Where do I find...?

sun bear · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 443

I'm starting a thread b/c I have no idea where to find string, what section of the store sells string, for that matter, what kind of store do I go to to buy string, Target, the supermarket? What?

I also figure there's something you need to get that you can't think of where to get it, so list away...

jt
ps i am making a tote of sorts and i want the string so that i can cinch it closed...that kind of string :)

amanelle · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 347 Location: NC

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but walmart sells cord in the craft section. I've used it on the inside of round purse handles. It's with the fringe and trims type stuff.

deborahthecraft · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 364 Location: California

SunBear
String in the hardware store is usualy(oddly) with gloves.

lizzymahoney · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 804

You can find all kinds of string at flea markets or dollar stores often enough. String could be found in the automotive or household aisles of large drug stores. Hardware stores will have it in maybe a couple of places. Like deborahM says, by the gloves, or maybe in small spools near the paint aisles, or where masking tape is sold. It's kind of an all purpose thing.

In craft, fabric, and discount department stores, it will be in with trims like lace and stuff. Probably available by the yard. You might be able to find hemp twine by the spool available in the jewelry making aisles, too. The kind for drawstrings is going to be a braided or woven cord, probably cotton or poly-cotton. It will be near rattail or that silky looking cord sometimes used for jewelry.

Be open to using a flat braid for drawstrings. A twill tape or some similar trim might be suitable for your purpose and would likely be cheaper than the cord by the yard.

sun bear · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 443

thanks for all of the ideas, I had totally forgotten about the hardware store! The last time I got twine/string oddly enough it was in a chinese grocery store next to the plates. I figured this was a random occurance and haven't been looking for it since.

Anyone have anything they need to find that I can help with? :)

jt

Katrin · Posted: Sat Jul 24, 2004 2:00 am Post subject:

Okay, I want to put shelves on a wall. To do this, I need those metal strips with the holes in them, which bolt to the wall and then you stick shelf-holding-up brackets into the holes (so they stick out perpendicular to the wall) and set the shelves on top of the brackets. I'm sure I could get this stuff - the metal strip stuff, I mean - at Home Depot or something...but WHAT THE HECK IS IT CALLED?

I even asked my dad, and he knew just what I was talking about (he's used it a lot before), but he didn't know the name of it either.

Sommer · Joined: 20 Jul 2004 Posts: 44 Location: Southern California

Just go to the shelving section at home depot and it should be there!

Carrie
_________________
Sommer Designs Handbags
www.sommerdesigns.com
www.sommerdesigns.blogspot.com

violetkarma · Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 54 Location: Philadelphia/NJ

Where do I find citric acid? I want to try making some bath bombs

paperbat · Joined: 21 Jul 2004 Posts: 1 Location: knoxville,tn

i found citric acid at my local food co-op....might try that.

kazoogrrl · Joined: 14 Apr 2004 Posts: 72

I have found citric acid at an Indian grocery store, and with canning supplies at the grocery store or WalMart.

lizzymahoney · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 804

It's also available at home brew or winemaking shops.

sun bear · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 443

i just saw that bracket stuff at home depot, yes it's in the shelving dept, and to make that difficult they hid it against the back wall so it wasn't in a specific aisle, i walked up and down every aisle and was about to give up when I found it against the back wall. Incidentally I did not find a 12 inch deep shelf, is there not such a thing that you can screw to your wall with brackets? Or do you just use those 8 inch L brackets and find a bigger piece of wood in the wood section...I need the "Home impaired" section.

PS i found my string in the home depotish section of Target, i got a cool braided flat cord, thanks :)

jt

lizzymahoney · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 804

Depends. Some of those brackets can have a little lip at the end making them suitable for only one width of shelf, but many are flat and will hold wider shelves.

I personally like the L brackets that screw into the walls instead of on those tracks. The tracks are good for flexible needs, but most folks never reconfigure.

sun bear · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 443

thanks lizzy, i just wasn't sure if it'd hold the weight. I have a projector that is about 12 inches deep that i'd like to put on a shelf rather than a projection mount as it would look like...well a projector, i'm hoping to disguise it as just one more thing on a shelf, so if i get multiple shelves, it will look intentional...theoretically.

jt