worn out pins
08-28-2010, 09:53 AM
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If they are straight pins and such I rub(?) the pointy point against my scalp and that usually gets them going again :thumbup:
Some pins are just too thick or have no pint, those I just put in an empty pill bottle and away they go :wink:
Some pins are just too thick or have no pint, those I just put in an empty pill bottle and away they go :wink:
08-28-2010, 10:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
08-28-2010, 10:04 AM
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that is an idea!
Great idea but I would suggest one step further and take them not to the trash but with you to your next doctors appointment and ask the assistant if they minded disposing of them in their "sharps container". They usually don't mind. and safe for everyone.
Originally Posted by quiltlady
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
08-28-2010, 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
08-28-2010, 10:06 AM
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I push them in and out of my pincushion that has fine steel wool that I covered with fibrefill as a pincushion filling.The steel wool you buy at the hardware not SOS pads.This seems to resharpen my pins. The ones that are beyond repair go the pill bottle route!
08-28-2010, 10:08 AM
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If you have a 'strawberry' pin cushion, the little strawberry has something (I'm not sure what it is) that will sharpen your pins. When I have a stubborn pin, I stab it a couple of time in the little strawberry and lo and behold it works so much better. If that does not work, then into the container(trash) it goes.
I never throw pins or blades in the trash, without them going into a 'safety' container first. I keep a old altoids box next to my sewing machine just for them.
I never throw pins or blades in the trash, without them going into a 'safety' container first. I keep a old altoids box next to my sewing machine just for them.
08-28-2010, 10:23 AM
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Originally Posted by quiltlady
Originally Posted by Scissor Queen
I put them in a prescription bottle and toss them in the trash.
08-28-2010, 10:26 AM
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funny, I just did a search "worn out pins" and this thread popped up as # 1 out of 837,000 threads, that is so funny
http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...=worn+out+pins
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