Don Hanson 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
>
>

Thanks for the tip but I don't think I've ever used that straw before.
It usually disappears like the little plastic clip on a loaf of bread.
Somehow I manage to get the bread bag closed up!

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'84 Westfalia, 1.9L
'73 FJ40, 2F