WAREHOUSE CLEANOUT 2021

And take it on the road with this soft polyester cosmetic bag. In red or royal blue (Our choice), it measures 9-1/2" x 6" x 3", zippered with a handle and includes (2) zippered compartments, one open with gussets to fit larger items and the other with a clear zippered brush pocket and panel with a flap. Great for traveling but also nice enough to keep in your home bathroom. And if you're not into makeup, it's just a great little bag with lots of compartments for stuff--jewelry, craft supplies, art supplies, snacks, whatever.

And the word is for you to cool it. You're going to get overheated if you don't order one of these little black plastic desk fans. Measures 5” dia, swivels on a 6”-wide base, and plugs into your laptop's (or desktop’s) USB port via a 3-foot cord. This fan is very quiet, unlike your family or your office mates around lunchtime.

We love soldering, always have. Circuit boards, models, repairs, our own artistic creations that will live forever! Sorry, we got carried away. To us, soldering is kind of like welding, without the commitment or expense. Interested? We’ve got a nice soldering iron for you here, 60 watts, drawing 110 volts and heating up to 550 degrees F. Cord is 45” to give you some freedom, and the iron comes with a stand/holder so you can set it down safely to answer your phone or return a text. This might the year you become a solderer like us—or return to that satisfying hobby you once loved so much. All for the price of two pumpkin-caramel spice frappalattes.

Or faux chemistry, and more fun, anyway. These (6) 4-3/4” tall all-purpose plastic test tubes in a 9” long rack are made to hold whatever you can fit into them to help you remember, or forget, high school chem lab. Each holds approx 1.5 oz of liquid (perfect for chemistry major graduation parties), but like your teachers used to say, don’t limit yourself. Get creative with your party decor and use ’em to hold floral arrays for graduating botany majors. In assorted colors that don’t appear in real labs, which also makes them perfect for holding glitter, sand and other crafty supplies in your hobby room.

For those hard-to-reach contours, nothing beats a wet/dry sanding sponge. This one measures 4" x 2-3/4" x 1" and is marked "Very Fine/Fine, Tres Fin/Fin, Muy Fino/Fino," which we make to be approx 220 grit, although we didn't count them.

This 9-piece hex key set (“Allen wrenches” to their friends) is made of chrome vanadium steel with ball point ends on the non-business side. You know how you always need an Allen wrench at some point? And you have most of the sizes but not the one you actually need? Those days are over with this set. Sizes include: 10, 8, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2.5, 2, and 1.5mm. Lengths range from 1-3/4” to 4-1/2”, and they come in a nice folding holder for those times that you don’t need them.

The first-responders’ friend. Ergodyne Proflex® 730 gloves are OutDry® waterproof with breathable membrane. They also offer bloodborne protection. Made with Amortex® abrasion-resistant fabric and Kevlar®, they have elastic-line fabric cinches around the wrist. In black and neon safety green/yellow. Size Large only.

Most tape hates freezers, which is why your leftover Bolognese sauce is in frozen pieces all over the ice cubes. You need this white freezer tape. Just under 3/4” wide on a 90-foot plus roll, it will stick to the job in the freezer or outside when it’s colder than a well-digger’s nether parts. You could tape Minnesota twins together with it. Our Tapistry Consultants say it ought to work in the microwave, too.

This compact (5” long) pair of titanium-coated stainless steel scissors have 2” blades and cushioned handles. Right useful for getting into tight spots or for traveling crafters. Stainless and Titanium--a great combo!

Poker gets art-directed. Our each is a stack of (100) stackable poker chips, none of them red, green or yellow. You’ll get (25) each in maroon and midnight blue, plus (50) in a nice pale gray. Makes you want to dress a little better on game night.

Inflatable air loungers are all the rage, and we’ve got ’em! Ours weighs just a smidge over 2 lbs, and when it’s folded and stuffed into its bag with shoulder strap, it measures a mere 14” x 8” x 6”. No pump required! Just swing it around to fill the pockets with air (or use the wind), snap it shut and plop down. Great for the pool, beach, concert, game, picnic, campsite or living room. Hey, it’s your life. When inflated it’ll look like a 20” high x 30” wide x 70” long hot dog bun. Sit in it longways, for a hammock pose, or the other way, where it becomes a single lounge chair--or a love seat if you’re willing to share. Your choose what color but at this price they won’t sit around here for long.

This achromatic doublet lens (them what won't distort color or shape any more than they absolutely have to) is in an oval metal mount with a small mounting hole opposite a set of prongs. Originally a projector lens of some sort, it measures 20mm dia (approx 3/4") with a 47mm (approx 1-7/8") focal length. Despite the fact that you could mount it in its current mounting using the mounting hole, we suspect you're just going to use it as a nice 5X loupe.

We’ve never felt the need to hang Illinois flag curtains on the windows here at the home office, but we understand they do things differently in Texas. Hence, our each is a pair of Texas-flag curtains, each at 36" x 30" with 2” pockets at the top for a curtain rod, plus a 58” x 14” valance, because it ain’t a window treatment without a valance, hoss. If you disagree, the valance would also make a nice scarf to wear while tailgating at Sooners games.

The deer hate to see that, so you’d best use these Camo Shammos, a pair of 14" x 10" x 1/16" thick viscose rayon shammies in digital forest camo. Wait, is it shammy or chamois? Either way, ours hold 12X their weight in water and make dandy field towels that will dry you off when the car’s done. Plus they have a grommet and belt hook in one corner so you’ll never be shammyless. Made in USA.

A movie about teenage gangs in laundromat school? Nah, just a handy jumbo black plastic clothespin, 6" long x 1-3/8" x 1-1/6", with a blackboard finish for writing on with chalk. Make place cards or table markers, or use them to put your name on your lunch sack or bag of chips. There are also endless other uses that’ll you’ll think of if you buy them now before somebody else gets them.

We’ve got some excellent, snazzy glass-blown pendant necklaces here, each of them nice enough to wear out on the town on a Saturday night. You pick: vipers in assorted colors and in curled postures, between 3” and 3-1/2” long on 20” triple neck cords with clasps; or tusks/horns, which are curved to approx 2-1/4” dia, with polished steel end caps, and on very thin 17” snake chains. All come in assorted colors, and we’ll pick (1) that we think will go best with your eyes.

That’s where these military overseas caps started out, on Deutsch köpfe. Slightly shorter than the U.S. garrison cap, and with a jaunty curve, front to back, they’re in dark blue-gray with orange piping and a German army insignia on the front. We’ll pick a pair in (2) different sizes 58-63, which is approx 7-1/4 to 7-7/8 on American heads, but the envelope design gives them some size leeway.

Know why? Because it’s a Regal Blue Tang, which, for the ichthyologically impaired among you, is a fish. This one’s fuzzy, though. Measures 9” long x 6” tall at the gills, in blue, black and yellow plush. Has some plastic pellets in his belly, too, so he’ll sit up straight. Buy a bunch, make a mobile to hang above your aquarium and entertain your real guppies.