OCtoolguy Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Hey, just a heads up. I know a lot of you already know this but for those, like me, it is another great place to buy stuff. We were at Walmart yesterday and I moseyed over into the craft section. I was really surprised at what they have for crafters. And the prices are great. I bought a bottle of Aleene's tacky glue for $1.27. I also noticed how much cheaper the name brand C/A type glues were as compared to H/D. I also bought a package of wood coffee stir sticks to use for glue applicators. I noticed they sell wooden dowel rods in the 36" range from 1/8" to 7/8" for cheap. So, check them out the next time you need something that you might run to your local hardware/craft store to get. You might be surprised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgiro Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 Better take some thing along to make sure those dowels are the size they say they are. I have a couple of plastic pieces with different sizes of holes drilled through them. I take one of them along when I'm buying dowels from HD, Lowes, or Walmart. I found that most of their dowels are standard metric sizes - sort of close to imperial sizes. That's also why I have a complete set of metric brad points- drill bits as well as imperial. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 (edited) Oh my, Ray is going to be the new Walmart Greeter!!! I have bought a lot of supplies from there. Mostly I get poster board there. Why coffee stir sticks... I eat pop-cycles when I want sticks... Edited March 5, 2019 by Scrappile meflick, OCtoolguy and NC Scroller 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCtoolguy Posted March 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, Scrappile said: Oh my, Ray is going to be the new Walmart Greeter!!! I have bought a lot of supplies from there. Mostly I get poster board there. Why coffee stir sticks... I eat pop-cycles when I want stir sticks... Paul, I can't eat popsicles that fast. And the sticks I bought are only about 3/16" wide and maybe 8 inches long. They are great for so many things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockytime Posted March 5, 2019 Report Share Posted March 5, 2019 I get my poster board, acrylic paints, frames, shelf liner and misc. items. Seems there is a WM on every other corner. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAC1961 Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 5 hours ago, tgiro said: Better take some thing along to make sure those dowels are the size they say they are. I have a couple of plastic pieces with different sizes of holes drilled through them. I take one of them along when I'm buying dowels from HD, Lowes, or Walmart. I found that most of their dowels are standard metric sizes - sort of close to imperial sizes. That's also why I have a complete set of metric brad points- drill bits as well as imperial. Not to change the direction of the thread, but I just wanted to make a quick comment on dowel size. I've given up on buying just plain dowels. Not only are the sizes all over the place, but the wood that most are made from are just barely denser than balsa. I've had much better luck with the oak variety sold at the big box stores. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmmcrafts Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 Not all the Walmart stores have that great of a craft section.. There is a Walmart in each of the surrounding towns I live by.. of coarse the farthest one away has the best craft section, LOL... one of them doesn't really even have a craft type section.. LOL On another subject of Walmart products and prices.. Motor oil... The same brands from the local autoparts stores is about 30% higher.. some brands even more than 30%.. I do my own oil changes etc.. and buy the big 5 quart jugs they have.. the parts stores are more money for the jug but not just that.. they also only come in a 4 quart jug and the one quart size at the autoparts stores is almost as much as Walmarts 5 quart jug.. LOL..same deal with Transmission fluid.. Not sure on other things like car / tractor batteries as I buy the factory blemished ones from Interstate battery.. $35 for a brand new Interstate battery that has a ticker on upside down or something is awesome compared to the $130+batteries from the auto stores, LOL OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgiro Posted March 6, 2019 Report Share Posted March 6, 2019 We only have one Walmart within a twenty mile radius of us. Price wise, I've found that, for name brands, Walmart is the same, or maybe, a little less than other stores. When I was shopping for a TV for my daughter, I found a good one at Best Buy. When I checked Walmart, that same TV was the same price. I actually found a video game for my grandson cheaper at Gamestop than at the neighboring Walmart. The same goes for groceries - the prices of name brands are about the same as the local supermarkets. As far has hardware, tools, appliances, paints, etc - the local Lowes is highly competitive with Walmart. OCtoolguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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