Anyway, each pudding comes in a little glass dish 8cm wide and 4cm deep. It's a nice quality item that bugs me because you chuck them in the recycling after one use. OK, glass recycles well, but it seems so wasteful.
It occured to me that a couple of these would be useful on the modelling board as somewhere to put little bits while working. A safe haven for screws and small components.
I'm not alone in this - now I know what I'm looking for, I've seen at least two on the TV show The Repair Shop. And another on the jewellery making competition All That Glitters. At first I wasn't sure, but have now taken to peering closely at the screen every time a glass pot appears. Yes, I am weird.
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Doesn't every home have a cupboard filled with "too good to throw away" containers? Takeaway dishes, jamjars, ice cream containers, plastic pots and, now, Gu pots? It's my go-to location whenever I need a storage jar or something to mix paint etc in....
Used to be tobacco tins in my day
Great for mixing paint as well as storage. Tictac boxes are also useful for storing small items and with the lid it is secure as well. Tubs containing washing powder pods are also a useful storage medium especially for scenic materials. There is probably a whole article worth of household goods and food container alternate uses!
Woody
I agree — Gu pots make excellent containers to hold water (solvent) when painting, as their weight and low centre of gravity means they are less likely to suffer accidental spills. I used to use a mixture of plastic yogurt pots and steamed pudding pots, but I find the glass to be much better.
Continuing the theme, (clean) buttery spread containers with lids are useful for storing styrene sheet off-cuts, brass etch waste, individual kit-built wagons, etc.
We use these for EVERYTHING. One collects teabags to stop tea dripping on its way to the bin. One is currently under a tap with a slow leak.
Use them with plastic lids from canning. Great for brush water and for brush cleaning.
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