Saw a scrap of heat shrink tubing on the table and...
"The light bulb went off."
Grabbed a pair if needle nose pliers and heat shrink wrapped the tips. Extra gripping and easily removed and replaced.
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What a GREAT idea. I would not thought of this. Thanks.
Great idea!
Thanks for sharing,
Don
yeah I would try to use my teeth and gnaw at it but I have been losing those too. 
Makes the old adage ring true. "Necessity is the mother of invention". Great idea thank you! Rich
Great idea! I've used one of those add-on pencil erasers, but this is better. 
Good idea!!
I've used a small funnel of Duct Tape...sticky side in, of course. Wrap a short strip tightly to the periphery of the bulb. Advantage: If the glass bulb breaks in the process, the tape helps to control the glass bits.
Which leads me to my last resort.... Bust the glass bulb, pour out the shards, grab the needle-nosed pliers, twist the bulb base out. And....wear safety glasses.....just in case.
But, I'll have to try the shrink tubing, too. Might help in placing fragile or painted items for which you don't want scratches in handling!
Good idea!!
KD
I use different sizes of heat shrink tubing or any type of rubber tubing. Try it you will like it.
I use the rubber tubing, I'd probably break the bulb with pliers. 
These old fingers find that the hardest bulbs to change are the 153 block signal bulbs, especially the earlier screw-base type. I'll try one of these suggestions next time.
Thanks for posting,
Bill
Aquarium tubing.
Bill
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
I use the rubber tubing, I'd probably break the bulb with pliers.
Getting them out, I've used elect. tape and even paper towel as a buffer with needle nose.
If I break the glass
, I have the pliers to grab the base right in my hand
Having those as dedicated bulb pullers would be cool 
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Putting them in usually isn't an issue, I'm good with tiny items, but if I knew I had those, I might use them.
The pliers I used didn't have teeth by luck rather than smarts.
I found I could slip the tubing on and off easily.
They're not dedicated to relamping.
I found I could slip the tubing on and off easily.
They're not dedicated to relamping.
Originally Posted by Adriatic:
Originally Posted by gunrunnerjohn:
I use the rubber tubing, I'd probably break the bulb with pliers.
Getting them out, I've used elect. tape and even paper towel as a buffer with needle nose.
If I break the glass, I have the pliers to grab the base right in my hand
Having those as dedicated bulb pullers would be cool .
Putting them in usually isn't an issue, I'm good with tiny items, but if I knew I had those, I might use them.
I'm way to impulsive to look for shrink tube each time .
Unless "it" belongs to others, quite often I just "go for it".
Besides, its more satisfying when you bleed a little....
A small piece of automotive rubber gas line works well.
Dale H
Well, I have used coolant hose on 120v bulbs.
(water game chase lights meets kid skeeball I left it in the game eventually
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