Hey Robbie, good to hear from you and your lady bugs. I was a proud pusher of the plastic bags....gave them to everyone since they would keep your kit from getting stray paint in it.....Then, yep, then I forgot to clean them there sponges in a timely fashion and as you might guess mold got 'em, a whole stuffed bag of wet sponges, it was not a pretty site. There was no hope for them, and I had to throw them away. So now I put them into the airy bags and drop them in my bucket (not as compact as the plastic bags) but if I forget them, they just dry out, and the mold doesn't have a chance to grow. I think that the plastic bags are still wonderful, but not for me....I'm many times to tired when I get home to clean my kit right away, and I'm old enough to say I forgot the next day too! I do open all my paints to dry now too, as soon as I get home, I don't always clean 'em right away, but I do let 'em dry. I don't want to give anything a chance to grow in a nice damp environment.
Jenny On Sep 26, 9:24 am, Robbie Pack <[email protected]> wrote: > Try a zip lock plastic bag to bring your sponges home in and to hold > till you wash them...not for a week, but overnight, it will keep the > sponges damp until you are ready to wash them. Personally, I use The > Masters Brush Cleaner and Conditioner. Red and green are still an > issue unless cleaned out in a timely fashion. I've dedicated a sponge > for red and a green so I don't stain any more. > Robbie Packwww.robbiespack.com > Fairfield, CT > On Sep 26, 8:42 am, Just Jenny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ivory Bar Soap is the best I've found and it's cheap. However, I > > still don't get all the stains out. But they do look clean. I'm > > thinking that there has to be something that you guys are doing that > > I'm not. My used sponges go into a small bucket, get dumped into a > > small holey laundry bag and get carted home. So sometimes they don't > > get washed until the next day after they have dried. Could this be > > it????? I wash each of my sponges individually by hand until there > > is no hint of color left and then rinse them until the water is so > > clear that you could drink it. > > > Shannon, Shelley, what do you think? I use mostly FFW green sponges. > > > Jenny > > > On Sep 26, 12:18 am, Shannon <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have always used Ivory Soap (the bar soap is the best to get the > > > tougher colours out) and my 8 year old sponges look like new for the > > > most part. Eventually they get a little softer or firmer depending on > > > the type of sponge but Ivory gets them clean. > > > > Shannonwww.shannonfennell.comwww.facepaintingproducts.com > > > My Blog:http://shannonfennell.wordpress.com/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Face Painting and Body Art Association." This is a PG-13 forum dedicated to the discussion of Face Painting and Body Art. This group is provided for the benefit of all and as such is not moderated. Our goal is to promote open and unrestricted communication between people interested in face painting and body art. We hope that you will be courteous to others and try to stay on topic. You are free to offer products or services related to face painting as well. Please address concerns with the original poster before contacting the management. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/fpba-assn -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
