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    Old 09-12-2010, 10:48 AM
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    Originally Posted by PatriceJ
    Originally Posted by kathy
    kewl, I'm going to try it when I get home, I had been thinking about wiping it down with sewers aid.
    ok, but which sewers? New York's or San Francisco's?

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    Old 09-12-2010, 10:50 AM
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    Lace, if it won't lay flat in your bathtub, maybe you could get one of those huge lawn and leaf plastic garbage bags and put some water in it.
    I have laid oven racks in them with cleaner and I just laid them on the lawn overnight and voila! sparkling clean racks.
    This is a great tip. :-D
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    Originally Posted by Linda58
    I wipe my mat down at least once a week with a very damp lint free cotton dish towel and leave it to air dry. I wipe it every time I cut batting. Now that I read this, I think I will turn it over and do the backside too!
    This is what I do. I wipe the front and back. Mainly to clean it, but I am glad to know that it restores the mat. Thanks for sharing.
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    Originally Posted by PatriceJ
    Originally Posted by kathy
    kewl, I'm going to try it when I get home, I had been thinking about wiping it down with sewers aid.
    ok, but which sewers? New York's or San Francisco's?

    :mrgreen:
    lol...pu....lol :lol:
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    Originally Posted by BellaBoo
    I think putting wet towels on the mat top and bottom and keeping them wet would work for the big mats.
    wow, another great solution! :XD:
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    Old 09-12-2010, 10:52 AM
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    Originally Posted by Ditter43
    After I read this I took my old mats and put them in the tub to soak. Then I put my new mat on the table and used it for the first time. I was amazed at how well my rotary cutter worked on it! On the old mat I thought I was going to have to replace the blade again! I am so glad some generous quilter was kind enough to share that old mats ruin your blades....Another reason this is my second home!! :D :thumbup:
    . . . and old blades ruin mats.
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    Originally Posted by Barb_MO
    I think I will lay towels on the deck, spary them down with a hose, them my mat and another layer of towels. Spay those and leave it a few hours. I wonder what happens to all the dirt and batting fuzz and lint when the mat start healing itself....where does all that stuff go?
    the way of wayward socks I think.... ;-)
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    Originally Posted by ragamuffin
    Why not lay it out in the rain, a cool rain, turn it over, then scrubby it, dry it with a towel and bring it back in, lay it flat and let it dry. No need for a bathtub here. Maybe a bathing suit! Have fun but the neighbors may think something is going wrong with you.
    don't worry about the neighbors...if they don't quilt, what's up with them? lol :lol: :lol: :lol:
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    Originally Posted by Kitsie
    First I have to clean the bathtub!

    Found a really neat thing! I have used those little plastic tabs from bread bags etc. for quite a few other things, but they are super for scraping the lint out of slits in the cutting boards! Wipe board with a damp cloth first then at a shallow angle scrape back and forth with the tab! Didn't realize I had so many lint bits in my fairly new board!
    I use those to scrape pots.
    I rinse dishes right after eating, but I don't want the grease etc. from pots going down my drain.
    Handy little goobers ;)
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    Originally Posted by Qbird
    FUNNY !!!!!! IS YOUR MIND IN THE GUTTER? LOLOLO
    Originally Posted by PatriceJ
    Originally Posted by kathy
    kewl, I'm going to try it when I get home, I had been thinking about wiping it down with sewers aid.
    ok, but which sewers? New York's or San Francisco's?

    :mrgreen:
    hahaha!!! great comback, qbird!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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