Ellen - go to Wal Mart and just buy a hose nozzle.   You can turn it down to a
very narrow strong stream - They are usually made of brass - and cost about $1 -
$2.

Ellen Bulger wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> I'm back from Eleuthera and, boy, do I have a lot of shells to clean.
>
> Today I went to Home Depot to get a little whizzmo that's supposed to fit
> over the end of a garden hose to make a small high-powered jet of water (need
> to blast out those reluctant murex out of their shells.)
>
> Now the various gadgets offered for sale didn't seem to be the thing I was
> told about, all tubes and expanding rubber bulbs - like something nasty for
> giving your kitchen plumbing an enema!
>
> Could someone describe this shell jetter thinga-ma-bob to me? A very specific
> description would be nice; how large, what shape, what materials? Could it
> possibly have a name? I'd really appreciate it.
>
> I know if my local mom n' pop hardware store was still open, I'd never have
> to be asking this. Damn, I hate what's happened to American retail. Let's all
> bulldoze the malls and chain stores, shall we?
>
> Ellen Bulger

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Jim and Bobbi Cordy
Specializing in Self Collected Caribbean Species
Merritt Island Florida

2001 SHELL ODYSSEY
July 7-11
Port Canaveral, FL