Organizing Supplies (Lab Rack)

submitted over 9 years ago by oxsyn

I've been dabbling in DIY and just decided to get a little more serious - placed a larger order from wizard labs (all 1oz bottles from CAP/LA/TFA/FA). I also picked up a small mini-fridge for the basement to store my nicotine/pg/vg (not sure if I should store flavors in it as well yet, I've read mixed things).

My collection of equipment and supplies has grown pretty large now, so I'm trying to start storing and organizing things effectively. I'd like to order some kind of storage rack to hold all the flavoring bottles (at least), since there's quite a few of them.I looked around on the wizard labs site, but didn't see any indication of the bottle sizes, but didn't find any information. Anyone have any ideas or solutions?

I was looking at some plastic lab storage racks on amazon (but don't know if the bottles will fit):

http://amzn.com/B00LUT38SG
http://amzn.com/B00N3Y2BP2
http://amzn.com/B005Z4QWIK

Anyone have any experience in this area they can pass on?

As a secondary consideration, I also have the following bottles & vials, which I use to store the mixtures and test samples - and it would be nice to have some sort of rack to store them as well.

http://amzn.com/B002JV6976
http://amzn.com/B00STLP7AU
http://amzn.com/B00J3FJPW2

I was hoping to find an easy prebuilt plastic storage organization solution - but if I can't, then I may just glue a couple pieces of wood together, drill out the correctly sized holes and plastidip it to make a custom rack.

Comments

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by YelnatstreboRover 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I got a nail polish organizer from Amazon, it holds about 60 bottles.
Edit: 60 30ml bottles

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by DustForVomitover 9 years agoMixologist

Yeah, that's what I use too. They work quite well:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00GBCPM6I

I also have a couple of these that work well for all of the those little 4ml size TFA flavors.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01187Z8KU

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by captenplanet90over 9 years ago

Does the first one you linked hold the standard 13ml capella bottles?

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by DustForVomitover 9 years agoMixologist

Yeah, it holds them fine. I'll try to remember to take a picture when I get home.

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by bobs_atza_my_penisover 9 years ago

I can third this. Got one for the lady as a Christmas gift and a light bulb came on in my head. It works amazingly perfect

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by mechchic84over 9 years ago

Not sure how much my pics will help but here is most of my set up. I bought one of the test tube displays you are considering. It fits perfectly in the bottom of the small tool box I got but I have 8ml bottles from wizard labs. Bigger ones might be different.

http://imgur.com/a/BRLsy

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by thedirtyprojectorover 9 years agoOne of "The Damned"

If you have a Muji outlet near you, check out their plastic compartments. Really ergonomic and functional.

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by f4t3xover 9 years ago

I've got a couple of these tattoo ink stands in my mixing room and they work great and can fit larger bottles easily. edit I also have the larger one here and it's on sale right now.

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by 401Vapesover 9 years ago

Those ones hold the 4oz bottles?

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by f4t3xover 9 years ago

Unfortunately no, 3oz bottles are the the biggest that'll fit.

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by 401Vapesover 9 years ago

Damn. Was really hoping they'd fit. Thanks for answering though.

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by AdolfJongUnover 9 years ago

I have a whole bunch of 120ml bottles that won't fit on these nail Polish stands I also make quite a bit of juice

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by xDeadacexover 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Depending on how much storage you need and portability a nail polish organizer like YelnatstreboR noted would be perfect. If it helps I use 3 of these Art/Craft boxes from Amazon that each holds 27, 1oz bottles from WL in the bottom compartment. *http://amzn.com/B004OKRIOI

Portability is my priority for me. For nic and vg, I keep them in a cardboard box.

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by captenplanet90over 9 years ago

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01187Z8KU?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00

I ordered 2 of these. They only fit the 10 ml bottles :/

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by RuntDastardlyover 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

My first thought with those test-tube racks was that the rows don't have graduated heights, so it'll make it difficult to read your labels and know what you're grabbing for.

Those stepped acrylic nail polish organizers that /u/xDeadacex recommended seem like a nice choice for 10ml bottles, but, where you have a lot of 30ml, that could be a problem.

Not sure if this is helpful, but, my plan is to attach a peg-wall to the back of a work table and then hang one of these on it: http://amzn.to/1RLkhWX

I'm getting reeeeal tired of boxing/unboxing my scale and pecking through a toolbox hoping I grab the right flavors from a sea of undiffrentiated little caps sorted alphabetically by brand. Like This

Time for a dedicated mixing station.

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by BigForShortover 9 years ago

I have a similar setup, except I bought little stickers from Walmart and labeled the top of each cap with a number. Each flavor in juice calculator has a number in it's notes.

Took a little while to get them all labeled, but it only takes a few seconds to find a flavor now.

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by RuntDastardlyover 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

That's a really smart solution, thank you!

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by Melissa_Majoraover 9 years ago

I have http://amzn.com/B005Z4QWIK (the third rack in your first set of links) and it works really well for the small 8ml glass vials. It wouldn't fit anything much larger, though.

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by surfingriceover 9 years ago

Don't have a pic right now, but I use 4oz bottles, so I use a book shelf that I got from work, all my flavors fit on the bottom shelf (not much room left) and my VG/PG/nic fit in the bottom section. Have my "in use" VG PG on the shelf above the flavors, along with pre mixed bases, all sitting on top of a plastic food tray. Getting a table soon to do all of my mixing on, which is where my ultrasonic cleaner will sit, along with the food tray full of supplies. Will post pic when I get home from work.

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by Tyranus2099over 9 years ago

I think nail polish racks would be the most optimal and efficient storage method, considering you have a desk or area you mix on. I plan on getting some but I'm holding out to see if I can grab similar fixture for free from work. I currently use a few wooden boxes of various height for my 8ml,10ml and 1oz bottles that I picked up from a craft store, however it can get annoying picking each one up looking for a particular flavor. Then I use a small plastic container for my clean bottles I mix into.

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by scmvover 9 years ago

I use two Ikea CD racks, maybe 6.5 feet high. It was the perfect solution for me. The advantages are: Every label is instantly readable without touching or moving anything, every size of bottle fits (the shelves are removable/adjustable), and it takes up very little floor space. The two of them would hold 120 to 150 bottles.

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by blowingcloudsdailyover 9 years ago

This is what i use. http://imgur.com/DpFvbdn