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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