TheDungeonDelver Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hey all. I got back to painting after a long, long hiatus and was happy to discover that even after 2 years most of my reaper MSPs and even some of my ProPaints were still viable, but I also discovered a big problem - many of my paint bottles' caps literally crumbled to plastic meal in my hands when I tried to take them off the bottles to test the consistency. I ordered replacement caps but silly me didn't read the description closely enough and wouldn't you know, they're all flat caps. :( So now I have some paints that are slowly drying out, but otherwise OK, because I don't have lids for them...a little help, someone? Does anyone know where I can get actual dropper caps, not flat caps? Using flat caps and cleaning the dropper tips every time I want to paint seems pretty wasteful. Thanks in advance all. -Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orcsoul Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 usplastics.com sells dropper bottles (and presumably caps) that are nearly identical if not identical to the ones that the pro paints are in, it's where I ordered a bunch of bottles to migrate some old paints into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vutpakdi Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 US Plastics is where I get my dropper bottles. Very similar to the ones that Reaper uses, and the caps should be interchangeable. I order the "15cc Natural Boston Round Bottle with Dropper Cap" aka Item #66532. I'm almost certain that you can order the components separately as well as the entire bottle. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenity Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 I've never ordered replacement bottles or caps, but if you contact Reaper ([email protected]), maybe they'll provide the replacements you need. They have great customer service when it comes to paints, but I'm not sure what they do about bad bottles and caps. It can't hurt to ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDungeonDelver Posted September 5, 2011 Author Share Posted September 5, 2011 I'm thinking these are they: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=26066&catid=806 but they look a little short. Hm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubilee Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I'd speak to reaper first about replacement nozzles. One of my nozzles recently spontaneously did this, but the paint was already almost completely gone and I had a new bottle waiting for it to run out anyway.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herzogbrian Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 in the mean time, if the neck size and thread are correct, just pop the dropper end off your paint bottle and cap with your flat cap. Be certain to rinse the dropper end free of paint or you will have an whole other issue on your hands. Good luck!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDungeonDelver Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 I'd speak to reaper first about replacement nozzles. One of my nozzles recently spontaneously did this, but the paint was already almost completely gone and I had a new bottle waiting for it to run out anyway.. I asked; they do sell replacement tips but not caps for bottles with tips which is kinda the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vutpakdi Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 I'm thinking these are they: http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/item.aspx?itemid=26066&catid=806 but they look a little short. The bottles that I referenced (15cc Natural Boston Dropper Rounds) are a few mm taller than the Reaper bottles (probably hold a cc or two more) and are the same diameter. Based on a quick test, the dropper caps are interchangeable with the Reaper ones: they screw on just fine and seem to have a decent fit. That said, I always use the Reaper ones on the Reaper bottles and the US Plastic ones on the US Plastic bottles. Ron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reaper User Vaitalla Posted September 6, 2011 Reaper User Share Posted September 6, 2011 Wow, disintegrating caps?? This is really weird! I have MSP bottles from the first release seven years ago, and they are fine...can you tell me a little bit more? How are you storing them? Have they been exposed to very hot or cold temperatures? I just talked to Ed and he said this could be a manufacturer flaw--essentially, the material not getting hot enough in the molds, so the pellets that make the cap didn't stick. We'll be contacting our manufacturer. In the meantime, please email [email protected] about getting replacement paint caps. I'll let Adrienne know you'll be contacting her. We can certainly get you some new MSP caps. --Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDungeonDelver Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Wow, disintegrating caps?? This is really weird! I have MSP bottles from the first release seven years ago, and they are fine...can you tell me a little bit more? How are you storing them? Have they been exposed to very hot or cold temperatures? I just talked to Ed and he said this could be a manufacturer flaw--essentially, the material not getting hot enough in the molds, so the pellets that make the cap didn't stick. We'll be contacting our manufacturer. In the meantime, please email [email protected] about getting replacement paint caps. I'll let Adrienne know you'll be contacting her. We can certainly get you some new MSP caps. --Anne I'm storing them in an ex-retail display rack (very handy most of the time) and just out here in the man-cave. There's no a/c but it hasn't gotten excessively hot (peaks out around 90F). Of course it's also gotten pretty cold out here, too (believe it or not we actually really do have honest to god winter in Florida - just not for long stretches) so it's likely a combination. I did fire off an email a couple weeks ago but the only catalog item they could offer were the flat caps (which I inadvertently ordered from a vendor of your products - didn't think to check the actual product image, just clicked and bought). It was Adrienne who I emailed. Please note that's not a gripe at her. If they weren't there, they weren't there and she got back to me very quickly so don't think I'm lodging a complaint about the level of service. You guys are swell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dks Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Anne, As I was trying to squeeze some Russet Brown out of the bottle last night, the cone portion of the dropper-tip broke off of the ring portion, so paint oozed out and then the cone sank into the bottle when I turned the bottle right-side-up again. That's the first time anything like this has happened. Since you give me paints practically as soon as you create them, this was probably from the first batch of Russet Brown -- if that helps you put a date to the bottle. I store my paints upright, and the only extreme temperature this bottle has seen would have been on the airplane flight when I brought it from Dallas to California. I can hold out until the RAC to pick up a new cap or a new bottle. Derek Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jubilee Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 It happened to me with blackened brown - I think it was one of the first batches, since I normally get them asap and I don't remember buying extra later.. No extreme temperatures here in Portland except for original transport from Texas .. No squeezing involved on my experience. I opened it and the cone separated from the ring and sank into the bottle. 1 out of the hundreds of RMS/RHD paints I have isn't bad odds, though. Ali ps.. 90 degrees sounds like extreme temperatures to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artists Wren Posted September 7, 2011 Artists Share Posted September 7, 2011 I had the same thing that Jubilee and Derek describe happen with one bottle of paint, but I no longer remember which colour. But one failure out of all the paint isn't very notable. Also I think the OP is talking about the white plastic outer caps not the inner nozzle tips, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDungeonDelver Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Yes, it's the white caps, not the nozzle tips. Other than the fact that they clog almost immediately after use, I've never had a problem with the dropper tips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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