Jig Man Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I finally decided to get some teflon pins (thanks Cadman). I have tried them out this morning and scraped paint off a few with my thumb nail. {way easier than the metal ones}. What is the easiest way to clean the pins before reuse? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 My wife gave me one of thos Mr. Clean magic erasers last year and it works great for cleaning up the Teflon pins. When I'm done pouring and painting I put my stuff in the toaster oven to cure and while it is curing I simply wrap the eraser around the pin and twist it as I pull the pin out and it is clean as a whistle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I may be a bit confused here. (While curing your pull the pin. Is that before you bake, during or after? I don't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 that's what I do I heat with pin in, dip with pin in, pull pin and cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 My whole purpose of buying them was to mold, paint, and cure with the pin in. That is what I am doing. So what I need to know is how to best clean the afterwards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 Well I've cured then in place and found all I needed to do was flex them a little under water and scrape it with a knife it would just chip off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I paint and then pull the pin before curing, no need for the pin in there, I tried it but had a few issues with paint chipping, not much but curing without the pin works great and the pins wipe clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaBehr Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I pull the teflon pin before baking also. I've done it both ways, but when I leave the pin in I sometimes get a small dome of paint around the weed guard hole that I have to trim off with side cutters and it doesn't look as nice. I use a fluid bed for my paint so I don't have a lot of paint that could run into the weed guard hole. Might not work as well if I was dipping the heads into the container of paint. I suppose I could use the aluminum pins (if I had enough of them)...but once I got in the habit of using the teflon pins I've just stuck (pun intended) with them. Does the paint come off the aluminum pins as well as the teflon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted December 3, 2013 Report Share Posted December 3, 2013 I did try heating with it in dipping with it in quenching in water because I was getting flat spots (figured that out real quick) and cured them in but because I dipped in water it would turn to steam during the cure and the pins started popping out prematurely in the toaster oven Lesson learned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 (edited) Jig Man, The easiest way to clean them is to bend them. The paint will just crack right off of the pins. Edited December 4, 2013 by cadman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 I tried the bending process a while ago. It worked like a charm. Thanks for the tip gentlemen. It seems like the more paint that is on a pin the easier it is to get off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gloomisman Posted December 4, 2013 Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 wipe them off before you are done with them on a t shirt or towel. I rarely have to chip off the paint because I do not leave it on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Mike I wiped them off with a paper towel dampened with Acetone. They look new again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKFerzy7 Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 AHA, I was leaving them in while curing and still had to drill out my jigs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gone2long Posted December 6, 2013 Report Share Posted December 6, 2013 See I had a whole different experience, by taking them out then curing I seemed to get a better fit with the weed guard they seemed a little loose if I left them in and I would get that occasional sharp edge when pulled out that had to be dealt with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
