ibby458
11-30-2007, 05:19 AM
While I'm pondering tubing systems and vacuum setups, I'm still getting ready to put out the buckets again. I picked up a whole lot more 5 gallon pails and covers from the cake shop, and need to make up the 4' pail drops that work so good with them.
I made up a bunch last year from used purple Lamb vinyl tubing. I used a long gun cleaning rod to scrub them, but broke a lot of them (the aluminum gun rods) when they got stuck in the stretched out, thinner sections of tubing.
I still got lots of that purple tubing, but I'm out of gun cleaning rods. Instead, I bought several spout brushes, and a 5' section of 3/16 brake line. I cut the ring off a brush, and the flares off the brake line. I reamed out the brake tubing a bit, inserted the spout brush wire and crimped them together.
We cut 4' sections of tubing and soak them in a tub of chlorinated water with a bit of dish washer detergent in it. I chucked the tubing in the cordless drill and spin it in and out of the tubing, getting it nice and clean. My wife wipes down the outside and flushes them good with hot water. They look like new again!
I made up a bunch last year from used purple Lamb vinyl tubing. I used a long gun cleaning rod to scrub them, but broke a lot of them (the aluminum gun rods) when they got stuck in the stretched out, thinner sections of tubing.
I still got lots of that purple tubing, but I'm out of gun cleaning rods. Instead, I bought several spout brushes, and a 5' section of 3/16 brake line. I cut the ring off a brush, and the flares off the brake line. I reamed out the brake tubing a bit, inserted the spout brush wire and crimped them together.
We cut 4' sections of tubing and soak them in a tub of chlorinated water with a bit of dish washer detergent in it. I chucked the tubing in the cordless drill and spin it in and out of the tubing, getting it nice and clean. My wife wipes down the outside and flushes them good with hot water. They look like new again!