gsdoby
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How much usage shouldI get out of micro mesh. Also, I have heard you can wash it(plain water) to extend life. Any comments.
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Dario
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100 pens (maybe more) highly depends on how you care for it really.
fiferb
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I put mine in my wifes mesh bags and throw them in with the wash. Let them air dry. I had a set a year and a half before I replaced it.
ahoiberg
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mine are entering their third or so month of service. i've hand washed them twice and they're still workin' like the day they arrived.
just don't use too much pressure with them and you'll be fine for a good while.
when handwashing, i will just rinse them under cold water, drop a dab of dish soap on my finger and rub it all over the sheet and then 'scrub' it good with my palms, rinse again, pat dry with a towel and let them air dry fully on a plastic cutting board or whatever is around the kitchen flipping them after an hour or two.
you'll never get everything off the sheets, it'll look like it when they're wet but after they dry you'll see some marks and stuff still. no worries though, it hasn't affected mine at all.
just don't use too much pressure with them and you'll be fine for a good while.
when handwashing, i will just rinse them under cold water, drop a dab of dish soap on my finger and rub it all over the sheet and then 'scrub' it good with my palms, rinse again, pat dry with a towel and let them air dry fully on a plastic cutting board or whatever is around the kitchen flipping them after an hour or two.
you'll never get everything off the sheets, it'll look like it when they're wet but after they dry you'll see some marks and stuff still. no worries though, it hasn't affected mine at all.
alamocdc
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I've been using my current batch for two years now and it still works great.
doddman70
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Still on my first order of mm from 2 years ago and still works great
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Rudy Vey
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I have several sets, the oldest must be over five or six years old. After a number of pens I give them to my wife and she puts them in a mesh bag and runs them through the washing machine. We do this approx. after 20-25 pens per set. All the sets I rotate have seen hundred or more pens each. If you don't let it go hot and melt on the blank to be polished, they last very long. Some years back I bought large sheets and cut into 3x6 sheets and they last for a long time.
Mikey
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I have one set that is over a year old that I use on finishes and acrylics and a newer set that I only use for sanding bare wood. I fin that when I do it this way there is no contamination. As others have said, wash it out and the stuff pretty much lasts a long, long time.
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