Looking for some info

[TeP]

Can one of our knowledgeable ones help out. As you will know a few of our members use coloured 'O' rings to seal the Rubberset 3-4s once tidied up.

I'm looking for the address where I can buy different sizes of these rings. I can find 'O' rings all over T'net but not coloured and in the smaller quantities I'm looking for.

Thanks guy's all help is greatly appreciated.

 

[TeP]

None starter!

Have found out that there are only one or two colours and the colour is dependent on the material the O ring is made from. You can get Blue, Red, White, and of course Black, but not easily in small quantities of differing sizes.

So I will be sticking with Black for this project. Plenty of them around, .

 

[UKRob]

You don't really need them as they don't act as seals - more for decorative purposes. I was lucky to get a couple gifted to me but they tend to squash out of shape - which means you can't tighten them as much as you'd want, which actually encourages more water into the threads. If I were you I'd spray something on the threads (WD40 or the like) and check every few months. That applies whether you use the O rings or not.

 

[TeP]

Thanks for that Rob, I don't want them for the Rubberset brushes. I'm putting together a couple of combination barber brushes using acrylic/aluminium and wood. I will try to get them to screw together so was thinking that a seal would help with the wood. I can use black rings but I feel I would have to embed them out of sight, really just for the aesthetics of the brushes.

As you say, if they become misshapen then it would defeat the purpose I have in mind.

I must add a PS. IF I can find the time, I was told once it would be great when you retired. Someone is messing with my clocks, there just ain't enough hours in a day.