This is one of those things we dread doing: cleaning our scissors from the sticky leftovers of our adhesive tapes. What we commonly do is, get a piece of masking tape and repeatedly use it to peel off the gunk. The thing is, I'm not as patient with this activity as I would have me believe.
Then I remembered that, back in those days when I was still working as scale model maker and we're using quick-dry glue, we use acetone or nail polish remover to clean our hands of the adhesive. So I thought, why not use it to clean my scissors. And it worked! Just take a cotton ball, wet with acetone or nail polish remover, and slide off the blade. It works really, really fast.
Removing Adhesive Gunk from Your Scissors
Posted by
Ilyn Florese-Alanguilan
24 September 2009
Tags: acetone , cleaning scissors , nail polish remover , tips , tools
7 comments:
Thanks for the tip, worked a treat!
Glad to be of help! :)
This is so much quicker than masking tape! Thanks for the great tips you're posting. I love reading about and looking at your projects, even though I'm not a paper crafter myself. They're just so pretty!
Thanks so much. So much more sustainable than buying a new pair. Worked brilliantly!
Very sustainable practice: so much better than buying a new pair of scissors and it works brilliantly! Thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks heaps. Was considering scraping my scissors with a scoured, soap and water...
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