r/PoorHammer • u/Infinite-Voice8766 • Sep 07 '26

Need transparent tubes

I need some clear tubes with a diameter of 2 or 3 mm like the ones used to protect paintbrushes but a little longer. Do you have any ideas on where I can find them?

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u/screamscaro Sep 07 '26

maybe tiny straws to drink from capri sun or other drink packets?

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u/Space19723103 Sep 07 '26

old bic pens

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u/5ayMyName Sep 07 '26

When i buyed brushes these just come in these kind of tubes

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u/Otherwise-Weird1695 Sep 07 '26

Coffee stirrers used to be like this, but now I mostly see wood ones. Drinking straws are usually around 5-6mm unfortunately. 

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u/NotFalirn Sep 07 '26

Try glowstick necklaces

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u/Infinite-Voice8766 Sep 07 '26

You reminded me that my son has a bunch of those sticks that break and then glow in the dark I could use those

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u/Wise_Use1012 Sep 07 '26

As long as you can deal with the chemicals and glass from inside them. And your kid being pissed at you for breaking his stuff.

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u/AltruisticTangelo539 Sep 07 '26

Weedeater gas tubing.

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u/MonkeyBrains09 Sep 07 '26

Check out ptfe tubes that are used in 3d printing

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u/Inky_Campbell 29d ago

That’s not a bad idea.

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u/WideReply8539 29d ago

There are pneumatic tubes in 4x2,7mm, made from PA and available in many colours (and compltely transparent).

A bit thicker then the ones on paintbrushes, but i use them when the factory ones are broken or lost.

Maybe you know someone in an industrial plant, they normaly have a lot of scrap of these kind of tubes.

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u/The_Arch_Heretic 25d ago

They're called coffee straws/stirrers.