soft drink can lids

[jno]

You used to be able to buy plastic lids for soft drink cans, so if you didn't drink the lot at once you could keep them in the fridge and they didn't lose their fizz. Does anyone still sell them? I've tried supermarkets, hardware stores and $1/�1 shops in the UK and US.  London area preferred or if you can just mention the kind of shop that stocks them I'll go looking.

[willow74]

kleeneze do them (the home shopping catalogue)

[jno]

Thanks, willow74 - I hadn't heard of them but have just looked up their website. If you register with them, do they come ringing your doorbell every day to try to sell you things? I only want a few plastic lids...

[thikasabrik]

My friend is a Kleeneze agent. If you register with them they simply pop a catalogue through your door and call back for it a few days later. There's no obligation to buy anything. You'll get the catalogue through your door on a regular basis, usually once every month or two months. If you place an order it usually takes a week until they deliver the goods to your door. I'm NOT plugging Kleeneze bt I've just bought the most brilliant umbrella from them which does not blow inside out in howling wind!

[willow74]

the best tip though until you get the lids - put a metal spoon in the drink whilst in the fridge. it keeps it fizzy

[jno]

great, thanks people, I'll get registering. I couldn't find can lids on the website, but in fact there's not a lot of products there at all; I imagine the catalogues have much more.

[acw]

Most large supermarkets also sell mini cans of soft drinks.  This might solve the problem a different way. 

[Solarjunkie]

Buy bottles instead and screw the lid on! Better still, refill said bottles from a larger one and save money (and the planet!)

I understand that the can costs more than the drink inside.

[jno]

thanks, Solarjunkie, but even small bottles are (usually) bigger than cans so take longer to drink and lose the fizz. And filling from one bottle to another is defizzical too. There actually seem to be very few smaller cans in supermarkets near me, acw. What I should really do is wean myself off Diet Coke and on to water, but it's not going to happen. The new lime flavour DC should be out soon!

[callisto]

Have you tried lakeland plastics ,they are very good for this sort of oneoff thing too they have a website , you can order off here and you shouldnt then be troubled with catalogues etc unless sign up to be sent them quarterly

[jno]

yes, tried Lakeland thanks, callisto; as I recall they used to do them but don't seem to now.

[flaming]

It's worth asking someone like Lakeland.  They don't put everything they sell in the new catalogues, especially if they are down to the  last few hundred of an item.

It is the sort of thing JL of Brent X might have, in Haberdashery or kitchen gadget area. Or West End.

[Kinky]

You may want to try knick knacky, junk and charity stores, that sort of place usually stocks those types of things. Maybe if you live near St. Albans you should try rocket, they do alot of wierd and wonderful things like that :)

Or theres always good ol' EBay lol!

Hope this helps

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