Sooteater Replacement Line?

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rdust

rdust

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Anyone ever try to use a weed whip line as a replacement line on a sooteater? I need to replace my line, the sooteater line is cheap but shipping is twice what the line costs. Just wondering if anyone has ever tried it?
 
I have yet to get the Soot Eater, but I do recall a thread somewhere here that somebody did use weed wacker line....just be sure to get the right diameter.
 
If it is the same size why wouldn't it work? It's all I am going to use when mine goes.
 
I know this is an old thread but I thought I’d share what I do. I matched up the sooteater line with weedwacker line from ace hardware, it’s identical but it keeps its circular shape and won’t straighten out. It doesn’t matter on a weedwacker because it spins so fast that it straightens out. I found that if I get the length I want with the new line then dunk it in boiling water for a few seconds it straightens right out.
 
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Enplater said:
I know this is an old thread but I thought I’d share what I do. I matched up the sooteater line with weedwacker line from ace hardware, it’s identical but it keeps its circular shape and won’t straighten out. It doesn’t matter on a weedwacker because it spins so fast that it straightens out. I found that if I get the length I want with the new line then dunk it in boiling water for a few seconds it straightens right out.
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Great tip!
 
You can get straight peices of trimmer line about 18" long at tractor supply. That is typically what we use. We also use stuff off of a spool yes it is not straight but it spins fast enough it straightens out fine.
 
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yup, just match it up at the store and buy the same stuff, it's just trimmer line.
 
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