Very fine (1000) wet and dry would work ok. Take it easy. Also I use a
very fine pumice powder mixed with a vegetable oil for my tatting shuttles.
The problem I see with wet and dry is that the paper is quite stiff and
would only touch the bobbins in certain places. Try tearing a small piece
off and sort of wiggling it to get it soft. I think a piece about the size
of the top half of your thumb would be ok. A small piece of cotton wool
behind it would let it conform a little to the round. Keep the bobbin
turning all the time. Keep the pressure light so the process is slow and
you keep checking.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clay Blackwell" <clayblackw...@comcast.net>
To: "Lesley Blackshaw" <lesley.blacks...@ntlworld.com>
Cc: "Arachne" <lace@arachne.com>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Seekng advice was: Pewter bobbins
Hi Lesley,
If the shape of the bobbins, and the wood they're made of, appeal to
you, then spending a little time smoothing them with fine sandpaper and
a coat or two of a sealant (I use Acrylic on bobbins on the rare
occasion that I paint them...), will make them more thread-friendly.
But if they don't appeal to you much, then it's reasonable to just toss
them in a drawer for "emergency" bobbins and use the spangles on
something else.
Clay
Lesley Blackshaw wrote:
Clay Blackwell wrote:
>> Far too many of the antique bobbins I see on eBay have pristine,
prissy, perfectly matched "modern" spangles instead of the spangles
usually found on antique bobbins.<<<<
I have the opposite problem at the moment. I bought some bobbins on Ebay
that have lovely old spangles, but the bobbins are new and have a very
rough surface. They are too rough to use as the thread would catch,
particularly when letting thread out or reeling it back in.
I wonder whether anyone has any advice on smoothing these bobbins so that
I can use them, perhaps using a fine wet and dry paper, but I'm not sure
if this would take off too much and change the shape. Perhaps I'm better
off discarding the bobbins and putting the pretty spangles on usable
bobbins. I would appreciate a more experienced opinion.
tia
Lesley
Marple, UK
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