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Date:         Thu, 2 Oct 2008 19:52:55 -0500
Reply-To:     Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Michael Sullivan <sandwichhead@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Helpful Vanagon toolbox tip...LVC
In-Reply-To:  <001601c924f0$595a2240$4001a8c0@gateway.2wire.net>
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Good tip, but how do you keep the straw from falling inside the door when you are lubricating the window? :-)

On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 7:38 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson@gorge.net> wrote:

> We all have those spray cans of lube, brake cleaner, electric contact > cleaner, WD-40, right? And they all come from the stores with those neat > little tubes that direct the spray into a small concentrated stream, > usually > taped onto the can. Often very handy to keep from messing up surfaces > surrounding where the______ liquid need to go. But if you are like me, > those tubes get lost PDQ after the spray can comes home with me. And then > I > am always trying one from another can of different stuff (if I can find > even > one) and the "maybe this is the same size tube" never fits properly into > the spray can head. It gets the_____all over your hands as you try to > MAKE > it fit and you (me) spray the____on your fingers. > Well, a new discovery is that a zip tie around the can, if you snug it up > tight using some pliers, will hold the little pipe against the can, just > like the tape that held it there in the store. No more rotten rubber bands > breaking, half stuck tape..etc etc. Just put a zip tie round the can (or > two connected) and slip the tube thingy into the space left at the 'cinch' > of the zip tie. No more lost pipey-thingies.. > Don Hanson >

-- Michael in San Antonio 91GL AT 'Gringo'


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