Replacement straws for WD40 cans?

[David.WE.Roberts]

ISTR you used to be able to buy bundles of those thin red straws which you
get with WD40 cans and always lose eventually.

However Google is not my friend, and eBay isn't helping either.

Anyone know where you can get these?

Cheers

Dave R

[John Rumm]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lot-of-30-WD40-Red-Straws-Straw-Tube-Tubes-5-Spray-Oil-Cleaner-/200941654114?pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item2ec90e5062

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SpraySnake-Spray-Can-Red-Replace-Lost-WD-40-Tube-Tubes-Straw-Extension-CRC-WD40-/261285796874?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd5d8dc0a



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Cheers,

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[fred]

Well done that man. Too good to miss. I just ordered the red snake !

[David.WE.Roberts]

On Fri, 27 Sep 2013 14:22:19 +0100, John Rumm wrote:

> On 27/09/2013 13:21, David.WE.Roberts wrote:
>> ISTR you used to be able to buy bundles of those thin red straws which
>> you get with WD40 cans and always lose eventually.
>>
>> However Google is not my friend, and eBay isn't helping either.
>>
>> Anyone know where you can get these?
>
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lot-of-30-WD40-Red-Straws-Straw-Tube-Tubes-5-
Spray-Oil-Cleaner-/200941654114?
pt=Motors_Automotive_Tools&hash=item2ec90e5062
>
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SpraySnake-Spray-Can-Red-Replace-Lost-WD-40-
Tube-Tubes-Straw-Extension-CRC-WD40-/261285796874?
pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cd5d8dc0a

Thanks - I was probably filtering on UK sourced items.

Not going to turn up in a hurry from Australia, though.

Wonder why they aren't for sale in the UK?

Cheers

Dave R

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

On 27 Sep 2013 12:21:12 GMT, "David.WE.Roberts" <nos...@nospam.net>
wrote:

Yes. Over the years I've made a point of keeping the straws and
sprayheads of cans like that.
Whenever I need one I can go to the place where I keep them and
instantly not find one, because they've fecked off somewhere else and
I never know where.
They're around here somewhere.

[Grimly Curmudgeon]

On 27 Sep 2013 16:45:17 GMT, "David.WE.Roberts" <nos...@nospam.net>
wrote:

>Wonder why they aren't for sale in the UK?

Doubtless the very same tube (diameter handily supplied by the US
seller) is available on a roll somewhere in the UK.
Just a question of tracking it down.

[bert]

In message <idnb49h9n16hj72vu...@4ax.com>, Grimly
Curmudgeon <gri...@gmail.com> writes

Alongside your missing odd socks
--
bert

[chrisj.doran%...@gtempaccount.com]

I found a bit of sleeving that fitted. It has the twin advantages that you can wheedle it inside things to spray and roll it up inside the cap when done.

Chris

[robgraham]

>
> >
>
> >Yes. Over the years I've made a point of keeping the straws and
>
> >sprayheads of cans like that.
>
> >Whenever I need one I can go to the place where I keep them and
>
> >instantly not find one, because they've fecked off somewhere else and
>
> >I never know where.
>
> >They're around here somewhere.
>
> Alongside your missing odd socks
>
> --
>
> bert

Well over a year ago I knew I had a bag of bits for polishing - buffs, creams, etc. and then I could find it. Searched high and low and decided I must have taken it to the woodworking club and left it there so long that someone took it - bugger. So I started building up another such bag of bits.

Guess what I found last night when I was repairing an old amplifier and I went to another workshop rummage bag for my stock of gash cables. Why the hell it should have got in there I just don't know ! Age is such a major inconvenience!

Rob

[Jon Fairbairn]

"David.WE.Roberts" <nos...@nospam.net> writes:
> ISTR you used to be able to buy bundles of those thin red straws which you
> get with WD40 cans and always lose eventually.

That reminds me: my gun applicator for expanding foam came with
a pair of tapered polyethelene nozzles, but they don’t last
forever and I haven’t been able to find replacements.

> However Google is not my friend, and eBay isn't helping either.
>
> Anyone know where you can get these?

That’s my question!

--
Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fa...@cl.cam.ac.uk
http://www.chaos.org.uk/~jf/Stuff-I-dont-want.html (updated 2012-10-07)

[Windmill]

robgraham <robkg...@btinternet.com> writes:

>Guess what I found last night when I was repairing an old amplifier and I w=
>ent to another workshop rummage bag for my stock of gash cables. Why the=
> hell it should have got in there I just don't know ! Age is such a major =
>inconvenience!

According to an older cousin recovering from a major operation, "Age
doesn't come alone".
I hate these apt, pithy sayings. They're so difficult to ignore.

--
Windmill, Til...@NoneHome.com Use t m i l l
J.R.R. Tolkien:- @ S c o t s h o m e . c o m
All that is gold does not glister / Not all who wander are lost

[jaydb...@gmail.com]

You can now buy these directly from www.spraysnake.com ...

They're no longer on ebay but you can paypal purchase them straight off the website. Delivery usually takes 6-10 working days max and you'll never be without red WD40 like tubing ever again...

[Nightjar]

On 28/09/2013 09:06, robgraham wrote:
> ... Age is such a major inconvenience!

Preferable to the alternative.

Colin Bignell

[robgraham]

Quote 1
"Preferable to the alternative."

Quote 2

"I hate these apt, pithy sayings. They're so difficult to ignore. "

Rob

[Vir Campestris]

On 22/04/2014 14:25, Nightjar wrote:
> Preferable to the alternative.

I knew 4 people who would gladly have taken the alternative.

"I hate this hanging on" said one and "If I was a dog they'd shoot me"
another.

Andy