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- Rinse with ethanol, methylated spirits or acetone in a well ventilated area. Works faster if glassware is hot.
- Use a hairdryer or incubator.
- Acetone or blow with N2 gas (if available)
- If volumetric flasks are rinsed with distilled water, they don’t need to be completely dry when making up chemicals.
- Place them in an oven – low heat
- Rinse with alcohol or methylated spirits (depending on what they are going to be used for). This results in quick evaporation and hence quick drying. This works for dissection instruments as well, so that they don’t rust. You can keep reusing the alcohol, as it is just a rinse and pour out.
- If you have no oven or alcohol (methylated spirits) is not an option, then place them near a fan or aircon.
- Set glassware up near lights that are used for radiant heat experiments. These lights get very hot.
- Some dishwashers have a drying function or stage in their cycle that you can select.
- After rinsing thoroughly, dewater with a isopropyl alcohol.
- When glassware is inverted the liquid remnants run out quite well.
- Pour in some alcohol, shake and/or rotate to pick up all the water drops, them pour it into the next bottle or flask, and so on.
- Removing the bulk of the rinsing water should allow glassware to dry quicker and a little gentle heating would speed things up.
- Use Infrared lamps, or blow heated air over the opening of the glassware, if you had a suitable heater. Heating mantles may help.
- Fans or air track air sources used for blowing air over the tops of the glassware will assist with drying.