Cotton buds
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- snayperskaya
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Re: Cotton buds
Home Bargains ones have a plastic stick also........the stick is thin walled and hollow and can be used to make a longer front sight post for a Mosin
When I used to be a scaffolder I did a job (no pun intended!) at a sewage treatment works and there was a massive concrete tank where the raw sewage arrived and it had thousands of cotton buds floating in it.
When I used to be a scaffolder I did a job (no pun intended!) at a sewage treatment works and there was a massive concrete tank where the raw sewage arrived and it had thousands of cotton buds floating in it.
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Re: Cotton buds
We used to get all our Tomato plants from sewage works, handy places if you know anyone working theresnayperskaya wrote:Home Bargains ones have a plastic stick also........the stick is thin walled and hollow and can be used to make a longer front sight post for a Mosin
When I used to be a scaffolder I did a job (no pun intended!) at a sewage treatment works and there was a massive concrete tank where the raw sewage arrived and it had thousands of cotton buds floating in it.
Those sewage farm cotton bud stems you will find get made into toothpicks
Re: Cotton buds
I want to know what people are doing with them that require them to be flushed..
Personally I clean guns/ears (not always in that order) then put them in the bin where I thought I was supposed to put rubbish.
Personally I clean guns/ears (not always in that order) then put them in the bin where I thought I was supposed to put rubbish.
Re: Cotton buds
People put all sorts down the bog cos they are too idle to bin it.
Some put things down the bog out of necessity though, like my mate who crapped himself in Seacroft Tesco's and flushed the "full" crackers down the pot, cleaned up, put his trousers back on and came back to work.
Some put things down the bog out of necessity though, like my mate who crapped himself in Seacroft Tesco's and flushed the "full" crackers down the pot, cleaned up, put his trousers back on and came back to work.
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Re: Cotton buds
free is always a good priceBlackstuff wrote:Single ended and ten times the price for 1/3 of the swabs, whats not to likebradaz11 wrote:Cotton buds? Pfft. So last year. I use these
https://www.coleparmer.co.uk/i/texwipe- ... 7Qod3cwLGg
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Re: Cotton buds
My Mrs buys these for applying makeup, they aren't cheap but they are perfect for cleaning inside receivers etc and more versatile that a standard cotton bud......
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Re: Cotton buds
Apparently, if you go for a clap test they stick one down your jap's eye. Not that I would know of course.
Re: Cotton buds
Seems like a painful and long-winded way of accumulating cleaning supplies.Nelly2014 wrote:Apparently, if you go for a clap test they stick one down your jap's eye. Not that I would know of course.
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- Blackstuff
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Re: Cotton buds
Bizarre isn't it, I would've thought they'd float/be hard to flush too??Hrun wrote:I want to know what people are doing with them that require them to be flushed..
Personally I clean guns/ears (not always in that order) then put them in the bin where I thought I was supposed to put rubbish.
Kungfugerbil wrote:Seems like a painful and long-winded way of accumulating cleaning supplies.Nelly2014 wrote:Apparently, if you go for a clap test they stick one down your jap's eye. Not that I would know of course.
"Take another sample doc"
"Are you sure? It must be uncomfortable"
"Nope....keep going....owww....really it's fine....jeezus"
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Re: Cotton buds
It says on the Tesco website that they are made of Polypropylene and Cotton.Blackstuff wrote:Weird, the Tescos own brand I've seen a paper. I'll have to have another look, and a look at Lidlschristel wrote:I buy the ones from Lidls (£.35/300), normally stocking up when I am there or from Tesco (£.55/300), when I am not close to a Lidls.
Plastic of course.
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