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AKA Easy Squeezin’
You all know I am frugal, some might say cheap. And lazy. I don’t like wasting materials, or working harder than I have to. I recently started using a toothpaste tube squeezer at the bathroom sink.
P4040007 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
That is (was) a full size toothpaste tube, not a mini. Good to the last drop, nothing left in the tube. Cheap, and lazy.
Those fancy mechanical versions came as a two pack, so I started using the extra one in the shop. I use a surprising variety of stuff that comes in squeeze tubes; E-6000, Loctite, Vinyl adhesive, JB Kwik Weld, etc.
Squeezing and fold rolling those tubes leaves a lot of material wasted in the creases and crinkles of the tube, especially visible if you unfold a near empty tube for a looksee at what you left behind.
P4040008 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
Those toothpaste tube squeeezers are also sold as a simple twist key. I bought a twelve-pack.
https://www.amazon.com/Xinhongo-Stainless-Toothpaste-Squeezers-Bathroom/dp/B07SJ3Q559/ref=sr_1_7?crid=12Q4IBIGRNI1J&dchild=1&keywords=to othpaste+tube+key+squeezer&qid=1617638304&sprefix= toothpast+tube+key%2Caps%2C442&sr=8-7
P4040012 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr
At a buck apiece I can amortize that $12 in un-wasted glues and sealants in a few months. And I have a feeling that the dregs remaining in the tubes will keep better/longer when the empty part is tightly rolled.
I’m sure other folks have been doing this for years. Dammit, nobody ever told me.
You all know I am frugal, some might say cheap. And lazy. I don’t like wasting materials, or working harder than I have to. I recently started using a toothpaste tube squeezer at the bathroom sink.
P4040007 by Mike McCrea, on FlickrThat is (was) a full size toothpaste tube, not a mini. Good to the last drop, nothing left in the tube. Cheap, and lazy.
Those fancy mechanical versions came as a two pack, so I started using the extra one in the shop. I use a surprising variety of stuff that comes in squeeze tubes; E-6000, Loctite, Vinyl adhesive, JB Kwik Weld, etc.
Squeezing and fold rolling those tubes leaves a lot of material wasted in the creases and crinkles of the tube, especially visible if you unfold a near empty tube for a looksee at what you left behind.
P4040008 by Mike McCrea, on FlickrThose toothpaste tube squeeezers are also sold as a simple twist key. I bought a twelve-pack.
https://www.amazon.com/Xinhongo-Stainless-Toothpaste-Squeezers-Bathroom/dp/B07SJ3Q559/ref=sr_1_7?crid=12Q4IBIGRNI1J&dchild=1&keywords=to othpaste+tube+key+squeezer&qid=1617638304&sprefix= toothpast+tube+key%2Caps%2C442&sr=8-7
P4040012 by Mike McCrea, on FlickrAt a buck apiece I can amortize that $12 in un-wasted glues and sealants in a few months. And I have a feeling that the dregs remaining in the tubes will keep better/longer when the empty part is tightly rolled.
I’m sure other folks have been doing this for years. Dammit, nobody ever told me.
