cleaning MM

[WoodWizard]

How do you guys clean your Micro mesh pads? Like get the old slurry off...so you dont mix it into another pen...just wash it out with water?

 

[Whaler]

I wash mine in mild soapy water and rinse well.

 

[randyrls]

How do you guys clean your Micro mesh pads? Like get the old slurry off...so you dont mix it into another pen...just wash it out with water?

Keith; Yep, I use the 3" x 6" cloth backed sheets. I cut them lengthwise into 3 or 4 strips. Write the grit numbers on each grit. Dip in water with each use, wipe off any slurry and any on the pen too! When they are shiny, put in a mesh laundry bag and wash on gentle cycle. Don't tell SWMBO why you want her stocking bag. :biggrin:

 

[WoodWizard]

Thanks for the quick replys...I thought that was the only way to do it. Here might be a real dumb question.( im full of them) can you use MM to dry sand as well? or just wet sanding?


thanks again

 

[Daniel]

I only dry sand with MM. lasts longer supposedly if you wet sand. Mine already lasts for well over 100 pens so I am not to worried about it. I clean my MM by wiping it on my blue jeans. I have washed it with soap and water before when it was really bad. I see more reason to wet sand to reduce heat on the blank than to save the MM by the way.

 

[NewLondon88]

Mine only comes out of the water to touch a pen blank or when I want
to give them a better cleaning with an old toothbrush or vegetable brush.
Then they go back into fresh water with a few drops of dish soap. I've had
some of my sets for a year or more.

Yes, you can dry sand wood with them. I just prefer not to.

 

[wdcav1952]

If it isn't too dirty, a blast of compressed air cleans a lot of debris out of the MM.