{"id":4275,"date":"2016-02-25T23:49:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-25T23:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2016\/02\/25\/how-to-never-lose-red-aerosol-straws\/"},"modified":"2016-02-25T23:49:18","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T23:49:18","slug":"how-to-never-lose-red-aerosol-straws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2016\/02\/25\/how-to-never-lose-red-aerosol-straws\/","title":{"rendered":"How-To: Never lose red aerosol straws"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You know those little red straws on WD40 (and other aerosol) cans that you always lose? Never lose them again.<\/p>\n<p>I&#039;ve been using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/VELCRO-ONE-WRAP-Self-Gripping-Cable-Reusable\/dp\/B001E1Y5O6\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1456472621&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=velcro+wrap\">Velcro One-wrap<\/a> tie-wraps around the workshop for a number of things, but the handiest has been as a red-straw-retention device.<\/p>\n<p>How? Follow these four easy steps:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1<\/strong> \/\/ Discover that the tape on the can is useless<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2921\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345166b769e201bb08bf5433970d image-full img-responsive\" src=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e201bb08bf5433970d-800wi.jpg\" title=\"IMG_2921\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>2<\/strong> \/\/ Get a wrap-tie ready<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2922\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345166b769e201b8d1a4ac5f970c image-full img-responsive\" src=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e201b8d1a4ac5f970c-800wi.jpg\" title=\"IMG_2922\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>3<\/strong> \/\/ Loop the tie and thread the straw through. Tighten.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2924\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345166b769e201b7c81a9094970b image-full img-responsive\" src=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e201b7c81a9094970b-800wi.jpg\" title=\"IMG_2924\" \/> <\/a><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e201b7c81a909c970b-popup\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2925\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345166b769e201b7c81a909c970b image-full img-responsive\" src=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e201b7c81a909c970b-800wi.jpg\" title=\"IMG_2925\" \/><\/a><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e201b7c81a9094970b-popup\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>4<\/strong> \/\/ Wrap the tie around the can. Enjoy&#8230;(you can wrap and re-wrap the velcro).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMG_2926\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d8345166b769e201bb08bf5441970d image-full img-responsive\" src=\"\/redneckmodern\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/6a00d8345166b769e201bb08bf5441970d-800wi.jpg\" title=\"IMG_2926\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You know those little red straws on WD40 (and other aerosol) cans that you always lose? Never lose them again. I&#039;ve been using Velcro One-wrap tie-wraps around the workshop for a number of things, but the handiest has been as a red-straw-retention device. How? Follow these four easy steps: 1 \/\/ Discover that the tape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-how-to"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>How-To: Never lose red aerosol straws - Red Neck Modern<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/hunterwimmer.com\/redneckmodern\/2016\/02\/25\/how-to-never-lose-red-aerosol-straws\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How-To: Never lose red aerosol straws - Red Neck Modern\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"You know those little red straws on WD40 (and other aerosol) cans that you always lose? 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