Pipe Cleaners

PreserveFreedom · Aug 25, 2011

They may not be period correct, but pipe cleaners are great for cleaning out small spaces. Lately I am having so much trouble finding them. Has anyone else run into this problem?

rabjr · Aug 25, 2011

Nope, any pipe shop will have them. Check online theres a ton of shops.
http://www.pipeshoppe.com/ps_accessories.php

trent/OH · Aug 25, 2011

I haven't shopped for pipe cleaners in a long time, but I'd expect to find them in Tobacco shops and craft stores.

Looks like Swampy types about a word per minute faster than me!

bwhoffman · Aug 25, 2011

michael's crafts, joanne's and most craft type stores!

necchi · Aug 25, 2011

Yes, much of tobacco sales are in specialty "Smoke Shops" now adays and pipe cleaners can be found there.
They're not in groceries and big box stores anymore, still cheap enough to get a couple packs when you do find'm though.
I cut one stick into 1/4's, quite handy for cleaning the inside of percussion nipp's.

jethro224 · Aug 25, 2011

I can still get 'em at my local Walmart. The secret is they're now hidden behind the one cashier that can sell tobacco products and ya gotta ask for 'em. :youcrazy:

roundball · Aug 25, 2011

Years ago I Googled up a 10 or 12 pack and have been using them ever since...(I cut them in half)

Semisane · Aug 25, 2011

The Walgreens drug stores in my area has them.

I cut half of them in half. The other half I use for my pipes.

leslie · Aug 25, 2011

Look in the crafts dept at Walmart exotic colors but they work.

HOGGHEAD · Aug 26, 2011

Go to Walmart. My mom just picked me up a large package of them for a good price. FREE. She bought!!

As stated above there are a bunch of wild colors. I wish they were all white, but what fun would that be. Tom.

necchi · Aug 26, 2011

That's interesting guy's, our local "Super Wallymart" don't have'm, when I asked the Gal at the designated cigarrette check out lane she looked at me seriously and said "What?".
The Hobby/Crafts dept has the really long fuzzy ones but they're some kind of poly and not very absorbant.

bdhutier · Aug 26, 2011

Cheap, works great, and packs away nicely in the bottom of the shootin' bag...

mbokie · Aug 26, 2011

You can get the regular pipe cleaners in the usual places that have been mentioned.

You can also get a specific pipe cleaner from Cabelas.

Cabela's Muzzleloader Cleaning Brushes and Swabs

They are of a larger diameter on one end. they are strong, last well and indispensable.

Semisane · Aug 26, 2011

bdhutier said:
Cheap, works great, and packs away nicely in the bottom of the shootin' bag...

Those look great bdhutier. I have not seen them before. Thanks for posting the picture.

Mike 56 · Aug 27, 2011

bdhutier said:
Cheap, works great, and packs away nicely in the bottom of the shootin' bag...

They sell those at dollars here in CA.

PreserveFreedom · Aug 27, 2011

necchi said:
That's interesting guy's, our local "Super Wallymart" don't have'm, when I asked the Gal at the designated cigarrette check out lane she looked at me seriously and said "What?".
The Hobby/Crafts dept has the really long fuzzy ones but they're some kind of poly and not very absorbant.

That's the same experience I had at my WallyWorld. The larger ones in the craft section have a slightly larger wire in the middle too.

roundball · Aug 27, 2011

This is the bulk pack I bought years ago...had 20 individual packs in it, not 12 as I had tried to remember earlier in the thread...and glad this thread came up as I only have 5 packs left, need to reorder before long
http://pipesandcigars.com/diprpicl.html

Lorne Johnson · Aug 28, 2011

I couldn't get them at WallyWorld either. But someone sent me across the parking lot to the convenience store, and they had real pipe cleaners.

vern faulkner · Aug 28, 2011

Just a small heads up for some of you guys. They also make pipe cleaners that have nylon bristles twisted in with the fuzzy stuff. Does a better job of scrubbing off stuck on stuff.

Vern

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