Bubbles to Ease Reader’s Troubles?

W. L. Sibley of Northridge would like to find a product similar to the Fuller Brush Fragrant Bubbling Bath Oil , which the company seems to have discontinued. If you could come up with a substitute of equal quality, Sibley would certainly be bubbling over.

It’s time to renew our search for Fels-Naphtha soap . Almost four years ago some of the major chains still carried it, but it must have disappeared from a lot of shelves because within the past few months three readers--Sally Fynan of Temple City, Dolores Simon of Nipomo and Fern Bogenreif of Los Angeles--have asked for it. So if you know where to find it, come clean right away.

Lately, Virginia Thomas of Alhambra has not been able to find a pie carrier that has a bottom made of metal and a clamp-down plastic lid. No need to get carried away by Thomas’ dilemma; getting to the bottom of this should be a piece of cake.

Reader-to-Reader Help Line: Rose (818) 331-4269, who is partly disabled, is out of the old 3-inch aluminum spring curlers that can be opened with one hand; they are the only type she’s been able to put in her hair. Please spring into action for Rose. . . . For two years, Eleanor (805) 525-4207 has not been able to buy Nail Magic , a nail strengthener and clear polish that she claims dried almost immediately and did not chip; the manufacturer (Melvco) can no longer be located at its old Oregon address. If you could nail down the manufacturer--or at least a few bottles of the polish--Eleanor would surely feel a bit chipper. . . . Two readers are trying to find parts for discontinued Cuisinarts: Vicky (619) 946-0579 (call collect) is looking for a DLC 509 adapter stem for a Little Pro food processor, and Feryne (818) 888-6628 needs a shredder-grater blade for a CFP-9, one of the earliest models made; please help, if only to avoid a grater calamity in Vicky’s kitchen.

Note: The Reader-to-Reader Help Line is only for one-time items or for products no longer available in stores. And you must give us written permission to publish your telephone number, so that others may contact you directly.

The appeal of John Smart of La Jolla, who needed a vibrating (non-beeping) wristwatch alarm for deaf people, has not gone unanswered. Skip Edelstein of the Foundation for the Junior Blind and Sheilagh Hall of Brawley suggest the Silent Page, which is available from the Speech, Hearing and Neurosensory Center at Children’s Hospital, 8001 Frost St., San Diego, Calif. 92123, or from the manufacturer, Quest Electronics, 510 S. Worthington St., Oconomowoc, Wis. 53066, (414) 567-9157, or Voice-TDD (800) 558-9526. But if Smart is willing to settle for an under-the-pillow vibrating alarm, we have two sources: Kathi Sharpe-Ross of Sharpe Public Relations & Marketing, 9230 Olympic Blvd., 202, Beverly Hills, Calif. 90212, (213) 274-3587, says they have Shake Awake, which vibrates at a pre-selected time and sells for about $25. And Pat Davey of Northridge says a similar product, for about the same price, is available from Hear You Are Inc., 4 Musconetcong Ave., Stanhope, N.J. 07874, (201) 347-7662.

Ruth Barnes of Banning, who wanted a clear-lucite trunk with brass fittings, need no longer be fit to be tied. Sheila Bangs of Hacienda Heights says such a trunk is listed, for about $200 plus shipping, in a catalogue--cost $2--published by Plexi-Craft, 514 W. 24th St., New York, N.Y. 10011, (212) 924-3244.