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General Category => N Gauge Discussion => Topic started by: port perran on August 16, 2013, 09:39:00 PM

Title: Rubber Tubing
Post by: port perran on August 16, 2013, 09:39:00 PM
I'd like some very fine rubber tubing to make a realistic water bag for my two steam age  water towers and two water columns.
Any ideas as to what I can use.
I remember from my much younger days that cycle tyre repair kits used to contain valve rubbers that, if memory serves me correctly, were about the correct diameter. However, I'm not sure if modern tyre repair kits contain valve rubbers.
Title: Re: Rubber Tubing
Post by: Trev on August 16, 2013, 09:42:21 PM
What about using heat shrink?  The sort of stuff that maplins sell for sheilding wires.
It comes in one single length of about 15 inches and you cut it to what ever length you want for your water tower bags.
Title: Re: Rubber Tubing
Post by: zwilnik on August 16, 2013, 09:46:18 PM
You could also heat shrink the ends onto the pipe too.
Title: Re: Rubber Tubing
Post by: Luke Piewalker on August 16, 2013, 10:29:48 PM
Puncture repair kits should still have the piece of tubing for repairing Woods valves, but the heatshrink may be a better bet
Title: Re: Rubber Tubing
Post by: ozzie Bill. on August 16, 2013, 11:03:31 PM
What about plastic insulation off the finer electrical wires? It can be very effective as heavy hose and similar. Cheers, Bill.
Title: Re: Rubber Tubing
Post by: painbrook on August 19, 2013, 05:30:37 PM
Ditto Bill, I used telephone cable (pick whatever colour you like), pulled out the wire, flattened then painted. Cheers john.