magic, worked great, but after a couple months, deformed as well.

Thank you,

Gary

[daveo]

I use one gallon buckets from home depot

[Bill Pace]

Hmmm, thats odd.... I've tried, or got now, about every kind of plastic container in my shop, and have never had that happen. I love the little butter tubs to soak spray gun parts in the likes of lacquer thinner or acetone. I've even got Aspirin/vitamin/ antacid bottles with cutting oil and kerosene in them to keep around the lathe and mill. Have 8-10 of the dedicated drip or squeeze bottles like you describe and have anything from water to MEK in them. For washing/soaking parts in a smallish container I use a common plastic 5 gal bucket cut off at about 6-8 inches - the one I've got now has had mineral spirits in it for some 5-6 years.

[PeteF]

I'm not sure if you guys in the US get your ice cream in plastic containers, but it's often sold that way here in Australia. I'm pretty sure the plastic they use is Polypropylene which is resistant to many normal solvents. If any start getting a bit tired looking I just eat more ice cream
http://www.cityplastics.com.au/polypropylene.html